Healthy Lifestyle-Easier said than done!

My 7 day diet ended up bombing after day 5. I became sick with all the meat and tomatoes I had to eat that I decided it wasn't worth becoming sick! I had a heart to heart talk with my fiance about all of it too and he opened my eyes to the fact that I am always looking for "quick fixes". I love him so much for being able to be so open and honest with me! He is right most of the time too. I started to realize how many fast diets I have done and how many times I felt like I failed because I either didn't finish the diet or I didn't lose enough on it. So many times I have attempted to just live a healthy lifestyle by choosing to cook at home, take my lunch to work, watch how much I eat out. I fail at this a lot too. I don't want to get caught up in any fad diets that New Years will offer so I am choosing to just attempt this healthy lifestyle again. I am going to limit how often I eat out, pack my lunch, drink lots of water, and cook at home. I really do enjoy cooking so I need to get back into doing that! I also need to be honest on another issue...alcohol. I can consume quite a bit of it and I enjoy it. I don't drink for the purpose of getting drunk or even to get a buzz. I simply enjoy a glass of wine or beer with my meals. It is now become quite the issue with my weight though. I can consume more than the average woman can (according to many of my friends) and all it is is empty calories. So I have now asked my fiance to be a better accountability with me on this. We are both going to not drink when we go out to eat and limit how much we drink altogether. So here we go...good recipe finding and grocery lists galore!