Starting---Sunday, October 26, 2014

This post was published on Monday, October 27, but the information comes from yesterday.

Let me start with a bit about where I'm coming from.  Most of my adult life I've struggled a bit with my size. When I'm very physically active I keep the weight off. But in reality I LOVE TASTY FOOD! I LOVE sugar too! And most fried things (PF Changs Crispy Green Beans---hey, they are at least a vegetable!)  I started running again this June and find that it's MUCH harder with an extra 30 pounds but that I still love it...but haven't lost any size or weight--probably because of my love of Blizzards and cinnamon rolls!  My kitchen has been torn apart for the past three weeks due to a kitchen remodel and I've eaten at every fast food restaurant within 5 miles of my house more than once!

I sort of feel like I need a fast food intervention right now!! :)

By Thursday afternoon I should have a fully functional kitchen again...but then I am also faced with the old adage, what's for dinner.  I didn't grow up in a kitchen and what I do know how to make I've taught myself in the past few years.

Saturday I was Facetiming with my cousin and I couldn't get over how chubby my face looked. I was so embarrassed!

I weighed myself Sunday morning (always first thing) and I weighed in at a depressing 160 pounds. That's up 17 pounds from this spring! So I made that decision to finally do something about it.

Monday morning I went jogging outside---my favorite! I declined the cinnamon rolls for breakfast and the buskers and gravy, instead opting for a couple of granola type bars. (NOTE to self: find good recipes for my own bars!) I had Mexican food for lunch (sopes) and a Wendy's 1/2 pecan chicken salad for dinner. Basically I'm happy with my choices today. That's absolutely a step in the right direction!

Also, Monday morning I weighed 157.2. So tomorrow I jog again and try again to make healthier food choices.
Thanks!

Why???

I started this blog as a place to keep track of all the things I'm doing to become "Healthy".  Healthy means something different to everyone...it could be a weight goal, a physical fitness goal, a muscle goal, a food or diet goal, or even a mental health, financial or spiritual goal. For me I think the definition of health changes at different points in my life but for this blog I'm defining it as all the above. A balance of everything knowing that absolute balance is not reasonable but it can always be the goal.

Chances are, with my somewhat addictive personality I'll dive deep into one aspect or another for a time and then move on to another, then another, and back to the first.

Hoping that chronicling my voyage will help me focus and not go so overboard into one topic or another but balance me a bit. I can't imagine that my little story might actually help anyone but I do hope that through my experiences that others might be inspired.