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.

Week 5 Day 6

Last night I went and completed week 1 day 1 of the 5K training program. I was able to complete the whole thing. It was a workout but I was able to complete it. I was quite excited and proud. It amazes me how much of a difference 16 pounds can make. That and the fact that we've been walking a lot so I have been conditioning my body. I'm excited to continue this challenge.

Day 0

I am at the beginning of my journey. Technically, I have 5 days to go before my journey begins. I had my 3rd baby six weeks ago, and I am not going to let myself stay big or get bigger.
In 5 days I'm starting a weight loss challenge. I'm pretty nervous, but I'm glad there will be something to keep me accountable. The challenge is 10 weeks. I'm hoping this is a good jumping off point. I have much a long way to go. More than 10 weeks for sure. But I've got to start somewhere. Today I heard someone say that NOW is the time to change. It's going to be hard, but it will only get harder to start.
A little introduction:
I'm a 30 year old stay at home mom. My kids are 3.75, 2, and 6weeks. My husband is a full time college student and we live on a very tight budget. This all causes stress and not much sleep in my life. I am 5 foot 3 inches and have hovered around 200 pounds for a couple of years.
My complaints right now are depression, fatigue, and lack of clothing that fit (and refusal to purchase new ones in the sizes that do.) I have also recently (after the baby was born) developed borderline hypertension. Yuck. DEFINITELY need to fix that.
At this point, I am going to be using Weight Watchers and the Couch to 5K training program. My BIGGEST challenge is going to be giving up soda.

5 days to go...