this is freaking hard!

So far the biggest challenge for me is consistency. I can keep up with eating well, or exercising for a while, then I turn back to my bad habits. As a result, I've been bouncing back and forth between 175 and 184 pounds. Yikes! That is way heavier than I want to be. This week I think I am going to focus my energy on cutting out the soda. I don't do well quitting cold turkey, but I want to downsize to only one soda per day. On the flip side of that, I want to make sure I drink the full 8 glasses of water per day that is reccommended. So far today my liquid intake has been 3 cups juice, 1 12oz Dr. Pepper (also known as abrosia of the Gods, or liquid joy) and a sip of water. yikes. Clearly I have quite a challenge in front of myself. :) But I know it will be totally worth it when I get back down into the 130's to 140's range and get back into my size 8 jeans. Although ideally I'd love to be back in a 6, right now I'd settle for an 8.