It's February now are you still sticking with your New Year's Resolution?

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I have to give kudos to myself! I've been sticking with my New Year's Resolution since before New Years actually. I promised myself I was going to get back into shape due to the sluggish feeling I was starting to experience. I hate the word diet so I decided to call it a lifestyle change. All I did was change nothing that I was eating before but just watching my portions. Let me begin to tell you what made me start this journey. I was at my mom's during Christmas and getting ready for bed, I stepped on her scale, and found myself depressed after I did that. I told my hubby about it, and he got up out of bed, and went and weighed himself as well. He came back frowning too. I said, I need to change and start making better choices with food. Better choices as in better portions, not changing what I was eating. So last night I was at my mom's house before I had to work, and stepped on the orginal scale and found out I lost 17 pounds! This has been in a period of 2 months. I think it's a healthy amount for 2 months. Everything I cook I've been looking at nutrition labels and watching the serving sizes on the packages and I started using my measuring cup to level out my portions. Making sure I had at least 6 glasses of water, 5 servings of fruits & vegetables, 2 servings of milk, and 2 good oils, a day. I've been also keeping a journal of what I've been eating and that's helped as well, and at the end of my day, I would write how my day was, and that seems to keep my encouragement levels up :) Plus this is with minimum exercise, but when the warmer weather comes, I'm sure the pounds will shead quicker b/c I intend on being outdoors more than in. I'm going to keep going with this lifestyle change because I don't think I'm done yet, not near to my goal weight I want to be. I'll get there slowly but surely.