The First Day, the first battle..

Hi everyone!! Ok, so game on. Today is the first of January 2011 and this is the year that I will become a Skinny Bitch :) As you know, I am having lap band surgery in February but I am channeling a healthier frame of mind and starting to train myself to make the right food choices until then. So today,  I slept very late as I was up driving everyone home after the celebrations last night and didnt get to bed until 5am. So my mum brought me tea and toast in bed this morning and I ate it.. it was wholemeal brown bread, low fat spread and I think there was sugar in my tea. Not the amazing start i had hoped for but it could have been worse! I then went back to sleep and slept until 15.30. I was wrecked after the late night and the Christmas festivities, so I think that was ok. Then I got up when my brother came over and hauled me out of bed. I had another cup of tea and an Actimel with my painkillers I had to take for my back. Then I made a Chicken Salad for Dinner..   Pictured here on the right. It was very tasty I have to say. Lettuce, radishes, mixed peppers and red onion, with a little low fat dressing and coleslaw mixed with a tiny touch of mustard was topped with chicken breast fried in  a tiny drop of olive oil.
Ok I didn't know how much protein there is in it and I didn't count calories, but it is low carb and fairly low fat.
Maybe I could have done a bit better but I am going to praise myself for making the effort!! Rome was not built in  a day you know ;)
Yesterday I set out a list of things I need to do every day to change my life. I dont think I achieved all of them today but I did try. Tomorrow I will try harder. I weighed myself today and I weighed in at 15 stone 5 lbs, which is 215 lbs. My goal is 140. I will weigh myself every Saterday and track my weight loss as I go on my tracker. How did you think I did today? What would you have done differently? Please leave me your comments I would be most grateful :) Tomorrow is a new day and it will be a better diet day than today. Every day I will improve and eventually be able to answer "Yes" to all of my checklist of new habits below. Until then, fellow fat fighters, be good, and take care ;)