A fresh start!
Okay, so I have let time get away from me these last few weeks but while doing that I took time out to refocus on my goals for this year. This is my year. I've been saying that for the first 4 months of this year and I still really believe it. I want this year to be my year to focus on myself and to get really healthy. I'm sick of being overweight and I'm REALLY sick over not being able to do yoga better than I am because I have this big ole belly in the way. My struggle is with food! It just tastes so good and with a few other bad habits I have, my year has been stalled with losing weight. Now, I guess I have to be positive in the fact that I have been losing inches but damnit the scale should be showing some results too and it hasn't been. I've only lost like 5lbs in 4 months which is better than nothing but overall a failure in my eyes. I know why. I know how to change it and I've just recently made up mind to go ahead and do it. I'm so excited to really stop my bad habits and focus on all of my good ones. I enjoy working out and I'm going to start running again trying to build up to the elusive half marathon. I'll be honest and say that in my life when I lost the most weight was when I was running. It's just so easy for me to get burnt out with running but I know that once I really start back again and I start seeing those results it will get addictive. At the peek of my running success I ran 5 miles straight. I remember that day... I remember that feeling and I want that damn feeling again. So, it's time to go get it. As of today I'm kicking my bad habits out of the door and embracing the good ones. Life isn't about how good chocolate tastes or how many pizza slices I can eat it's about how quickly I can move and how good I can feel. Even though I'm never going to fully give up pizza and chocolate... I mean really what kind of life would that even be!?
If you're wondering what my plan is it's really simple: Cut out the bad habits (binging, booze, etc.) and embrace the good ones (running, veggies, water, portion control, etc.) I have a lot of things I want to accomplish this year but this is my main focus and I know I can do it. I just had to finally make up my mind and start.
8 months left... lets see what I can do...
Ready GO!
So excited for you!! I still eat pizza and chocolate (just like I did this past weekend) - You Can Do It!! I believe in you and will be your cheerleader if needed.
ReplyDeleteI have been struggling with the scale as well. Just keep going, you will do it. I have a feeling 2013 will be both of our years. :)
And ps. I think I sent you an email last week. I could just be making that up because I literally don't remember how many emails I sent last week, it was a lot.
Thanks girl! The scale is such a stupid thing why do we let it affect us so much?! I just wana get rid of this jiggle! TOO much Jelly in the belly... ya know what I'm sayin'! ;)
DeleteHey Terri! I binged and went back and forth on the scale from the time I was 22 to 30. It was the most miserable time for me, because I wanted to do right, I just wouldn't do it! You are right, in that portion control and exercise are the MAIN two components. I still have the foods that I want, but I decide how much I need to have, fix that plate, and then don't go back for more. I also have some sort of little snack every night after dinner so that I don't feel deprived. That is planned out and portioned out as well.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that you are making the change for yourself NOW instead of waiting until you are older like I did. I have been happier with myself than I have ever been, but it took me a much longer time to get there. So proud of you!!!
Aw thank you so much Paige! I'm glad you kept bloggin I love keeping up with your adventures... and thank you for the support... I'm just ready to get this "issue" over with ya know. I want to ENJOY life and not let my weight make me sad... although, we are women so I don't know if you can ever really not have weight be an issue. Who knows I'm just ready to get healthy!
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