I was going to work out yhesterday, due to the fact that my plan was to work out Mon, Wed, Fri, and a short one on Sun. Because of my niacin reaction on monday, I didn’t work out at all so I did a small one tuesday, I was still planning to work out wed due to the small work out previouslly.

The elevator was broken at work! So I had to walk up and down three stories four times yesterday, I was thinking about still doing a small work out. But then Dylan called me wanting to make me dinner, I knew he would make pasta because that’s all we had. I talked him into meeting me at subway, I had a salad there, so I figured that was good enough for yesterday. Today is my day off, and then tomorrow I’ll work out again

Eating wise, I’ve been doing good! I have a problem with work and my breaks though, I always get hungry on my first break, about two hours before my lunch. I get up at 6am, eat breakfast at around 7 am, lately I’m 9:30-5:30 so my first break is at 11:30 and my lunch is sometime after 1. My lunch is over 6 hours after breakfast! I need to find a good healthy snack for inbetween that will keep me feeling full. I’ve been eating small salads, but they just aren’t doing it, I think my body is just expecting a bigger meal. Yesterday I made it until 12:30 before I was starving, I had training that I wasn’t out of until 12:30 so my first break for some reaoson was scheduled for 12:45 and my lunch was even later! I ate half a bag of baked potato chips, which is 120 calories for a full bag, so I guess it’s not so bad.

That’s my biggest thing I’m trying to conquer right now, oh well, let’s see how it goes

Yesterday I did something I didn’t think I could do.

I’m the queen of excuses, if I have a bad day at work, I won’t work out. If I get off too late, I won’t work out. If anything upsets me or turns me off, I won’t work out.

After my scary Niacin episode on Monday, I decided to not work out that day, which was actually reasonable for the fact that I’d swelled and turned red all over my body, and my skin was on fire. I looked it up and apparently with 100 mg it’s normal and will last 15-30 min. I bought the 500 mg bottle and it lasted a few hours!

So yesterday I was determined to exercise. If I get off at 6 I always say it’s too late to work out, to myself at least, today I was off at 5:30. I didn’t leave until 5:45, missed my buss, and didn’t get home until 6:30. But I didn’t give up! I worked out, for a short while, but it’s okay, I still did it! It was my first work out!

Yay!

15 minutes on the eliptical, got my heart rate up pretty quick, my legs had the walking on air feeling, so I did some shadow boxing and lifting with my weights, my arms felt great, so I ended the workout with 20 pop ups. 10 killed me, 20 felt great! I don’t know if anyone reads this, but pop up’s are an amazing stomach exercise move, you can feel it from the top of your abdomen to your bottom and you feel the burn.

Anyways, I’m just super proud of myself. I bought a scale as well, I’m currently on my period so I don’t know if that will throw off the wait. I’m currently 194.4 pounds, my first goal is to get to 180, eventually to 150.

Wish me luck!

A lot of the girls I work with do Dr. Bernstein, who is expensive, but effective. Since it’s a recession and my boyfriend isn’t working as much, I don’t have a 700 bucks to throw at this clinic for a month of them giving me daily vitamin shots and telling me I can’t eat. They all have lost tons of weight, but it’s just too much money for the average person!

One thing they say is, you always know what your going to eat that day, that way you don’t slip and eat something unhealthy. I’m going to make somewhat of an attempt to do this as well.

I haven’t had any coffee today, only tea so far, so no worrying about blood sugar spikes and crashes.

Breakfast is a bowl of special k satisfaction (I’m hoping it really does keep me full)

Snack I’m thinking either a fruit parfait, but also bringing a small bag of mini wheats for a quick snack if I do get hungry before my lunch.

Lunch will just be a tuna sandwhich most likely.

Dinner is the tough one, it’s the one we never plan for because we’re horrible with grocery shopping. It may end up being pasta to be honest, but I’ll work on portion control with that.

And of course, I’m going to work out for half an hour before said dinner, so I don’t get bogged down and sleepy.

Wish me luck!

Here’s what I come up with that I will stick to, my easy start:

-No coffee unless it’s a weekend. I’ll only drink tea in the mornings now. The deli I go to before work has tea for the same price. I drank their acai and it was okay, I don’t normally like fruity herbal tea. I also bought some green tea, as well as I’ll allow myself black tea.

-No eating after 8pm, I chose this time as I get off work at 6pm and don’t usually get home until 7pm. When I work until five I’ll push it up to 7pm.

-No unhealthy snacks. I need to start planning snacks for before I start work so I don’t get hungry on my first fifteen. Lately I’ve been getting chips on that first break, and that obviouslly can’t be good. I’m going to try a mix of nuts and fruits.

-Work out three times a week, even if it’s only 15 min on the elliptical (obviouslly if I get my butt on their I’ll actually follow through and do longer than that, once I get going I can last quite awhile)

These are the four things I’m commiting too, I’ll add more later as I progress.

So this is it, I’m finally going to commit to living a healthier life. But where to start? I eat bad, rarely excercise, and have tons of bad habits.

I’ve been watching my food lately, it’s not as bad as it was, but could use some improvement.

Exercising starts today! Will be every other day on eliptical. Even found a neat small work out plan to go with it.

Where I really need to start though, is making a list of things I commit to giving up.

I’ll have to sit down and really think this out, chose things that I can easily give up now, then work on the list to expand it and make it more detailed. I’ll post a rough draft later.