Okay, I've worked out all this week and been on the healthy eating plan. If I can keep this up long enough that it's not so dang hard, I bet I can shed these pounds.
I weighed in at 177 on Monday which is high for me. I'll weigh in again this coming Monday and I'm sure I will have lost a few pounds.
I'm sore as all get-out from restarting my exercise! I've been hiking the trails (mountainous) around our neighborhood, doing my Slim in 6 DVD, and today I did 31 minutes on the treadmill. 10 of those minutes I ran.
I think part of what's inspiring me, or motivating me is seeing my success (the success of our family really, but I'm likely to be the person facing the media) coming and not wanting to feel like everything I have to wear makes me look fat. I want to feel confident and comfortable when I see myself on the Rachael Ray show or The Big Idea on CNBC. I'll keep you posted, but if I can just keep my eye on the prize, the feeling good part, I can take this all the way down to the weight I know I can be!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Long Time, No Post.
It's been a while. I'm happy to report that I've started back on my exercise regimen and will keep making time for me and my good health.
I want to use this week to take advantage of Mason's school schedule and hold myself to the same standards I hold him to. I expect him to get up in time to have breakfast, get dressed, brush his teeth, and get to school on time. I need to keep me on a strong timeline like that as well.
It's Monday, I'm re-committing (I do that everyday, sometimes more than once!), and I'm going to succeed!
I want to use this week to take advantage of Mason's school schedule and hold myself to the same standards I hold him to. I expect him to get up in time to have breakfast, get dressed, brush his teeth, and get to school on time. I need to keep me on a strong timeline like that as well.
It's Monday, I'm re-committing (I do that everyday, sometimes more than once!), and I'm going to succeed!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Feeling the Change
Do you know what I mean, when you feel a major change coming?
I have been struggling with getting my exercise program back on track, and reconciling my relationship with food. I can see myself running, I can see myself strength training, and yet, I don't follow through.
Today I realized that Mason is already a sugar addict! I'm not surprised, he loves candy and it's the be-all end-all of making your kid happy. It's the reward, the bribe, the treat, the celebration, the thing that makes whatever's bad good again, it's nearly everything! After Mason's third treat before 10 AM (one he snuck, one he found leftover in the car, and one was a freebie at a cash register), I about pulled my hair out, screaming inside my head, STOP! NO MORE CRAP FOOD!
I managed to keep my cool, but informed Mason we were going on a sugar/crap food diet. "What's a diet?" Mason asked. My reply was honest, "It's the way people eat. It can be a good, healthy diet or it can be a poor diet of crap food." "Oh, good!" Mason said, "We can eat sugar and crap food all the time!" Shit! I did that wrong. I thought. I went on to burst his bubble and let him know we were actually switching to a good diet, without sugar and crap food. "Ohhh, I want to do the other diet, the sugar diet."
Tough love. When Dave got home tonight I informed him of my plans. He got right on board! What a relief! It's so much easier when we're all on the same page. So today, I weighed 174 and I have had an excellent food day. Dave also exercised extreme will power when he got to work to find cake, cheesecake, pie, cookies, and more. I'm proud of him.
It seems we are feeling the winds of change blowing together, not unusual, Dave and I do that a lot! I'll keep you posted.
I have been struggling with getting my exercise program back on track, and reconciling my relationship with food. I can see myself running, I can see myself strength training, and yet, I don't follow through.
Today I realized that Mason is already a sugar addict! I'm not surprised, he loves candy and it's the be-all end-all of making your kid happy. It's the reward, the bribe, the treat, the celebration, the thing that makes whatever's bad good again, it's nearly everything! After Mason's third treat before 10 AM (one he snuck, one he found leftover in the car, and one was a freebie at a cash register), I about pulled my hair out, screaming inside my head, STOP! NO MORE CRAP FOOD!
I managed to keep my cool, but informed Mason we were going on a sugar/crap food diet. "What's a diet?" Mason asked. My reply was honest, "It's the way people eat. It can be a good, healthy diet or it can be a poor diet of crap food." "Oh, good!" Mason said, "We can eat sugar and crap food all the time!" Shit! I did that wrong. I thought. I went on to burst his bubble and let him know we were actually switching to a good diet, without sugar and crap food. "Ohhh, I want to do the other diet, the sugar diet."
Tough love. When Dave got home tonight I informed him of my plans. He got right on board! What a relief! It's so much easier when we're all on the same page. So today, I weighed 174 and I have had an excellent food day. Dave also exercised extreme will power when he got to work to find cake, cheesecake, pie, cookies, and more. I'm proud of him.
It seems we are feeling the winds of change blowing together, not unusual, Dave and I do that a lot! I'll keep you posted.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Food? Great! Exercise? Not So Great.
I seem to have found a rhythm that has me gravitating toward healthier foods. Being in a hotel for five days, I did pretty good, but now that we're home, I'm craving fresh fruit, salad, steamed veggies, and not so much of the sweet stuff.
I'm still failing miserably at getting by butt on the treadmill. I can see me doing it, I want to do it, and then I don't do it. It seems there is always something more important. I know there is nothing more important than my health and happiness, but getting errands run, or taking the call from the patent attorney, or taking Mason to a movie seem more important in the moment. I'll keep working on this because in all my years of weight up, weight down, I know I'll find my way back to my treadmill!
I'm still failing miserably at getting by butt on the treadmill. I can see me doing it, I want to do it, and then I don't do it. It seems there is always something more important. I know there is nothing more important than my health and happiness, but getting errands run, or taking the call from the patent attorney, or taking Mason to a movie seem more important in the moment. I'll keep working on this because in all my years of weight up, weight down, I know I'll find my way back to my treadmill!
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