Truggin Right Along!

I'm doing it! This is the longest I've ever stayed with an exercise program and eating style! I REALLY am changing my life! I'm sort of proud of myself. :D

Last week I twisted my ankle at work. Nothing major but it was achy for a few days. This meant my walking was on hold. I did go back to it though. In the "old days" if something happened I would just give up all together. I was excited to get back to it.

My kids started wanting to come with me. My kids are 5 and 7. Their little legs (well not so little if you know my kids!) couldn't completley keep up. I have a new plan when they want to come. I do a small half mile at a really slow pace with them. Then after dropping them off back at home I push myself.

It's a nice little warm up for me. They don't get tired in the middle of the walk. And they don't complain that they want to walk with Mommy.

I'm down 12 lbs as of yesterday. :) I haven't measured my self with the tape measure again. I think I'll  do that after a few more pounds. My clothes haven't changed either. I have 4 different sizes of pants in my closet. I still fit in all of them. It just depends on the pants. I'm sure the more I lose and keep on track, the more my pants will be less snug.

Here's to truggin' along!

I'm going to start posting some recipes too I think. I found a bunch that I like.

Much better today...

Today was much better then I've been. It was a holiday weekend. Which means my will power went right out the door with the Easter Bunny. I didn't walk at all Friday, Saturday, OR Sunday! I went right back to it hardcore on Monday. I ate healthy at work and at home and I walked. I WALKED. I took a slower, quick walk with my kids for a half mile. Then I did MY walk. I walked a total of 2.89 miles. A new record for me. I even went up the hill. I talked myself into it. I was just going to do the flat route. I wasn't in the mood to go up the hill. But I did. I did it. I went up the hill. It didn't feel good. ha ha. I concentrated on my music and breathing and just charged right up. 
I was proud of myself.
Today I plan on walking 3 miles again. This time without the kids so that it's a real 3 miles. I keep looking for low calorie breakfast and lunches. I'm sort of a picky eater. It's hard for me to find foods that I like that are good for me except for a few. I can't eat the same thing every day. I need fast breakfast foods and easy to make/take along lunch foods. I have a fridge and a microwave at work but that's it. So the food has to be made ahead of time. I don't have a lot of time before work to make things-I already wake up at 4am-so I need simple and easy things. 
I don't feel like I lost any weight but the scale says I did. I feel the same, my clothes fit the same, and I move the same. 
Off I go to walk like a crazy person through my neighborhood with my purple sneakers, gray with purple striped exercise pants, and purple coat. I must look ridiculous with all my purpleness. :)

Going strong..kind of.

So I was going strong. Eating my supervise everyday and walking- I made it to 2 miles 3 days in a row. Yesterday I just couldn't do it. I didn't go over board like I used to but I ate some stuff I shouldn't have. I wasn't depriving myself of anything...but I just wanted more food. Then my allergies were so bad that I didn't want to go for a walk because I couldn't breathe.
Today i'm back on track. Had a healthy filling breakfast and plan on having a healthy lunch. I think I need more variety. The problem I always had with diets is that I didn't like half the food I was supposed to eat. I found some foods that are good for me that I like to eat.. But I ate them every day! I'm off from work for 3 days after today and I plan on searching for low calorie foods that CAN include the superfoods but I'm not  going to go crazy looking for foods that have to be superfoods.
So here's me back on track. I've lost 7 pounds in 10 days. Here's to continued success! :)

I know I'm fat. I've always been fat. Since forever that I can remember, and even when I can't remember, I've been overweight.  I used to get in trouble for sneaking food. My family used to try to make me feel better about myself by saying I wasn't fat.. but I knew I was..and that made me feel worse. I knew they were lying and it sucked. I wanted to be like everyone else. I wanted to wear the cute clothes. Shop at the fun stores. I didn't want to have to go to the nurse to have to get changed because my pants were too tight. But I did. And as I got older, not much changed. I did grow into my body a little bit as I got into high school, but I was still overweight. I tried so many exercises in high school that I could do for free or for cheap. When I met my husband I started gaining weight again. We got comfortable with each other. That was 12 years ago. In that time we had 2 kids. With each one I gained 60lbs but lost most of it because it was all baby weight. When I became a stay at home mom the pounds really packed on. I was able to sit if I wanted to. I played with my kids on the floor but didn't have to move around. I wasn't able to exercise because they were so young, all my time was focused on them. 

Then I went back to work. I felt huge. I could barely do my job. I work in retail so I have to move a LOT. I lost about 30lbs just from working.  Then something happened. I started gaining weight again. I am still working but I have a different job. I do some exercise activity at work but not as intense as I used to have to do. My eating schedule has also been  crazy. I was eating fast food everyday because I was too lazy to pack my own lunch. I was eating double lunch because my schedule was all whacked. I wake up at 4am, eat breakfast after I shower and get dressed. I go to work for 6 and eat lunch at 10am. In the old days I would be starving when I got home at 2. And I would eat another lunch. Then dinner at around 6pm before going to bed at 9pm. Too much food. Not enough activity. 

I can't even remember what I was reading, but something popped out at me for an issue of Self magazine. Lose weight with the Drop10Diet. I thought, that sounds pretty easy. It was time for me to get healthy. I was sweaty and gross and  Eating healthy is VERY expensive!!!) and planned my eating. It was fun trying to find new recipes using the super foods that I like.  I even started exercising! I climb a ladder and walk frequently at work, but its not steady. I decided I would walk. Its easy enough to do-and FREE! Plus I get 30 minutes of ME time! I can think of whatever I want without being interrupted by a 4 or 7 year old. I love them dearly but Mommy needs Mommy time too!

I walk around the block. The first 5 minutes is flat, then 3 minutes uphill, then flat for the rest except the end is downhill then flat again. I've been working on going a little farther each day and walking a little faster each day. This way its still my 30 minutes but I'm going more distance.  I LOVE the walks. I zone out into me. I think of clothes I'll get to wear. I think of things I'll get to do with my kids when I can breath and have the energy to do them. I even walked through the pain. Once I started walking , my legs didn't hurt anymore. I did take today off from walking. I helped my friend move from the second floor of one apartment to the second floor of another. That was enough for me today. I plan on making Sundays my no exercise days. I have a few DVDs in storage of dance exercises that I'm going to start doing. I bought them 7 years ago and never used them.  With my new motivation, they'll get a lot of work. I'm going to get my calendar and schedule my workout/healthy time. It will be like any other thing. I HAVE to go to work 5 days a week. I HAVE to do some sort of work out 6 days a week. I'm super motivated this time. And super proud of myself. I know I can do it! I can do anything. On top of all this- I have been smoke free for 30 days! :) If I can quit smoking I  can "quit" being fat and unhealthy.  GO ME! Ready to lose 125lbs!