Back on Earth

I feel like I've dropped off the face of the earth on this blog. But I'm back! Life has gone crazy with my family, and the only time I have to write is during my kids rest time and I've been joining them.

ANYWAY...Time to report. I've been doing great with my running, I'm actually going to bump up to the next step on couch to 5K tomorrow's run! I haven't been able to run 3 times a week for the last couple of weeks, because we've been out of town or doing activities, but I've been running every Tuesday and Thursday even when I really didn't want to and I've never regretted running; I'm actually glad that I did!

I've also started doing a Parent-Tot class at the pool with my two youngest while my oldest does swimming lessons! So I'm getting a little more exercise!

I love to swim, so It's been nice getting back in the water.

On the flip side, eating hasn't been that great. Actually to be completely honest, I've been really bad.... We went camping last weekend and I ate at least three cookies and didn't drink hardly any water. My food portions are awful during dinner AND I go back for seconds. When I'm home I will try to have a good lunch and I usually will have a water with me. What's been worse is, we found some chocolate bars from camping and I've had a lot of chocolate after 8... BUT I'm starting over again! I have some big life events coming up that will be announced at a later time, so I have to get control of my food habits now or I'm afraid I won't ever get control, especially after said event.

Plan:

Drink 1/2 my weight in oz. of water READ THIS!!!

NO EATING AFTER 8!!!

If I get the munchies, drink a whole glass of water and grab gum.

When camping, be apart of menu planning and bring healthy snacks.

Start with 1 cheat day every two weeks

Pre-make snacks on Sundays

Try Turkey Burger

My friend has this awesome blog that I love! She's made so many changes in her life and she does it without her husband and kids eating the same as her. http://www.livylove.com/ tells her story of her weight loss and she has some great tips on how she did it. I look at her story and know I can do this! Wish me luck!

Get Real!!!

Today kinda slapped me in the face with how bad I've been with my eating habits after I only ate a big bowl of dutch oven  refried beans for lunch. It was delicious at the time, but now, an hour later I feel gross.

Smack!!!

Yup I need to change... Not so drastic that I feel like all I eat is rabbit food, but I really need to worry about eating healthier. And not try to baby myself and think that taking it super sonic slow will help, because it's not. There has to be a noticeable change.

SO! Here's the plan, I am only eating one serving of food, and that serving cannot equal the size of my plate, like my plate did last night... But what the label says. I know I said that before, but it just didn't happen...

 I am going to make a new lunch and dinner menu for our family and it will be detailed with veggies/fruit in every meal. I will allow one take out meal every other week and even then I will not stuff my face.

 No food after 8:00PM! Even if we have a late dinner, I cannot cheat and use it as an excuse to have dessert at 8:30.

I've been really good at only one snack a day, so I'm keeping that rule, but I am going to make sure that it is a snack that isn't super salty or full of sugar.

I am going to set out my daily goal water amount (8 8oz cups a day) on the counter and drink it!

I think my biggest problem is that I haven't shared this with my family, my husband knows, but not my Mom and Dad. My husband and I are living with my parents while we are waiting for him to finish up school, so we share meals a lot of the time, and a lot of the time someone will just pick up something and bring it for dinner or dessert. We usually have some kind of treat sitting on the counter that someone made and I'll count that as my snack and it usually makes me more hungry or crave more chocolate. So I take full responsibility on the lack of communication. I hope everyone will be home tonight, if not tomorrow, so we can have this talk.

I know that I've been bad about following my goals, but I've turned over a new leaf and will follow it!

Water Water Water

I set out the water like planned and it actually worked! I drank it all!

I did start to feel sloshy by the end of the day, but I think my body is just learning how to adjust to a healthy amount of water.

I must confess that I haven't been super great with drinking everyday, but I am doing a lot better than I have.