I stepped on the scale this morning.  157.8lbs.  Eek!  Not a brilliant start to the day.  I’m trying to keep focused about it though.  I made my “Clean it up!” page, where I have everything I need to work on listed.  Food is the biggest thing right now as exercise is taking care of itself at the moment so I only need to keep half an eye on it.

I’ve only missed my walking target once in the last week, which was yesterday.  We visited DP’s parents and didn’t get back till late so there wasn’t much oppotunity for walking, but even still I only missed by a couple of hundred steps in the end.  I’m upping my target from 6000 to 8000 tomorrow.  The recommended step target is 10,000 a day but in an attempt to make more realistic targets that step up gradually I’m not going there straight off.  I’m building up, getting used to the new limit, then building up again.  So exercise is good.

However, I do need to put more effort in with food but in a sensible way.  Rather than attempt to sort out everything at once though I’ll tackle it one aspect at a time.  Breakfast is great.  I have a high fibre, low fat cereal with fruit.  Lunch is orange right now, so I think I’ll go for that next.  It’s pretty good, just a little bit refined.  Sandwiches with a little cheese or some tuna or a cinammon raisin bagel with a thin spread of extra light Philadelphia.  While philly does have more calories than say, lettuce, I don’t like lettuce.  And it is extra light.  With just a sandwich and maybe some fruit or a small milkshake I feel that’s not bad.  I’m also going to crack down on snacking at the same time.  It’s not changing anything, it’s just saying NO!  I CAN do that.

I can’t get disheartened.  Making these changes will have positive effects.  I can’t give up because I am making positive changes to my life and my health.