This has truly been a rough month.  I seem to take two steps forward and one back.  It has been hard to keep my focus on what we are suppose to be doing.  I did not start off very well and now that I am truly working on a program I keep thinking about where I need to go and how far behind I am compaired to others.  My husband suggested this past weekend that I just look at one day at a time and not worry about compairing myself with others.  That has always been hard for me.  I am up and down.  There are days I feel outgoing and good about everything, then there are other days when I am just plain tired and want to hide out. 

 

I did lose 8.4 lbs this first month, but I know it could have been so much better if I had the right mindset.  So here I am just concentrating on today.  One day at a time, one meal at a time, one pound at a time.  Thus far today is going well.  I have to make sure I keep the right foods around me.  Fruits, nuts, yogurt, chicken, lettuce, you know the drill.  Tonight I need to get some rest (stayed up for the oscar’s last night), so I can keep my focus.

 

I have a great trainer that participated in the Lighten up contest several years back.  She is very familiar with the program and is very encouraging.  My problem is when I am tired I don’t even want to talk to her.  So…. Sleep is on the agenda for tonight.

 

 

 

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