I am back

It has been a long road, but I am back. With all that was going on in my life, moving, adjusting to two kids, etc., I just never made it to this blog. On top of that, my motivation for exercising and such kind of fell by the wayside. But I am back. I have now exercised two days in a row. For me that is great. I hope to continue this trend. I use to get up and hurry and get ready for the day before Bella woke up. Trying to exercise and get ready before she needed to be fed was not working. So I finally gave that up. Now I get up and either exercise or feed Bella and then get ready some time. I know this may not be a huge thing for other people, but for me it is. I am a very routine person and to break that routine is difficult for me. I just have to go with the flow of the day a little more and get it done sometime.
The weather here as been beautiful this week, so this morning I decided to go for a run. And yes I said run. I went about 1 1/2 miles and ran at least a mile of that. I am very proud of myself. I got the girls ready, put them in the stroller and off we went. I even had Savannah cheering my on so that I would keep going. I am tired, but I feel great. I have a lot of cousins who are big time runners. Next summer they are getting together family teams to run the Wasatch Back relay race. I would love to run with them, but I don't think that will happen this time. It did inspire me to start running and then maybe next time I will be ready.

Note to Self

Just be patient. Right now is such an interesting time for us. Seth is home a lot, so I definitely have time to exercise, but it doesn't seem to get done. Between planning for Seth's graduation and family coming and getting ready to move, my mind has been so full. There are so many things to do and time is getting short. It seems the exercise just gets pushed to the side.
I know there are many people who say I need to take time for myself and I agree, but right now moving and graduating really needs my attention. And I am OK with that. I will do what I can and continue making positive changes.

Moving On

So I didn't mean to leave the blog in frustration. Life is looking up. Sometimes you just have to move on and move forward. I have started an exercise routine to get me started. I am sore but I also feel stronger at the same time. Thank you all for your support and advice. It is so nice to know I have people behind me, to give me a boost when I need it.
We love watching The Biggest Loser in our house. Last night was the finale. Ali Vincent won and she looks amazing. It is so fun to see the transformations they all go through. It is very inspiring. I may not be able to lose weight as fast as they did, but I figure if I lose a pound a week, I will make it to my goal in about a year. Slow and steady.

Frustration

Today I am frustrated. I know that I need to exercise and I want to exercise, but I honestly do not know when to do it. I live about 20 steps from an exercise room with treadmills, an elliptical, weights, etc. Do I ever get over there, very rarely. I love to exercise first thing in the morning, but right now that just isn't happening. Seth starts early this week, so I am home with the kids. I could go before they wake up, but that would be 5:00 am. That is just a little too early when I am not getting to bed before 10:30 or 11:00. His schedule will change in a week and I will be able to go, so I better take advantage of it. Come July, life will get a whole lot busier and I really will have to find a time to do it on my own. Hopefully some warmer weather will come soon so that I can take the kids with me outside for walks. I know there are a lot of moms who find the time to exercise - any pointers out there?

Grocery Store Success

Yesterday at the grocery store I had a proud moment. I was headed down the aisle to pick up some cream of chicken soup and in the same aisle was the chips. I looked at the chips and thought they would go good with the chicken burgers I had planned for dinner. Well I picked up a bag of cheddar and sour cream potato chips, my favorite, and saw that they were light potato chips with no fat. This is good right, well then I really thought this really isn't a good choice. A can of fruit at home in the cupboard would be much better. As I put the bag of chips back on the shelf I wasn't even sad about not eating them. YIPEE!! There is hope. One good decision made will give me strength to make another one. This may be simple, but I was very happy and proud of myself. I don't want to go on a diet, I want to change the way I eat and the way my family eats. I want us to be healthy. I want to be healthy myself. Of course there is nothing wrong with having a few potato chips, but if the bag is in my home I will eat them and I don't need that. The journey continues.

Here I Go

I have decided to start a blog to post about my weight loss. I have a hard time sticking to my plans so I thought if I write down my thoughts and feelings, good or bad, I will be able to gain some strength from that. I have gained 60 pounds since 2004. I just had my second baby and I am ready to get the weight off. I will post later and tell my whole story.