Starting late
I am really excited about being part of the lighten up group, but unfortunately right as I got started a few personal issues popped up. Isn’t that always the way things happen. So here I am several weeks into the program and I am really just starting. I am a hard worker though and I believe I can turn things around.
My first stumbling block was figuring out what I wanted to eat for breakfast. Now I feel that is the only meal I don’t have to worry about. I switch between yogurt with blueberries and eggbeaters with and orange and wheat tortilla. I do love to eat, but putting the right things together is hard for me. I don’t really like to grocery shop and naturally I am always hungry when I go to the store. Last week I found some muesli at Big Lots. It is all natural and really very good. Just a ¼ of a cup of the mix with a ¼ of a cup of water, heat it up and it is very filling.
Over the years I can honestly say I never liked to exercise. (I really still don’t!) However, I am learning to just do it and not think about the fact that I really don’t like it. I have to make arrangements though because if I leave it up to me to just go out and walk, it won’t happen. Currently I am walking on a treadmill at work, working out with a trainer on Wednesday evenings at Slim and Fit in Mayfield and attending a boot camp at the same place on Tuesday. I am going to try to take advantage of all the free stuff we have available while it lasts so I will go to the Y this weekend and register. I can actually walk to the Y from home so I hope to make that a habit.
I have a good support system and I have found by getting my family to wear pedometers it is fun to see who can walk the furthest each day. Typically I walk between 6,000 and 8,000 steps. Yesterday was the first time I went over the 10,000 step mark. I was so excited I was calling people at 9:30 at night.
Now that my mind is getting in gear, I plan to read other blogs and try to stay positive. Need to go – till later!
Angie
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