It is beginning!!!

So,to begin this new Year off,in a positive direction,Josh and I have found a gym we plan to join. Its local to us, 24/7 and has child care. Its not expensive to join,and child care is only 5 extra bucks a month. I plan to begin the Slim Fast plan in the morning. Im enjoying my last morning of coffee and nicotine for breakfast. The reason I chose the slimfast plan is b/c Josh,my husband works for the company that makes it. Its worked for me in the past,and he gets a discount on the product. But this time Im really going to follow it AND work out. Im pushing 30. 9 months minus one day and I will be the big 30. But after 2 kids,my hips have spread,Im lazy,and Im happily married {most days}. In other words, yes, Ive let myself go. I have friends who will be making similar changes with me,so I am not alone. A dear friend of mine,Jess, and I have very similar lives. Kids,husbands,and laundry. Laundry itself is a work out. But I highly doubt the gym has a wash and fold section. In my early 20's it was so easy to get weight off. I partied! Dancing all night was a great work out. Plus, I was in "catch a husband mode", meaning I felt I needed to put forth effort into my looks. But now, with the 4th anniversary of saying I Do coming around, both my husband and I have gotten quite plump. Oh,sure, I see him as dead sexy and he tells me the same,but its not the same. We both look different. 30lbs for him and yes,60 has done it for me.
I got to thinking yesterday about the last time I felt like I looked good. It was even before I met Josh. A couple of years before I met him,matter of fact. Then I looked back at my life then. I was pretty fit! Oh,sure,I had a booty, and always will. But I walked a mile or more every morning, worked,took care of my oldest,and went to school. Baiscally I didnt have time to sit on my ass. Not like now.
WHy not just get out and walk on my road,you might wonder? WHy not get off the couch and move? I really don't know the answer to that. But we live on a busy road,and my husband leaves for work before day light. I have my excuses. Not reasons excuses.
So a local Gym it is. Im not sure what the beginning plan of action will be for me. I've never tried to loose weight AND get in shape. But now the time has come. Josh and I were figuring out how we'd pay the 35.00 per month enrollment. Simple. Stop smoking and buying junk food. A friend advised me last night to stop the smoking first,and then the junk food. Shes probably right. She's fit and has a few letters after her name, but I think Im going to do it the hard way and do it all at once.
I love to cook. But I love to cook with butter and cheese. Not really frying things. So,more EVOO it is,and Im going to try not to piss off the kids when we have simple baked chicken and steamed brown rice and brocolli. Cant be bad for them either. My oldest son eats like a horse,but is skinny as a rail. The little one,Ive let eat more crap in his almost 4 years,than the ten year old his whole life. But those days are over. The challenge will be to have similar flavor and depth,but yet being more healthy too. At first I know it will be a schock to mine and Joshes systems. But we will get over it! We are ready!!!
He wants to loose 30 and buff up. I want to loose 60,and get fit. I KNOW we can do it!!!