Feeling good

So since my last sad post I put myself to work. Well kinda. What I really did was start to track what I was eating EVERY day on sparkpeople.com and I've been keeping with in my calorie range(around 2000 calories). AND I haven't had a single little Halloween chocolate bar since SUNDAY! It's killing me, the no chocolate bit. I've also pretty much stopped nursing Ella. I have mixed feelings about that. She's my last baby, and she's growing up, and I'll never nurse another baby ever again. It's kinda sad. But She has a mouth full of teeth, and she is a nasty biter, and I was getting so sore. So I started her on Formula. She's almost 9 months old now, and most of my other kids were drinking formula at 9 months. So I am OK with it and sad all at the same time. Anyway, my point is simply that now that I am not nursing, and now that I am really being diligent about watching what and how much I am eating, I am starting to see some wonderful results. In less than a week I have lost 5lbs. And all I have done is cut back my portions and track what I am eating. I am still eating the same kinds of food that I was eating before, just less of it. I'm feeling good today. Feeling like I'm off to a good start and like maybe this time I'm going to make it work. Yep, I'm off to a good start!