I did it!

I walked 10,000 steps today!!! And more than just the steps, I'm proud of myself for walking on the treadmill. That's huge for me. 

A new low

I hit a new low yesterday...not lowest weight...the other kind of low... I hit bottom AGAIN. I ordered a frosted lemonade at chikfila because my sis said it was awesome. I forgot to order it with diet lemonade, it didn't taste good, and I drank the whole thing anyways. Seriously? 330 pointless calories. 

Yesterday I was talking with Teri at work who is early 50's. She told me the best advice she'd gotten to maintain weight was to eat 1% less for every year you are over 30. This is to maintain, not lose. This requires math that is too strenuous for this early in the day but I'm going to calculate this and see if I think it will help.

I put my shoes on to walk on the treadmill this morning and Phil immediately started in about how I need to walk fast and sweat and get my heart rate up. I immediately shut him down. Right now I just need to move my body. The rest will come but if I feel defeated before I even start I will never start. This is my journey.

The not-so-skinny of it

I'm a stress eater. I can't pass up a cookie/cake/donut if my life depends on it. I can justify my need for that bad food item easily. I don't exercise. It has to stop. There are few things in life we can truly control but our decisions are one of them. I need to choose to say no! I've lost some but not enough. 40 will be here before I know it. 

Goals:

1. Stick to my "mock nutrisystem" plan.

2. Walk 10,000 steps (I bought a Fitbit zip)

3. Drink half my body weight in water.

4. Go to bed earlier....this has gotten out of hand.

5. Paint

Struggling

I'm struggling. I've gained 4 lbs this week. How is that? Gotta get ultra focused. We ate out a couple times last weekend and we also ate real food for dinner more this week than in the last month. I ordered a Fitbit zip and will institute some sort of exercise routine but not sure what. I'm disappointed in this set back.

Update

182.2 today....0.2 away from my lowest in 3 years. 8.8 lbs in 3 weeks with no exercise (I'm not bragging...just stating facts). I know for health reasons I've got to start walking. I think that will be a June goal I set. But for now I'm just so happy to have found the easiest meal plan I've discovered yet that actually is causing results and taking no extra time.  I'm not hungry, my cravings have gone away, I can still eat out, I don't feel deprived at ALL, and best of all I don't think about food anymore. Hubby is also the lowest he's been in a long time. 

3 weeks

So I agreed to 3 weeks on my mock nutrisystem to see if I could lose weight. 3 weeks and zero exercise later, I'm down 5 pounds. I haven't been hungry. I'm eating real food along with and sometimes in place of the prepared meals. I have noticed my cravings strongly reduced, my stomach is flatter, and my moods more stable. 18 more pounds to go in 20 weeks.

Weight update

2.8 lbs down in two weeks. It's been more, it's been less. I trying to just weigh on Fridays so I don't get discouraged by lower numbers during the week. Friday's have been my most consistent weigh day. I will share more later about the journey but wanted to post results ASAP.