Another Week Gone By

 

Still working on filling up with fruit.  It’s getting easier and I’m looking forward to Spring and fresh fruit in the market!

The scales have stayed level this week, which is disappointing.  I know I have not had my heart in the whole eat less-move more philosophy.  I need to embrace that and mean it before there will be real results.  I have to remember that the goal is healthy eating, healthy living.  Sure wouldn’t hurt to have the scales start moving down, though!

First is Exercise

 

This seems to be the hardest part for me.  If I don’t get the exercise in at the beginning of the day, it just doesn’t happen.  I promise myself that I’ll do it after I finish this ONE task.  The farther along the day progresses, the less and less the chances that I will get the old heart rate up.

So, repeat after me . . . “Exercise first, exercise first, exercise first.” 

In other news, total pounds lost = 5.  Hurray!

Week Two Wind-up

Well, a little disappointed this week.  Lost one pound which was not as much as I thought I was losing.  My food choices have been better, but I really cheated on the exercise part.  So.  Week three will have to be more about moving and less about eating.  Oh, I still plan to count calories, but this week’s goal is to do aerobic exercise at least 5 days.

Still Ticking

I’m hanging in there so far.  Of course, it’s early days yet.  Schedule was really off yesterday, but instead of eating too much, I ate too little!  Resisted filling up on chocolate and sugars, which was really good.  But had almost NO protein, which is not so good! 

First Weigh-In

OK, I cheated a little here.  My first weigh-in was Saturday.  So I’m a little late – no big deal!  The main thing is

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I lost 3 pounds!!

Bring on Week 2.  I can handle it!!

The Beginning

This is how it begins.  I've been "talking" about losing weight for a very long time, but not doing anything about it.  When your medical professional says "Ya gotta!", though, it's time to get serious.

Over the past couple of years I have learned that journaling, along with artwork, can help me get past some difficult times.  With that in mind, I decided to make journal pages to reinforce the commitment to diet and exercise.  And then I thought I might as well blog about it as well! 

So here we are.  I am not going to advertise this blog, but I expect that people will stumble across it over time.  Please leave me a comment if you will.  I can use all the encouragement I can get!

I'll leave with a journal page:

How about that . . . smile . . . for inspiration?