and since there haven't been any blogs you are probably guessing there hasn't been activity. Well you are correct. Since going on our ski trip, I have not done anything. Here are the events that lead up to my inactivity (all of which I realize are unexcuseable): Fell down the hill thinking I knew more about skiing than I did and hurt my knee (out of commission for a good 6 weeks), softball, softball, and more softball.
The youngest child has taken over our lives!!!! HELP!!! LOL. Now that the league season is over, we have subjected ourselves to fall ball. Yes, she will be playing on a select team out of Waco, Texas. She is a little Stinger now. Cute because it looks kinda like a YellowJacket (for all you Meridian fans out there) But......that is another blog for another time. I am going to start a blog on our little miss MaKenzie and track her progress with her select team. So.....keep your eyes out for it.
Anyways, back to the goal of this blog which is not about the kids or the husband, it is about ME!!!
Don't you just love those wakeup calls that you get? Well, I have just gotten another one. hahaha. One of the many I have received. I hope this time I stay AWAKE, not hit the snooze button, and don't let the business of life take me away from my long term goals. The fact is, I am OVERWEIGHT. There I said it. Wow, talk about getting the elephant off of your back. The past few years I think I have been in denial about it. I don't really look at myself in the mirror because I don't like the person looking back at me. That is not the same person I saw 15 years ago. The image I see is the 110 lb person that I was then. It is hard to look at this new me. So, I want to change her or me. I don't see how the people around me have continued to look at this person. They must really love me. But then again, I feel sad because NOONE has said anything to me either. Its like they have just ignored the weight I was gaining as well. Maybe they didn't want to hurt my feelings, or didn't have the right words to say.
My wakeup call came today. I have been hitting the snooze button for the past 5 months and finally that alarm WOKE me up. A co-worker and I were talking today and she was telling me that she was frustrated about not loosing her belly fat. Well, I can tell ya compared to me she has no belly fat. I look like a pregnant lady that is about 7 months along. My response to her was to use the excersie ball and do crunches. Now look at me, I am giving workout advise. From the lady who is not working out at all, I am telling someone what to do to loose their belly fat. But, comming from previous experience, I KNOW that using the excersie ball works. It did 5 or 6 years ago when I was getting ready to go to Mexico. Anyways, who am I to give workout advise when I am not working out at all???? I can just hear the conversation she was probably having with herself. First she was probably laughing so hard on the inside, then telling herself the same things I just stated. She did seem to listen to me and I looked up a few excersises for her on youtube. That place has ALOT of valuable information. It felt good to help someone with a challenge and motivated me. While researching, I found a very valuable site, or so I hope. Sparkpeople.com. Best of all it is FREE!!!!! Yes, you heard me FREE. I have just joined and am still checking it out. My hope is that it is similar to WeightWatchers or some of the other diet plans. It has menu features and support groups. Those are the two main things that I need right now. SUPPORT is the number one!!!!! Like I said before, I would LOVE to have support from friends and family.
Goals, it is very important to have them. It fuels motivation. Everyone should set daily weekly monthly yearly goals. My first goal this year was to loose weight. I failed at the time frame for my weight goal, but still can accomplish my weight loss goal. 35 lbs was my original goal. Since I don't have a scale in my house, I guess my weight is about 160. UGH!!!! That was hard to write. Knowing that it will be known for all the world to see. But anyways, on sparkpeople they set a healthy weight goal. 43lbs is what they say is a healthy goal. I wasn't too far off. So here it goes, here are my goals outlined as daily, weekly, and monthly:
Daily
Eat a healthy balanced diet of no more than 1500 calories
Have at least 30 minutes of excersise activity
Spend more time with my family outdoors and less time on the computer or watching tv
Weekly
Loose 2 lbs
Creat a blog journal of my progress
Monthly
Loose 8-10 lbs
Take 1 day for myself
Okay so those are the goals for month 1. Lets see how well this month goes.
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