The good and the bad

The good:

• I am writing down everything I eat. I may not be doing it at the time I do it but I'm writing it down. For me, that is progress right now.


• I've been wearing my new tennis shoes and workout clothes and that is giving me some inspiration. I haven't gotten to working out yet but the extra walking and just wearing this is helping me frame my thoughts.

The bad:

• Work has been very busy so having well-balanced, thoughtful meals has been a challenge.


• Tonight I picked up fried chicken because I didn't have time to make dinner. I really didn't want it but it was the easiest and cheapest thing to buy without having to think too much.


• Drinking all my water on days when I am in back to back meetings is a challenge.

Today I realize that I have to probably cook a couple of meals on the weekend to get me through the week and freeze more leftovers.

I read a blog today that reminded me that it is a slow process and eating better, exercising, and being true with yourself are the key to success.

Focused Monday

So I have been working on getting inspired. Today I finally picked up the pen and planner and started tracking points. Overall, I did good. I did give in to a donut on my way out of the house because I was hungry and didn't have fruit and it was easy. That cost me the exact 6 points I went over today. But, as Roni said in this post, So What! The good thing I did was that I went for a walk to the bus further from my house to go to Aldi to buy fruits and vegetables. When I got to the bus stop I couldn't see the bus coming so I kept walking to the stop and then the next one. I probably could have gone one more block but I was afraid of the bus passing me up. I joined Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper's Facebook pages. Today Bob had a picture of this guy for inspiration -- Dion Makes a Change. He has lost 80 pounds! I hope to keep following his page to stay inspired. A few things to work on this week:

• keep tracking points


• balance my meals


• drink at least 8 cups of water.

Quick check-in

Just wanted to say that I'm still here and haven't forgotten about my commitment to be good. I have lost the weight that I had gained in the last month so that makes me happy. I still haven't religously tracked everything I eat but I am reading blog postings, watching and measuring what I'm eating, and building up my focus.

So, in my book, this is better than where I was when I fell off the wagon last month!

The Power of Regret

My motivation for today...

"We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be."
- Denis Waitley (1933 - , Author, Speaker, Trainer, Peak Performance Expert)

It's been over a month...

...and I've been struggling to get on the bandwagon. The last I posted I said was back to tracking and that same day something went wrong and I just quit again. I have many excuses but I won't bore you...

So what am I saying? Well, that I know I have to get back on the bandwagon and I need to just do it. Those excuses will always be there but the opportunity to better my health before it gets the best of me won't. I turn 37 next Friday and I need to get my act together before them.

Thanks, Wilson, for checking up on me. Don't give up on me yet!

Back to tracking

So last week didn't go so well because I got a stomach bug and didn't eat for 2 days and then my body was trying to make up for it by getting really hungry. The 3 pounds or so that I lost being sick came back. With the stress of work and the need to get my body to recovery, I didn't track my food. But, the good news is that my weight stayed basically the same--I just went up .1 pounds!

I'm back to tracking my food today!

Good luck to those of you that are also on your weight loss journey! This will be a good week for us all!

While you are here, leave me some yummy, healthy snack ideas that you like!

Weigh-In: Down 4.9 lbs!

Yeah!! I didn't always make the right choices BUT I made more conscious choices. This is a great kick start for sure!

Focus for this week: continue to track, make conscious choices, and incorporate more activity.