On your mark...get set...GO!!

Yikes...I started running again today. It was rough! But I went and that is more than I have done since September! Sad but true. My weight is about the same, no change which is better than a gain. I just wish there was some loss. I haven't been as dedicated every single day. I am doing okay, but have my moments of pure weakneass. I love the warmer weather and the opportunity to be out in it. I am shopping smarter and if it isn't here, I cannot eat it. The hard part is if you get busy or are running late and have created a family that is ready to eat at 6:00...sometimes fast food and pizza are what we end up with. I am committed to this and will continue one day at a time. I know that I may fail somedays and others I will succeed. My goal is not to be high school skinny again. I would have to begin dancing 5 days a week again! And let's face it, after 2 pregnancies and 3 babies, there is no way I can move like that with out leaking just a little....hahaha! My goal is to be healthy and to be able to wear the clothes hanging in my closet! I want to feel sexy and pretty and not be worried about a muffin top hanging over my pants.

Coke is a drug!

Yeah I said it...and you know that I totally mean Coke-a-Cola and not cocaine! Although the latter is true as well.

After a weekend of the best diet ever...competition diet...no time to leave the convention center for anything. No time to stop and eat anyway and when I wanted to eat, concession stand food was NOT what I desired. So I survived the weekend on $4.00 cokes. Nope no diet coke for me...yuck! I even refrained from the king size reese's peanut butter cups...Now that is discipline! On the way home we stopped to eat real food. Our stop at the Olive Garden, which is not my favorite restaurant, I opted for the grilled salmon with steamed broccoli. That being said. I rocked that weekend.

This week, I was not so good. I continued with the cokes and know that they make me feel good during the moment, but regret it for the rest of the day. Being that I was gone for the previous weekend, I never made it to the grocery store and as a result, we had pizza, zaxby's, french fries, girl scout cookies, even a double doozie etc...! Now I am feeling lousy! I have had heart burn, which I used to only get when I was pregnant...oh wait, I weighed this when I was pregnant. I have to be honest and say that I have not gotten on the scale this week. I just know that I can feel a difference in how I feel. I began today eating better again. I did okay during the daytime, but dinner was and is often my downfall.

A minor set back, but on the whole, I am down 8 lbs total since I began. I am afraid to see how much I put on this week so I chose to remain ignorant. What we don't know won't hurt us right!

Here is to a minor set back and future weight loss, cause summer is around the corner and I am fairly certain that I will not be able to squeeze into any shorts that I currently own!

okay I have totally neglected my blog... sorry!!

A new month, a new day, a new week. And still in pursuit of the new me! I am down
7lbs!! Not as drastic as the first 2 weeks but still persuing the ultimate goal. My skinny self is still not quite within reach, but the fact that I am still losing is good enough for me. I have changed my thinking too. It have thought back to those moments in life when I was satisfied with my body. That would have to be high school and college days. When I was active! I am ready for the warmer weather so that I can resume running. I love it when I can get it in. I also began thinking, it took me 3 1/2 years to put this weight on...it is going to take some time to take it off. I have managed to lose weight all while celebrating 4 birthdays, and girl scout cookie season!!! That is a victory all in itself!

Weight watchers meals and yogurts are easy. I can eat a yogurt for breakfast and a soup for lunch and have only used a total of 1-2 points! That leaves me some room to eat whatever I fix for dinner. I do use all ground turkey these days and not ground beef. I have switched to whole grain breads if I eat a sandwich or peanut butter bread. I try and balance any carb with a protein. I learned that when I had gestational diabetes. The only carbs I eat alone are fresh fruit. I try to snack on apples or bananas.

Okay so last night I totally cheated...I ate a 1 point yogurt for dinner so that I could eat a double doozie for dinner! And it was awesome.

I am in desperate need of some physical exercise and am not getting it. Okay yes so I teach dance, unfortunately all my classes, except for 2 are in the final stages of dance competition...therefore I am sitting and watching instead of dancing with them. My preshcool and primary give me an hour each of constant motion but it is just enough to break a sweat.

I will try and do better with the posting...but I am not making any promises. Life gets pretty crazy around here.