December Dieting

People think we're crazy... starting a diet in December.  On one hand, I have to agree.  Who goes on a diet in a month where the entire country generally gains anywhere from 3-10 pounds on average??  On the other hand, it's part of what drives me to do it.  If we manage to come out of December weighing less and looking/feeling better than we did going in, we've really accomplished something.  For some reason, proving people wrong has always been a great motivator for me and so right now I'm using that to keep me going on Day 2. 

Truth be told, the best way to get me to do something is to tell me that I can't... for example, after 3 hours of difficult and strenuous pushing when I was in labor with Jonah, the doctor suggested that I might need some help to get him out... oh no, after that much time he was coming out because I pushed him out--not because some doctor got happy with the forceps.  Anyway, he was out in the next push... 

I suppose it's prideful (and yes I realize that "pride goeth before the fall") but it helps.  Another thing that helps is knowing that yesterday is not in vain.   I don't, as a rule, get on the scale everyday but I had a great "eating" day yesterday and wanted to know that it wasn't all for naught... it wasn't.  Right now that's good enough reason to keep going!