A New Me

Good Morning!
    For two weeks now, almost everyday I have been doing my two mile walk. I feel more energized and stronger! I really think that the exercise is helping, haha! I want to exercise more and more, I even thought about looking up P90X or crossfit videos on my PS3 just to get MORE exercise in my day. The morning walks get me feeling good and productive early in the morning, I usually leave when Nick does for work or when Charlotte is awake. It takes me 30-45 minutes depending on how fast I am walking. Then in the afternoon, I walk with Charlotte down the street, to the park. After all of my chores yesterday, I still wanted to walk after dinner. I like my new energy!

   Now, I weighed myself this morning and I am at 214lbs. Which is an improvement. I think what is really holding me back is my diet. I am not eating healthy. I need to work on that. My friend, Kara has been on the Paleo diet and I would love to do it, I just don't know if I have the self control. For those of you who don't know what it is, I found this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFZoqmKf5M

Once, I can eat like this, and get my family to eat like this, my exercise will kick in even more! Then all the pounds will come off :)

Until next time! xoxo,
M

Beat the Heat!

Hello,
This morning I again did my two mile walk. It was way easier, I did decide to go at 6am when the streetlights were still on and it was SO nice outside. It is crazy to me that I could feel the humidity in the air at that time. We do not live in a southern state. Southern California, yes, but I have never experienced this hot, humid, hell-ish weather. So now that I am dripping with sweat at 7am I am going to take a cold shower and eat some breakfast.

Oh, and Miss Charlotte is getting effected by this weather too. She was a trooper and went on my walk with me, but yesterday she would be her happy self and all of a sudden have a meltdown. I think the heat plus her two canine teeth coming in doesn't help her mood. haha. Have a great weekend everyone!

By the way, no weight loss this week but feeling better about life just by doing these morning walks! Thanks for your love and support!

xoxo,
M

Nice try, NEXT!

Hello lovely listeners,
 Yesterday by Doctor's Orders, I knew I needed to start my project back up again. After quite a crazy turn of events after my last post on May 9th. You may have noticed that my post was short. My grandmother went into surgery on May 8th for a tumor in sinus cavity. She never woke up. On Memorial Day, my grandfather signed papers to have her be taken off her ventilator. She breathed on her own until the next morning at 5am. She was a very strong woman, she had already beaten breast cancer, raised three children and really kept our family together, while married to the same hard headed man for fifty years. After she passed, we had to find a new place to stay because of a lease ending and financial woes. I quit my job at Yankee and we moved down to Orange County into Nick's dad's and grandmother's house. I don't know what we would have done without their generosity. Then we had Charlotte's 1st birthday, which was an amazing day! Now, I am a stay at home mom (which I always wanted) trying to figure out what is best for my family and keep everything organized. Yikes! What does all this have to do with my weight loss project? I mean its only September 7th, four months later...

I have decided it is time to take control of my body and myself. Especially after my Dr. told me to. So, I am not promising anything, since I didn't keep my promise last time. I am however really going to need some support. I have told Nick and his dad to not offer me ice cream, soda, cookies or chips. (that way I won't feel rude saying no ;) right??) I also started my day off with a two mile walk.

So here is my weigh in... I don't know what week it is. So I am going to say weigh in one!

Weight: 215lbs

That's right...back where I started. 0_o