A New Outlook on Life

Steele School had a "Biggest Loser Contest", now I wasn't going for the whole cash prize, but the idea of paying a dollar for every pound gained seemed like motiviation not to continue to eat all the wrong stuff all the time. So I contributed 20 dollars, not really caring if I got the money back. Since the wedding I gained close to 30-40 pounds and I know that Diabetes is a risk that I really don't want to contend with.
I've changed my eating habits. I think the major reason I gained so much weight in retrospect is I never took time for myself to eat. I would never eat breakfast, unless I was with family or on weekends. I would skip lunch or I would go for fast food. And I probably ate larger quantities of dinner and I would eat late. I also drank soft drink which I know is like a meal in itself.
I've not done much with the physcial aspect of my diet until this past week. I eat Instant Oatmeal in the morning, Instant Oatmeal for lunch (or a small portion of a dinner I prepped), and I avoid breaded, greasy, and fatty foods that I normally would have demolished. Super Bowl Sunday was difficult because my sister, her husband, and Abram sat there with food, drinks, and I had to restrain myself from reaching for the food. I think I did end up munching on a chip. What made it even harder was the Predisone which has a nasty side effect of making you feel very hungry.
Up until yesterday, I haven't touched fried foods. I went with a co-worker to a restaurant to spend some quality time away from work. We split a dish that had jalepeno poppers (which I didn't touch), mozzerrella sticks, onion rings, onion straw, and fries. I ended up eating one mozzerrella stick (even though I wanted more) and 5 french fries. I drank ice tea, which didn't taste freshly brew and needed more than the typical 2 sugars to make it digestable.
Overall, I'm proud of myself. Before the wedding I lost 20 pounds, because I couldn't fit into the dress I purchased the summer before. I had meant to continue losing to get back to what I was in high school, but that didn't happen. I'm currently 4 pounds over what I was at the wedding. I can be happy with my wedding weight. I'm not going to go overboard to lose another 10 pounds, but if it happens it's because that is what is suppose to happen.
And I know I need to maintain this eating diet, so I can be a good example for my students and any future children Abram and I plan on having.