Doing something about it

There are only two things in my life that suck:

1) We're broke

2) I'm fat

It doesn't take a genius to look at that little list and notice that if that's all I have to bitch about, I've got a pretty amazing life.  BOTH of those things are absolutely fixable and BOTH of those things are well within my control to fix.  Not to mention, I know how exactly to fix them.  I've built a career and gotten out of debt before and I can do it again.  Same with my weight.  I've lost it before, I can lose it again.

So why don't I?

Hell if I know. Lazy I guess.

Well, things are gonna be a-changin'.  The fact that we couldn't afford to get John to his grandmother's funeral without seriously compromising the rest of our year financially (so he's not going), the fact that I have ZERO summer clothes that fit because I've gained a good 15 pounds since we moved last year (not to mention the 40 pounds I've been carrying around since I gave birth to Alex)...these things were both pretty harsh wake up calls for me.  I think I'm finally fed up enough to do what it takes to resolve these problems once and for all.

Steps I intend to take in the immediate future:

- Cease and desist ALL credit card spending. Now granted, we've been using them to LIVE on and not for frivolous purchases, but this has to stop before we can even BEGIN to pay them off.

- Phase one of the South Beach Diet. Begins now.

- My apartment complex has a 24 hour gym. USE IT!

- Bring the awesome at work and try to earn my maximum bonus.

- We can eat out ONCE a week. ONE meal out in a SEVEN day week. That's it.  This will help with both goals.