healthy LIFESTYLE...not a DIET!

I was putting off posting today hoping that I would be able to get out on my run, but last night I started feeling pretty cruddy. I went to bed early and slept in this morning. It felt great to get the rest but I REALLY don't feel up for my run...it will have to wait a few more days.

For the past few months I have been eying Tosca Reno's book 'The Eat-Clean Diet for Family and Kids' and I finally got it! My kids had a fit when I showed them the book because the word 'diet' is not allowed in our house because it is too short-term. My oldest son said that we could cross out diet and put another word instead. I've tried to talk with my kids about a healthy 'lifestyle' as opposed to 'diet', lifestyle is more long-term. Maybe that's the word we'll use...lifestyle.

30 day shred workout

Well, this morning I got up and did the 30 day shred and I had a good workout. I do feel like it didn't challenge me like I'd hoped it would, but I was only on level one. I'll rev it up next time, but I wish I had more time today to fit in another workout...we'll see if I can squeeze one in.

Official day 1 workout...I did it!

30 minute run/walk....yay, I got out! *pat on the back*. Tomorrow I will try Jillian Michaels 30 day shred workout, I'll let you know how it goes.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Birthday gift to myself: Health!

Square one....again!

Well, it's back to the drawing board, starting over from square one. The other day I printed up my before 'after' pictures and my current 'before' pictures in the hopes of motivating myself to get moving. I'll post my new 'starting weight' soon. I'm very upset that I let myself go in such a short amount of time but I need to focus on the positive and the fact that this is in the forefront of my mind is a good thing. I'm finding that I'm an 'all or nothin' kind of girl, I have to be in healthy mode ALL the time or I find myself slipping (although a cheat day is a VERY good thing)...wish me luck and feel free to comment anytime.

Week 2 Day 2

Today was supposed to be my 'light day'...although I feel like EVERYTHING I do is a 'light day' compared to where I was! Anyway I decided that I was going to go for my 3 mile walk today and about a mile into it I was BOARD OUT OF MY MIND! So I decided to run, I created a goal to run until the road turned, then when I got there I felt good so I continued on with the thought in mind that I would go to the school. As I ran up the hill of the school (which actually felt better than running DOWN), I decided to continue on until the main road. I probably ended up running about a mile and a half...I hope I don't regret doing that tomorrow☺

Week 2 Day 1

Alright, I've come to the conclusion that I can't overwhelm myself with eating well and exercising right now. I need to get into the habit of working out regularly again before I start in with my eating...I obsess and I don't have time to obsess about both!

Last week I was walking 3 miles every day for six days. Today is the beginning of a new week with a new goal in mind. I just got done with my first walk/run in a VERY long time and it felt GREAT! I went my same 3 mile route but walked 2 minutes/ran 3 minutes and I will do that every other day with a supplement workout on the off days. It feels good to have a goal nailed down and I can't wait to complete this week and mark off this goal.