310

Today’s weight 307.

Well I think I ate too much yesterday but I noticed I didn’t get that foggy feeling and was a little less irritable. While I think I ate too much, I did eat things more on a healthy scale. At one sitting, I ate an apple, an orange, and a pear with a couple slices of cheddar cheese. Returning to the gym was good. I have a hard time pacing myself. I always find myself pushing it and then starting to get tired before my 45 minutes was up. I was glad when my hubby said he was done at 30 min! I started about 10 min earlier than he, so I got in about 40 min on that treadmill. My heart rate was up to cardio % and I was sweating, so I know I did some good. Will continue to take it one day at a time as realcdn says.

I’ve got a cloudy kind of tired going on. I’ll be getting to bed in time for my full 8 hours sleep tonight. one of the many changes I’d like to make; getting 8 hours sleep at night. I find when I do these diets, I get foggy, cloudy, irritable, and impatient. I’m reminded of when my husband quit smoking and how incredibly difficult he was. I don’t want to make this a bad experience for everyone, so I’m trying to keep it in mind and act right.

It’s strange to have to relearn everything. One of the first things I keep catching myself with is when I am preparing foods for the rest of my family ( I also have a 2 yr old and a 4 yr old) I have to be careful not to take a bite or a lick without even noticing. Did you ever realize how convenient it was to just lick the butter knife free of its’ peanut butter traces instead of going through the trouble of using a sponge and water or leaving it dirty in the sink?

I wonder which is harder? Letting old (bad) habits die or creating new (good) habits. Hopefully I can be successful in this quest and find out.

Tomorrow we resume going to the gym. I’ve been atcive in it before but nothing that really got me anywhere (2-3 days a week at the most and never for more than a few weeks at a time before I “goofed again”). My son starts tommorrow too. I intend to go every day Mon-Thurs and then one weekend day (Fri-Sun). I guess, I’m lucky I don’t currently have a job to have to deal with, on top of all of this. I’m not out to do a Biggest Loser workout. For I’d probably give up if I overdid it like that. I’m seeking to go regularly (one of the new habits I’m trying to create). It’s fun once you get started and keep going. The younger  kids get to play while I am there, so it works out great for everyone.

weight= 308

Measurements:

Chest 55″

Waist 54″

Rear-End (with the sparetire in front) 61″

So much for an hourglass, huh?

I’m scared, nervous, anxious. Maybe a little excited. My hopes are not up like they have been in the past. Too many times I’ve been here. Too many diets and attempts at losing weight. A couple things stand before me as slightly new and different, this time. This time, I have my husband and my 14 yr old son joining me on this quest of living more healthy, losing weight, and changing this ever-tiring lifestyle. This time we’re all eating the same meals. This time I have started a blog. This time I will keep a food journal.

I’m unprepared. I don’t have enough energy to get to the store to get the foods I feel like I need to have. I have no meal menus planned only ideas and ingredients written on the shopping list.

We’ve joined a gym. My husband and I have actually been members for 2 years and our son we just signed up a few days ago. his first day with the trainer to set up a plan is Monday. My husband has had success during the past two years. First he was changing his eating habits but not exercising, then he was changing his exercising habits but not eating right. Finally, he put the two together: exercise at the gym about 1 hour a day 6 days a week, eat right all week long, with one junk (cheat)day. Finally it was coming off. He lost 40 lbs. I did not join him at that time because I was pregnant. I could see though what it was that worked. I prepared his foods as he requested.

Over the past few months, he has gotten somewhat away from all of that. His work schedule made it nearly impossible for him to fit the gym in. Over those last few months, he only gained a few pounds, but his stomach is clearly getting bigger. He is losing muscle and gaining fat. He has alot less energy and drive to do things like he did before. He says he feels fat. He changed his work schedule and wants to start this plan again.

Our teen son is only 14 but is 6 foot tall, wearing 2XL shirts, and just keeps gaining more weight as he eats such a poor diet full of junk and little to no fruits or vegetables. He plays video games, sits at the computer and plays his guitar, during most of his free time. Now that the summer heat of Las Vegas is gone maybe he’ll enjoy riding his bike again on a regualr basis; coming home with his face all red and sweat dripping down. He is not really gung ho about this gym idea, but all I can do is hope it’ll be somehting he ends up enjoying and benefiting from.

Tommorrow I will post some starting weight and measurements.