A Journey To Fitness

One of the things I struggle with the most is that I want the weight to come off quicker than it went on. I know it didn't happen go on over night and it's not going to come off over night. I'm hoping by the end of summer to be down 15 pounds. I think that is doable in that there's about 10 weeks till the end of summer and I'm already down about 5 pounds. I figure at 1 lb per week that should be a pretty good goal.   It's interesting that there are definitely some days that I am under my calorie goal but not at all hungry. I find on those days my protein levels are up higher and that is helpful. I've been eating the same breakfast more or less the last 2 weeks which is plain greek yogurt with fruit. Sometimes there's some granola but I've found that I would rather use those calories on fruit. It's a really filling breakfast and I find that I'm not hungry till around noon (typically i eat that around 7:30). My plan is to get out running ...

I feel like my timing seems to be off in calculating days and weeks but if I look at my myfitnesspal account today is my 15th day of logging. Close enough to what is a 2 week update. Things are going pretty well. I'm down a few pounds (4ish I think). I'm finding that tracking what I'm eating is helping. I'm not saying no to things that I want I just know I need to adjust the rest of my day accordingly. I've gone over a few days but under for the most part. I still need to get better about exercising. I'm struggling a bit because Jym is traveling and I can't figure out how to really do what I want (go for a run) while not having anyone to watch the kids and not lose out on time with them after I've been at work for the day. I've thought about heading home on my lunch break but it's been over 90 degrees this week so that has not been helpful. For the most part we're only supposed to be in the 80's for the next 10 days so i should be able ...

I am one week into this new lifestyle. I have been tracking everything I eat. I have weighed myself twice and I'm down a little over a pound. I'm hoping my weigh in tomorrow puts me a little lower. I have not weighed myself since Tuesday morning. I'm hoping that tomorrow will put me at least .5 a pound down. I haven't done much in the way of exercise other than my 5k on Sunday. Jym's been traveling since Tuesday so I can't say I've had much time for exercise. Although it probably isn't a bad thing to focus on my health and nutrition. They say 80% of weightloss is done in the kitchen. I have for the most part kept my calories to about 1500-1700. Some days more but the average is there. And the thing is depending on how good I am about prep I'm actually pretty full on some of the lower calorie days. And I'm not saying no i can't have that. Twice this week I've had a little bag of chips and twice this week I've had cookies. What's ...

One of my resolutions this year was that this would be the year I would decrease my 5K time. The local running store had a race package of  4 races and a pair of shoes (up to $130) for $200. I figured that was a pretty good deal and signed up in January. The beginning of the year between my travel and Jym's travel I couldn't find a good race so the mother's day 4 miler was the first one. Probably not my smartest move to run a 4 mile race when I hadn't run since December and put on about 10 pounds since. But I figured if nothing else it would at least be the motivator to get me moving. Between when I signed up for the race and the actual day of the race (approximately 2.5 weeks) it rained 3/4 of the time. I managed to get out for 2 runs in that time. The race I ran in December I averaged about a 13:30 minute. I was hoping to do the same for the Mother's day race. What I didn't account for was the hills and the extra pounds and the fact that I wasn't really ...

Obviously I've fallen off the wagon in multiple ways. Blogging about my journey and the actual journey but I'm starting again. I'm 3 days in working just on my eating habits. I'm tracking everything that I eat and will slowly start putting in more exercise. Jym and I got apple watches on Sunday and i have not hit all my goals yet but I'm getting there. I like that it pings me if i've been sitting too long. I think the eating thing once i get it under control will make the most difference. I didn't realize until i started actually tracking everything how much i was actually snacking.  I have cut back my carbs but not cut them out completely because with 2 kids I don't want to make 2 meals (at least at this point) and lets face it bread and pasta are good. But I can eat 1 or 2 pieces of pizza and add in more veggies on the side vs 3 or 4 pieces of pizza. It's the little changes that I'm learning to make. I know it's going to be a journey but...

So needless to say in the past 8 months since my last post I have been off and on and off the wagon multiple times. I'm currently back on the wagon and about a week into tracking my foods. I can't say this week has been great but I'm getting better. I definitely went over the set calories I was trying to maintain and it was by eating junk food. I think I just got into the holiday rut of eating junk and it's hard to break. My clothes have been tight for the last few months but they are getting worse and I'm down to 2 pairs of pants that fit (although tight) and so I know I have to make a change.  It's hard and I know this is not typically the time of year that people start but I figured if I put it off till January I'm going to put it off till Feb, Mar, April, etc. So why not start today and just not give up. I'm not saying i can't have junk food but I have come to the conclusion that i need to track it and be honest about what is going into my body...