Three days to break a habit?

I remember hearing that it takes three days to break a habit.  I wonder, is the inverse true?  I have worked out three of the last 4 days.  Will I now be more inclined to work out, rather than talk myself out of it?  I sure hope so!  I have already noticed a difference in my work out.  I was able to go a little longer today, and I felt stronger doing it!  My eating has been great this week.  I went to a friends for lunch this week, and I packed myself an awesome salad so that I could keep myself on track!  Now, if the snow would stop falling and I could get outside, I would be much happier!

Sore and happy about it!

I felt so good after my work out yesterday!  And today I am really sore, but I don't mind!  It shows me that I worked hard.  I worked through the soreness during my work out today!  I was 239.4 today, so it is already paying off!  I think that once the weather warms up I am going to give running a shot again.  Once I get that going, I will find a 5K to register for.  I really hope that I don't lose momentum again.  I do so well the first week that I get back on the wagon.  That second week always kills me.  I just don't know why I let myself sabotage myself.  I think maybe if I just give up, I can't fail.  Sounds dumb I know, but I feel that if I am not trying then there is nothing that I am falling short of.  That has to stop.  I want this.  I want to be healthier.  I want to look good.  I want to be a role model for my kids.  I want to inspire my friends.  Better yet, I wan to inspire myself!

At It Again.

So, my plan for Disney didn't pan out.  Why?!?  Because I am lazy.  Easy enough answer.  I have done this before, I have lost 40 pounds!  Why can I not seem to get myself back on track?!?  I am working on that.  So, I began again today.  My weight was 241.8.  Not horrible, considering I was in Disney World for a week.  Horrible because I gained back all the weight I lost, for sure.  A friend of mine recently started blogging about her weight loss journey, and something she said really hit home for me.  Break up with your excuses.  Brilliant!  Seriously brilliant!  I can make excuses for my excuses.  It's terrible.  Excuse #1 that I broke up with today:  I can't work out in the basement because it is too cold.  Problem solved, I worked out in the living room!  I realized that the basement is part of my problem.  I don't really like working out down there.  I prefer to work out in the living room, where it is clean, and bright, and doesn't smell funny!  So, I brought up my weights and all my DVD's.  I am back in the living room! 

I have also decided to break things up into one week challenges.  This week, I have a few to get started with.  Challenge #1 Work out at least 5 times this week.  Challenge #2 Wear jeans more days than I wear sweat pants.  Challenge #3 Get my food back on track.

#1 is pretty self explanatory.  My husband inspired me this weekend.  He signed up for  5K in April, and has started doing Couch to 5K.  He ran twice this weekend.  It is freezing cold and snowy.  And he went out twice to train!  Wow!  His dedication really made me see how many excuses I have been making.  Time to get over it and get working out!

#2may seem silly, but if I am living in sweats, I look like crap all the time.  And when I look like crap and don't care that I do, it will just keep getting worse.  I need to get showered and dressed in real clothes every day.  That will help me stay on track.  I think I need to get some "too small" clothes to work into.  Motivation!

#3 may be the hardest of them all.  I have been eating anything and everything, except what I should be eating, lately.  All crap.  I buy myself fruit and veggies and don't eat it because I am eating bad, and I don't want to waste good food on bad days.  I know, that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard, too.  I did some pinning on Pinterest, and have some nice recipe's to try out this week!  More to come on that, because Pinterest is never ending!

So, here I go again.  Hopefully I don't screw it up again.  Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Challange.

But am I up for it?  Ya never know!  We are leaving for Disney World in 2 weeks.  I want to work out everyday, and seriously diet until we leave.  I would like to take off ten pounds before we leave.  I think it can be done.  Seriously the first five pounds are very easy, especially at the weight I am at.  Which is 243.6.  Ew.  Anyway, I can't stand what I see in the mirror.  I need to change.  I know I can do it.  What is my plan?  I may use Slim Fast, but I think I may go with smoothies for breakfast (fruit and kale or spinach, flax seed), salads for lunch, and clean dinners.  Almonds to snack on.  Yogurt for a bedtime snack.  Sounds good, right?!?  Maybe down the road I will incorporate Slim Fast to cut calories, or use it when I don't have time to make a meal and am on the run.  And work outs are a must.  I need to be careful to begin.  I have been fighting bursitis in my knee since Thanksgiving.  I know once I start building some muscle in my legs that it should help, but I don't want to aggravate it any more.  My Lose It! app says that if I lose 2 pounds a week, I will hit my goal of 170 in 258 days.  That's about 74 pounds in about 9 months.  Wow.  Could I really hit it in 9 months?!?  That makes it seem so close!  I am excited to get myself back into shape.  I want my body to run on good clean fuel, and be strong.  Hopefully, I will start blogging more.  I find that to be a helpful tool, to be able to freely talk about what is going on in my head.  So here is to the first two weeks!!

All time high.

Yep, my weight is at an all time high.  I shudder to think about posting it.  Here goes nothing.  249 pounds.  AAARRRGGGHHH!  How the h-e-double-hockey-sticks did that happen?!?  The last year and a half has been rough for me, health-wise.  I have had 4 surgeries, three of them on my legs.  That put a damper on my work outs.  And I just couldn't get myself back into it.  Which is a shame, since working out makes me feel so good.  I forget that so easily for some reason.  And I almost had cancer.  Yep, you read that right.  I had a chunk of my leg removed that was well on it's way to becoming melanoma.  Talk about stress eating!  That happened in March.  Since then, I have pretty much been saying f@ck it!  And eating anything and everything.  But that is the opposite of what I need to be doing.  Now that I have had the cells forming, my risk of developing it again skyrockets.  I should be putting good things into my body, and working out to make it stronger.  Again, not doing the opposite. 

So, here we go again!  I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred today to kick things off.  My favorite workout!  And I just made a smoothie for lunch.  Yogurt, pineapple, banana, a cutie, blueberries and kale.  Next time I will add flax seed too.  And I may start adding whey protein too.  I am ready to do this!  I need to make my body healthy, to take on anything that comes my way!  Let's roll!

Maybe Today Will Be The Day.

The weather has turned cold, and I have 1 pair of jeans that fit, and they are in the washer.  How much more motivation do I need?!?  Seriously, today I feel like I can seriously get back to the regimen that I need to be on.  I weighed in at 224.6 today.  Terrible!  I have gained almost 30 pounds back!  I suck!  But, I did it before, I can do it again.  No baking this week.  Helthier dinners,  More smoothies.  I can do this.  I did Level 1 of Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30 Saturday and today.  I love that work out!  I love to work out, period!  I love my muscles feeling sore.  I love how I feel after a work out.  I love that I sleep better.  I love that I have more energy.  I just don't know why I let myself backslide so far so fast.  I will be better!  I will try harder! I will get into my clothes again!

Buckling Down.

Okay, so I have been getting my work outs back into my daily routine.  But, I have been eating like a crazed lumber jack.  So, today is Day One, all over again.  I have gained 20 pounds.  TWENTY!!!  Not good.  But, here I am, trying again.  Which id what counts!  Today I weighed in at 223.6.  CRINGE!!!!  Fatty Boombatty.  Okay, okay, enough of that!  I reprogrammed my Lose It! app.  It says that I need to follow a 1,544 calorie a day diet, and if I lose 2 pounds a week I will hit my goal March 11, 2013.  That works in with my plan to hit it by Perry's last day of school.  Let's face it, I am going to plateau, I am going to fall of the wagon, and I am going to get lazy.  Hopefully, I will be able to take a deep breath, and get back into the groove.  So, real first day, here we go!