Five Minutes For Me

I started this blog back on August 9th, 2007. For me it was all about exercise… and lack of. I decided to get up and move during the commercial breaks of my favorite television programs. Well, I do that now. You’ll rarely see me sitting through the commercials now days… so I’ve accomplished that.   

What about the weight loss? I still have over a hundred pounds to lose. Oh goodness… I don’t like seeing that in writing. But what have I done to lose the weight? Not much.

If I’m perfectly honest, my diet hasn’t changed much. Okay, so I’ve lost fewer than 15 pounds since August. But let me tell ya, that’s 15 pounds I don’t carry around anymore.  For the most part, all I’ve done is get up and exercise during the commercial breaks. I haven’t made super big changes to my diet.

 I’ve cut out a lot of the junk foods in my diet. I generally drink more water than I use to. I try to not drink much soda or juice. I try to keep fresh fruits and vegies visible, so when I want a snack, I’ll grab an apple instead of a snickers bar.  I don’t always reach for the fruit… a snickers bar sounds too good at times. I don’t always skip the french fries and I don’t always pass up the desserts.

I know if I passed up the junk foods, and always prepared a healthy, low cal meal, I’d lose faster. But I haven’t done that.

So…. today I’m sitting here reading my old posts. Catching up on the reasons I want to lose the weight. Catching up on the things I’ve done, seeing if any of the changes I made during the past five months are still part of my life, or did I go back to the old way?

So now, I’m back to reading my motivation… and I’m going to write out a plan as I attempt to figure out what I can do to lose more than 15 pounds during the next 5 months. Working out a plan that will work for me…

One of my greatest motivations for getting healthy is my family. Not only do I want to be here for my children and grand children, but I want them to be healthy too. It seems like the changes I’ve made in my life are having a positive impact on my family.

I’m excited! I had this sinking feeling that I’d failed my kids, and they would grow up to be fat and unhealthy. Now I have hope for their future, as well as my own.  We have a long way to go. We have a lot to learn, but here are some of the changes I’ve noticed in the past few weeks.

• We are going on family walks, instead of me getting out and walking by myself, I have company.
• My boys are learning to read labels. There have been a few family duscussions about what’s in a can of pop or a candy bar, top ramen, green beans, cereal, etc…
• We are exercising as a family more often. I hate to exercise if someone is watching me from the side lines. We had this big talk the other day. Interesting enough, my boys will get up and exercise with me or show me a new way of doing a push up… not that I’m into doing push ups LOL But it’s fun learning with them.
• I got dance dance revolution for Christmas with 2 pads. The entire family has gotten into this fun game. Instead of watching television every evening, now it’s a DDR family challenge! WHOO HOO!

 We have a lot to learn as a family. I don’t want the subject of food, calories, sugar, and fat content to be our main focus, as we sit down to eat every night. But I’m so excited to see my family take an active interest in their health and wellness.  

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I watched Big Brother last night… as I sat here eating a bowl of peach cobbler with ice cream. I really need to focus on my motivation. It’s like up till I logged in here, I really didn’t care about what I’ve been eating or how little exercise I’m getting.

It feels like I’ve been eating ‘comfort’ food for weeks on end. You know what I’m talking about… creamy, rich, saucy, buttery, fattening… covered in gravy, extremely unhealthy meals. I’m not going to step on a scale until Friday… I’ll start posting my weekly stats this week.

 My daughter, Andi, and my grand-baby are here through the beginning of next year. She made it just hours before my FIL passed away. All my children and grand-kids were here this past weekend for the funeral and family time.

I’ve been finding it really hard to get motivated to do much of anything for weeks. But now my grandbaby is here for the holidays, I want to keep up with her. She’s so active for a one year old! I can’t believe how she goes… and goes… and goes some more.  Last night Andi and I were talking about getting out for a daily walk. I think we are going to pack the stroller into the car and head into town to walk.

Alright, I’m not sure any of this makes sense… but I just talked with Andi, and yes, we are going to go for a walk.

It’s a start…

My family has been blessed once again… I’m the proud grandma to a 7lb 2oz baby girl.

A beautiful tiny pink bundle of pure joy… she is my newest motivation in my quest to be healthy.