Week 9 Day 1

Real life is kicking me in the pants right now. I have a pinched nerve that is disrupting daily functioning, we're trying to move, I've started a new job, and there are other stress and sadness in my family that are triggering some major emotional eating.

The main thing I've noticed is that I have been slacking on writing down what I'm eating. That needs to be a main focus this week. I really keeps me accoutable. That, and I'm going to try starting my day with a green smoothie drink. :)

Week 7 Day 1

Last week 190.2
This week 188.8
Change -1.4

First time I've seen the 180s in a couple of years. :)

For most of my adult life I've been in the range of 180-190. I expect to hit a plateau, but it will be fine. This number was actually the highest I've seen on the scale in the last 3 days. I am still enjoying weighing every day. It helps me start the day with a renewed focus. I know it is not for everyone, but I am liking it right now.

Week 6 Day 6

I am changing my life and making new healthy habits. Tonight I sat down to check the latest updates, and saw that my sister in law had posted about her c25k progress. There have been times in my life that would have bummed me out and I would have kicked myself for telling her about it, or told myself that it is something I can't do and should quit now, blah blah blah. Instead, it fired me up. And even though it was 10pm, and even though I went on a long walk today, I laced up my shoes and jogged around the parking lot. I looked up the training plan I've been following, and found I've been doing a more challenging protocol than it says. That boosted my confidence, and tonight I jogged 3 1/2 minutes then walked 1 min and repeated that 3 times. WOW! GO ME!
I can do this.
I'm realizing that I don't just want to be skinny. I don't want to run marathons. I just want to love myself. I want to be a good example to my children and raise them with healthy habits. I can do this, and I'm excited to see what's up next.