So, I guess I will start off today as Day 1. I am once again on the track to lose weight and get healthy. I am currently at 262.5. I started out at 267 about three weeks ago, and I have decided to drink more water, move more, and pay more attention to what I eat. I think just doing that has helped me lose the 4.5 lbs and keep it there instead of fluctuating up and down the scale. I have traded in my beloved Mountain Dews for water. I still have a small sweet tea with the occasional lunch or dinner, but I try to do that only once a day. I am leaning more towards just drinking water, now, though. It feels cleaner going through my body. Haha!
I have decided to move more, and by that I mean that I walk when I have the chance, especially while BB is at baseball practice. I walk while he practices, unless I am running DJ to practice. But, regardless, I do try to fit in more walk time instead of sitting and "resting." I am making myself get up out of my chair to play baseball or basketball with BB or to play volleyball with DJ. I want to move more because I feel better and I sleep much better.
I am watching what I eat because I have read so much about how changing your diet can help you in so many ways - not just weight loss. I am eating more meals at home, which is helping me to save money, too! I am trying to closely watch what foods make me ache (osteoarthritis, here) or feel badly (tummy issues or overall malaise). I love drinking milk, but I found that it has some inflammatory properties. So, I stopped drinking it for a while, and I stopped aching every morning. I drank some milk a couple of weeks ago, and the next morning, I woke up feeling achy in all my joints. Since then, I have pretty much given up drinking milk. I still have the occasional glass from time to time. I am now noticing that bread tends to give me some issues with aching, bloating, and general malaise. I am thinking about giving it up as well. I have already cut down on sugars and snacks, but I won't deny that I have the occasionally bite every couple of weeks. And, the funny thing is that I have noticed that when I do take a delicious bite of sweetness, it becomes almost too sweet. This past weekend, I had some small chocolate squares that were individually wrapped, so I had a notion to pop one in my mouth. The sweetness was too much, and I ended up spitting it out. It was too much. LOL :) I ended up with an apple and some peanut butter instead. So, slowly but surely, I am getting there.
Let's see, I am supposed to list my goals. Well, my ultimate goal is to be healthy, active, fit, happy, and making healthy choices for myself and my kids. I don't know if I want to put numbers with it because if I don't reach that "perfect" number, I don't want to feel like I am not a success. Don't get me wrong...I would love to be in a size 4, but I haven't been in a size 4 since I was in middle school! And, I was healthy all through junior high and high school. I would love to be down to 130-140. I would be happy with 145! I just want to get in that range, how is that? Short term goals would be every 5 lbs lost. I am close to my first goal! Yay, me!
Anyway, I am writing this diary to keep a record of what I am doing, where I am going, how I am feeling, and notes about the things I deal with each day. I want to be able to look back from time to time to see what has worked, what hasn't worked, what I was doing, what I wasn't doing, and to see my thought processes. I am hoping that when I reach that ultimate goal, I can look back and see how it all happened.
Later, Fat Diary! Off to nom nom with Mom and the Monsters. :) I promise to eat healthy tonight and drink water!
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