Well hello there. I'm new to this wonderful and overwhelming world of blogging. I've been tossing around the idea for over a year, but just didn't know what I wanted to write about (food, family, DIY, food, travel, food...did I mention food?). Well that seems to be a problem for me. FOOD! I love it. I love to shop for it, I love to prepare it and I really love to eat it! So, when the new year rolled around and I once again got to thinking about resolutions of course I thought about losing weight. I mean what woman doesn't put that at the top of her New Year's Resolutions (if you say you don't, i say you're lying)?!?! I don't know what it was about this year and not the past 8 that finally made me decide that this was the year, the time is now and if I want to once and for all lose the weight that I've been packing on over the years, I needed to get moving.
Nearly 6 weeks ago I decided I would start the Couch to 5k program...again. Not gonna lie, I've started and stopped that program multiple times over the past few years. I've even run a couple 5k's, but I never stuck with it. Around the same time, my younger sister, Ali, was chatting with me about needing to get in shape as well (She will be sharing her story in a few days). We decided that we would be accountability partners. We decided we would commit to getting our fitness on and reign in our unhealthy eating habits. She even made a spreadsheet so we could track everything and maybe in the process learn for each other. A few days later, Ali surprised me by sending me a scale. I'm sure most people would think that is like the rudest gift ever, but I looked at is as an amazing and thoughtful gift. Ali knew I needed a way to measure my results. Two days later at 5am I hoped on that scale for the first time since having my daughter. Ummmmm...not pretty. Although I weighed slightly more at 9 months preggo, I was now 39 months post baby. Talk about a wake up call.
I pulled up my old SparkPeople page and went straight to the meal plans. I decided that each week I would pick 2 options for breakfasts and 2 options for lunch. For dinners I use a lot of Cooking Light recipes. The biggest difference was the fact that I was now weighing out my food. I clearly had no idea of a "normal" portion of anything. Surprisingly enough, I've not been hungry. Seems that by eating the right things and cutting out the junk has reduced my appetite.
My exercise consists of running 4-5 days a week along with following a strength training program on SparkPeople. Most days I run on my lunch break. The hard part has been getting up at 5am consistently to get in my strength training. But each week I am feeling like I'm getting a little better, a little more consistent.
It's been nearly 5 weeks and I'm down a little more than 8 lbs. I still have about 40lbs to go, but I'm moving in the right direction and that feels good.
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