My goal for the week is to drink lots of water. At least 64 ounces a day. So far so good. I realized that the reason I have been feeling kinda yucky lately is because I was dehydrated. I also have been using water as a snack deterrent! I want to eat something unhealthy - grab that water bottle and drink lots of water. Now water is not my most favorite thing so I will mix it up with Crystal Light or Sugar Free Hawaiian Punch (love those little mix packets) I feel great and hope it will show on my next weigh in.
As for me this week I have not been doing my exercises as much as I should but I have been focusing mostly on what I am eating and trying to move more. I just gotta move my butt!!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Lets Get Going
Ok well here I am. I have been battling weight for a while and have not been able to stick with anything. I really hope this is the medium that I need to keep it up. I had been debating about doing this. It is hard to admit your weight and problems to other people. However, my friend Celeste inspired me with her blog (289andcountingdown.blogspot.com) and it helped make my decision. Today is the day to get started.
I am starting out 45 pounds from my goal weight. Announcing it to my friends, family and strangers is embarrassing. I guess the word embarrassed doesn't even cover it. Mortified, humiliated, frustrated might be a little bit more appropriate. I picked 170 as my goal weight because that is about where I was when I married my sweetheart. According to the doctor charts I should be around 150 but that was my High School weight and I have come to realize that my body has changed quite a bit after 2 pregnancies. However, when I get to my goal weight and 150 seems reasonable I will go for it!
I have started on weight loss many times, never with diet plans but the simple fact of eat less and better food and move more. And to my surprise it starts working. I feel better, start dropping weight and then my allergies hit, or I get a chest cold or some sickness hits me or one of my kids and I totally fall off the wagon. It is amazing how easy it is to stop working out and how hard it is to start back up again :o). But this is it this time. I want to be accountable to someone other than my self to get my lazy bones moving again.
I want my asthma to not bother me so much, I want my clothes to fit me, I want to be able to find clothes that fit me ... I don't want it to be a diet but a life change. I want to look at myself in the mirror and be so proud and amazed at the progress that I have made. Here is to the beginning of a new healthier me!
I am starting out 45 pounds from my goal weight. Announcing it to my friends, family and strangers is embarrassing. I guess the word embarrassed doesn't even cover it. Mortified, humiliated, frustrated might be a little bit more appropriate. I picked 170 as my goal weight because that is about where I was when I married my sweetheart. According to the doctor charts I should be around 150 but that was my High School weight and I have come to realize that my body has changed quite a bit after 2 pregnancies. However, when I get to my goal weight and 150 seems reasonable I will go for it!
I have started on weight loss many times, never with diet plans but the simple fact of eat less and better food and move more. And to my surprise it starts working. I feel better, start dropping weight and then my allergies hit, or I get a chest cold or some sickness hits me or one of my kids and I totally fall off the wagon. It is amazing how easy it is to stop working out and how hard it is to start back up again :o). But this is it this time. I want to be accountable to someone other than my self to get my lazy bones moving again.
I want my asthma to not bother me so much, I want my clothes to fit me, I want to be able to find clothes that fit me ... I don't want it to be a diet but a life change. I want to look at myself in the mirror and be so proud and amazed at the progress that I have made. Here is to the beginning of a new healthier me!
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