3 Diet Cokes Left

I am drinking my regular morning Diet Coke right now.  There are two left in the fridge.  Once those are gone...I am done!! 

Ready to get serious...Right after New Year's

It has been about 5 months since I last blogged.  In the last 5 months, I have pretty much completely disregarded trying to eat healthy and exercise, but right now, I am feeling pretty nasty and disgusting!!  I am ready to make changes, yes once again. As long as I don't quit starting over, right?  I am not going to start until after New Year's day because I know it will be hard to with parties and what not.  So Monday morning, I am on track.  It is going to be a challenge with many upcoming events and visits with family and friends, but I need to try to make good choice throughout all that. 
I joined a biggest loser team of teachers for a contest at a local gym.  It started in November, but I haven't been a very good team member.  I am ready now to fix that.  I have been thinking a lot about why I eat shit and have pretty much come to the conclusion that I eat all the time...I eat when I am social, when I am bored, when I am stressed, when I am happy, when I am sad...  there is no end.  I need to get it under control. 
I don't really have much of a plan, but I need to figure that out too.  It will include better choices with food and exercises.  I will take a picture of my weight each week and post it to keep myself accountable.  I say I will log food, but that is a real pain in the ass, so it won't likely happen. 

It's been over 6 months...really?

I can't say it has been six months since I have thought about this blog or losing weight.  I have thought about it a lot, especially when I am changing and I see my flabby belly.  I just haven't made the effort to keep up with it or keep up with it and not be embarrassed by my lack of progress, but I am ready to try again.  I am still fighting the weight loss fight. It's definitely a struggle.  I do well, then fall off the wagon, sometimes get trampled by the horses that are pulling the wagon, but I still want to ride on that wagon, so that is a good thing.  I just need to not stop climbing back on. 

Today I stepped on my Wii fit to weigh myself and it had been 200 days since my last weigh in.  Really?  Have I ignored it that long?  Well here's to a new start... it would be great to toast with a real drink, but I am going to settle for water. 

One small change, it is something I have heard from many people, but it has been drilled in my head time and time again from my friend, Laura, at LoCo Bootcamp (shout out).  I usually try to make many changes and maybe that is part of the problem.  The changes I want to make are to drink more water, eat more fruits and veggies, cut out red meat, stop drinking diet coke (toughest battle ever), and exercise 35-60min a day. They all seem like good changes to make, so how do I pick one?  Should I be happy if I meet 4 of these 5 goals each day?  I wish I knew the answers. 

I am starving!!

I had my weigh in on Monday and was down 1lb.  It's a loss, so I should be happy, but I have so far to go.  I am really hoping for a 2lb loss this week.  I know it has only been two days since then, but I have been working very hard at drinking my water and eating appropriate portions of healthy food...fish, fruit, asparagus, spinach, black beans, that kind of stuff, AND, I am starving.  I am so hungry!!!

The Poverty Diet

So I was eating pretty healthily this week, that was until I ran out of money.  Seriously fresh fruits and veggies are pretty expensive and with it being winter (and a cold one), the golf course is slow.  So, for the remainder of this week, I am left to be creative.  It's sort of an exciting adventure.  I sort of like inventing meals using only the items in the pantry, fridge, and freezer, but the downside is that these meals are not super healthy.  Last night I made a meal we called "Popcorn chicken stroganoff."  It was delicious!!  Of course it was, it was made with egg noodles, cream of mushroom soup, mashed potatoes, and popcorn chicken.   I guess the only way the poverty diet will work is when I run out of food altoghether, but no worries, it won't happen, we get paid on Friday!!! 

Yesterday was not so good...here's to a better day.

Yesterday I didn't do so well as far as eating.  I didn't binge on pizza and beer or anything like that, but I did eat about 6 Hershey's kisses.  Also for dinner, I planned on just having a turkey wrap, but I also had some soup.  At least the soup had a ton of veggies in it.  I had also planned on running yesterday.  Running club got cancelled and I should have done it anyway later that night or at least done something, but I didn't.  So today I vow to do some sort of physical activity!!  I MUST!

Cheese Curds are Gone so Now I can Really Start

My friend brought me home some cheese curds from her trip to Wisconsin.  I absolutely love them.  The best cheese ever.  I couldn't let them go to waste, that would be soooo wrong. Today I finished off the package (Low Carb, so that's a plus), so now my diet can really start.   

Today was the first day of my Diet Coke detox.  I started to get a little headache this afternoon.  Not too bad.  Tomorrow will probably be way worse.  Hopefully I will have all of that drug out of my system by day 3.  I am sure caffeine is way more addicting than smack, blow, ice...  I refuse to be a Diet Coke Tweeker! 

Theh Biggest Loser Starts

Our Biggest Loser contest started at work today, so I really need to keep on track.  I did ok for the most part. I ate better than I have been over the last couple months.  Yep, that says months, not weeks.  I have been binging way before the holidays.  I ran a little bit but didn't work nearly as hard as I need to.  I also didn't drink enough water, but I did drink water which is also an improvement.  So I think that is how I need to look at things like that...instead of focusing on doing things perfectly, I need to focus on the good choices and small improvements I made.  So, YAY for drinking water and eating less crap. 

The Never-Ending Diet Coke Battle

Crystal Meth probably makes people feel good, and I can go without putting that stuff in my body, so why is it so hard not to drink Diet Coke.  This is an ongoing struggle for me.  It seems I am constantly giving up Diet Coke. When I do, I feel great, well once I get past the withdrawal stage of headaches.  After that,  I feel less tired, waking up in the morning is easier, and I don't eat all the salty junk that goes great with pop (yep I am from the north) like Fritos.  So here I am again wanting to give it up.  There is one left in the fridge, which I will drink so it doesn't go to waste, and after that I am done. Heard that before? I will miss the way it feels as it hits my lips and the tingle all the way down my throat.  I will miss the quick boost of energy I get when I drink it.