A fresh start

So on December 26, 2011 I decided to start a new diet. Like most of us every year on new years I vow to lose weight. After maybe 4 work outs and a few weeks of salads I lose anywhere from 5 to 10 lbs and by my birthday mid February I am binge eating to make up for my dieting. Nice work, huh? This year is different, this year it is not a new years resolution (I started a few days early so I can keep it that way mentally). This year I have made a promise to myself and my daughter. I will no longer be unhealthy. I will be a positive role model for my little girl. I will teach her how awesome it is to feel healthy and the happiness that is there when you have pride in yourself. She will learn the way your body and mind feel when you are full of good for you foods not convenient and "good tasting" foods, and that healthy foods taste good too. You see for me this is not a weight loss venture, this is no simple diet plan; this is a promise to make better choices, to feel good about me inside and out, to show my daughter a healthy lifestyle, to be around as long as I can in her life. This is a necessary change to a new me. This will be my last unhealthy year, my fresh start to a healthier me.