I gained!

I gained 2.1 pounds this week.  I guess I am having a hard time and am being really hard on myself.  I have so many things I want to change and the only thing I am doing well is failing.  I feel like I want to be this exercising non-smoking weight watching guru Erin, but what I have remembered today is that I didn't become that person in one day and I can't go back in one day.  So my goal for this week is to start at the beginning and remember what I learned from one of our family's favorite characters: Bob Wiley. 

 

I need to take baby steps.  

So I am beginning, again, at the beginning.  I am going to count my points like they are going out of style, exercise as much as I can, continue my journey to quit smoking, and cut down on mountain dew (which I think I could really just drink through an IV).  But I need to be honest enough to know that I cannot give up Mountain Dew AND quit smoking AND exercise as much as I want to AND eat exactly the number of points alloted for me each day overnight.  It is a journey, and one that I begin tonight.  

So here's to a week of baby steps and the beginning of the journey back to Erin Bean and setting the goal that I will be where I wish to be within six months.