Hopefully Less of me will be headed back to Texas this year!

In just a few short months I’ll finally be making that long trip back to my homeland – Texas. It’s been five years, and as much as I love my new home here in the Great White North, I can’t wait to get home for a couple weeks. Big Skies, Warm Sun, Mexican food and Barbecue! And I’m not just talking about tossing a-steak-on-the-grill-barbecue. I’m talking good old fashioned slow-smoked for hours fall apart in your mouth brisket with spicy BBQ ‘Sause.’

And what do I need to get done before I make this pilgrimage? Lose a few pounds of course! I can’t go down to Texas looking like this! Marriage has been good to me and It shows.

How do you start losing weight? Oh, let me count the ways! There is the cabbage soup diet, the no bread diet, the low-fat diet. Adkins, South Beach, Flat Belly. Should I be ‘Eating Right for My Type’ or looking into something called my G.I.? There are so many options that even a few moments wandering through the cyber-stacks of Amazon has my head spinning.

This doesn’t have to be THAT complicated! Taking off a couple pounds doesn’t have to take joining a cult, chanting long into the night and sacrificing snickers bars to the gods of weight loss.

Here are a few quick things that I’m going to take to heart before I head out to Texas (where I plan to gain every single calorie back with the aforementioned barbecue). As always, check with your doctor before beginning any weight loss program and remember I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, so don’t take my word for it. This is what I’m doing. Nothing more.

I’m going to eat less. Sounds easy, I know, but it’s surprisingly difficult to do. It’s just so easy to go back for seconds or to take just one more spoon full of spaghetti sauce. I’m going to watch what I put on my plate, not just what I’m eating.

I’m going to exercise more.  My puppies are going to LOVE me for this! Every day, weather permitting, I’m grabbing the leashes and we’re going out to explore.

I’m getting rid of the junk food in my home. My kids like chips occasionally in their lunches. They are going to be disappointed to know that it’s not going to happen anymore. It’s just too easy to grab the bag when sitting down to watch Big Bang Theory on Thursday nights.

Agua. H20. Water. Call it what you will, but it’s awfully important. I guess I could quote some doctors or organizations that talk about how important water is to weight loss, as well as just being healthy, but I’ll leave this up to you. Don’t believe me? Google it! I’m planning on downing lots of it!

Spring is Here! I’m going to enjoy the great outdoors and hopefully get a bit healthier in the process.