Weigh in day change....

I made the decision to change my weigh in day. I changed to Fridays, because having in on Monday was a real bummer.  I work hard all week, but as I said in  Monday's blog the weekends are hard for me eating wise.  I am hoping knowing how much I have lost will inspire me to eat better over the weekend. We will see I guess.
  Anyways this week has been good. I have started trying to run some.  That has been exciting.  I am going to have a good weekend.  I will do my best to make good food choices and try to get in some exercise other than cleaning the house..which can be a chore in itself!
  All that being said...I lost a pound this week. I am not looking for Biggest Loser numbers, but I was hoping for more.  That makes 4 pounds so far! I will take it and keep going!

'Till then,
EMP

Weekends...

  Weekends are hard for me.  I don't workout like I should.  I don't eat like I should (but I did cook all weekend so no eating out).  I am pretty active doing things with the hubby so that is good, but I need to do more.  I need to workout at least once on the weekends and be more mindful of what I am eating.       
   Needless to say that this mornings weigh in not so stellar!  I am proud of myself in one way.  I am not letting this one bad weigh in get me down.  In  the past I would have thrown my hands in the air and given up, but not this time.  I hit the treadmill hard this morning and I am planning my second workout for today.  I ate a good breakfast and I am ready to tackle this day.
 I am having issues with my Fitbit.   It just stopped working.  I haven't had it that long.  I am waiting to hear from the Fitbit people.  I hope that get back to me soon.  I have to to rely on the instant feed back from the Fitbit to keep me motivated.  I love seeing how many steps and how many calories I have burned.  I find myself going to check it even though I am not wearing it. :(   Please Fitbit pepople get back to me soon!
  My goal this week is to get a good plan in shape for next weekend. There are lots of changes coming up in my life. I just need to focus on me and what my goals are in the weight loss.

'till then...
EMP

LIttle Changes...

The little changes I started out making last week added up to a three pound loss.  I am pleased.  I am hoping for the same this week.  And I am making more little changes.  They already started with a harder workout yesterday.   I am happy that the little changes are working.  I don't think I could be able to handle huge changes right now.  I think in the past part of my problem has been trying to change everything all at once and I felt overwhelmed and hungry all the time.  That made me cranky and no fun.  With the little changes I still feel hungry, but I am not cranky.  That is a good thing.
 Goal for this week.  To keep it up.  Push the exercise a little more and just have patience with myself, and my progress.

'till then...
EMP

Good week.

I think it has been a good week.  I mean I did what I was supposed to do.  I ate good for the most part.  I did some working out.  I am pleased.  I mean for the first week things weren't so bad.  I need to bump up the exercise a bit and that will keep happening as I go along. 
I need to find some energy. That would be nice.  The week has been long and not enough sleep.  Hopefully next week will be better.  Each week will be better..

'till then..
EMP

Breakfast...

Day Two is starting out with me being hungry. Breakfast has always been hard for me.  I never know what I should eat. Cereal doesn't last long, so  I am usually starving within a hour of eating breakfast.  I normally eat toast, but most of the time it turns into a grilled cheese sandwich (I am a cheeseaholic).  So I have been looking around for quick easy breakfast ideas.  Today will be the first day that I try one of those new recipes.  Wish me luck...

'till then
EMP

Getting started...again....

So today is my start day.  I have so far made good food choices.  I went grocery shopping to fill the house will good for me foods. I did my weigh in.  I set my fitbit goals, so I am ready to go.  I am starting simple.  I have a 32 pound goal to hit by April 20th.  That is about 2 pounds a week.  Totally doable.  I am cautiously optimistic.  I know that I have to change the way I eat. I am working hard a making what I eat things that my hubby will like too.  I know for this to work I am going to have to spend more time fixing  meals.  That should not be a problem because I LOVE to cook!  I am making some small changes and will go from there.  I think my problems has been making too many changes too fast...

Here's to hoping and praying that this finally works!....

'till then...
EMP

A new year...

I just looked back and saw that I started this blog in 2009.  Wow.  I can't believe that.  I had such high hopes.  I should be in a better place with my weight.  I have no one to blame but me.  I am the Queen of Excuses.  I don't even give myself a chance to succeed in what I try.  I have unreasonable expectations.  I want everything to happen too fast, and if it doesn't then I get discouraged.  I need to work on changing my thought process.

I didn't want to restart a work out/eating healthy track  this week.   I didn't want it to be a New Years resolution that I did nothing with.    I am spending this week reading some books and getting my place together.  Starting Monday I am on it.  It is going to be a long road. I hope and pray that I can do it this time.

We shall see...

'till then...
EMP