Renewed hope

First things first: my last post was on a very bad day. I have been having extremely difficult PMS-related mood swings that run the gamut from elation to excitement to rage and depression. Work has been stenuous, and of course I have no filter around the darker moments, so I get myself into tense situations that I otherwise would have kept civil, at the very least. I was over it by the time my day ended and am okay now, but have not enjoyed my last 3 PMS cycles and am trying to come up with some strategies. It has been difficult getting back to any semblance of routine on my return from vacation (not that I had a particularly organized schedule and any motivation prior to leaving), and I am still at 140-141. I did have a surge of motivation this week and started taking lunch walks, but more intensely than usual. I was also careful in my 'takeout' choices, but less careful at home. I decided to get a few women together and do the Game On Diet again. It's the push I need to get used to cooking home food again and doing regular exercise. This month was as good a time as any to do it, since I have no big plans, it's not summer yet, i have the time and can try to manage the money thing (the diet costs quite a bit in veggies), and I have a wedding and a reunion-ish thing in May. I would like to have lost ALL the weight I want to lose before summer, so that I can focus on maintenance. But I need the Game On thing first and foremost to get me into cooking and preparing meals and exercising, not just for losing pounds. As part of the challenge I need one good habit to build, and have to drop one bad. I am going to try to drop swearing, again. My good habit will be blogging daily, since that is something that definitely helps me. So beginning tomorrow (or today, I suppose), you'll be hearing a lot more from me than lately. Have a great Saturday!