no luck with junk

so i have an addiction and its name is soda and its pal is junk food. soda just loves to entice me everyday espeically days that are stressful and yet it never fulfills my needs. junk food comes at the most odd times which is when i get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, it roars its ugly little head. im not sure how to stop it though i know i 1. need to and 2. want to but obvioulsy not enough to actually stop. i stay home with my two kids and keep two kids as well. i am now trying to sell our house and packing up so that is on my plate as well as i volunteer at our local shelter. you would think for as much running around i do i would be slim but nope its not like that....i can look at a piece of chocolate cake and gaine 10 lbs and thats not a joke!

I am Net Net

All my younger life I was thin and athletic. The word overweight was laughable to me. Then my 20's set in, I got married and went on birth control, the weight moved up a bit. Then I got off birth control and in 7 years had 4 kids. My life gets really busy and bam- here I am smack in this body of mine. I do not hate it, but I do not love it either. If I did I would treat it like it should be treated. But I am ready to. I need to. I am in my mid 30's, my metabolism is slowing and if I do not do this NOW I will regret it.

Why do I want to lose weight?
1. Health, my number one concern. With heart disease and breast cancer very close to me (parents) I need to change NOW.
2. My quality of life. Right now I am tired and sluggish and my kids are suffering for it.
3. I want to wear some really cute expensive clothes from Sundance. I refuse to buy any the weight I am.
4. I don't want people to think I am working on my 5th child cause I AM NOT. I am "fixed" (aka tubes tied) and enjoying this stage in my life.

So there it is. Written out. Now I need to make it happen. I am counting on my good friend Tiffany, co-author of this blog and having the same struggles, to keep me on track because I NEED accountability to make this work.