Something New

Ok, so the title A new beginning was getting old but I am trying something new, it's called SparksPeople. I played with it last week but I'm going to be active with it starting today. We'll see how it works out. I did lose 3 pounds in the last 2 weeks as we start week 3 of our "Biggest Loser" contest at school. I hit my weight lose goal for the 2 wk period. I'm going to try and post more here but with school, work & other stuff, it still may be sporadic.

A REALLY new beginning

It's now September 1, 2008 - the year is flying by fast but my weight has stayed the same. Now that school has started, I need to get back into a routine and follow it. That's not easy but I need to do it for myself & my health. I sure wouldn't want to miss any time with the kiddos at school.

So what's my plan, you ask? Not sure - but let's talk about it. When I lost the weight before I was a tracking fool, so I guess my first goal is to start tracking what I eat - good or bad - no judgment, yet. The only other thing I need to do right away is eat earlier in the evening. Since DH doesn't come home until dark most days, I will either eat on my own or with DS, if he's home. So lets say my goals for the next 2 weeks are to eat around 6-7 pm (I get home from school around 5), and to track what I eat. Sounds like a plan to me! All I need to implement my goals is a notebook & that I have already pulled out of the closet and have it ready for tomorrow.

GOALS for 9/2 - 9/16

1. Eat dinner around 6 -7 pm
2. Track what I eat & times.

Oh, and a 3rd by-the-way goal, blog my progress regularly so I'll see y'all back here next Sunday at the latest!

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Listening to: The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
via FoxyTunes

New Start

Today was the day I started fresh. I'm going to eat healthy, single portion size meals. Well, lets just start with single portion size... I will make better choices, I will eat more fruit & veggies & less "bad" carbs & I will cut down on the amount of food I consume.

I am using positive self-speak, which is hard since I've used negative for 50 years, but it can be done. It must be done if I'm going lose any weight. So today was a good first day. Woke up late so no breakfast, but socialized more at lunch than ate and drank a lot more than usual too.

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Now playing: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
via FoxyTunes

Day 2

Yesterday went very well! I ate healthy, didn't snack on unhealthy stuff when I got home, made dinner early so I could eat at a decent time (DH & DS showed up around 9). And I didn't overdo it before bed. I actually woke up hungry - which probably means I need to snack on something more than a glass of milk before I go to sleep.

Today is good so far too. I think that since I'm able to eat lunch while I'm being the nurse, that's helping, but since my lunch break is now, I can have a healthy snack and that seems to be working out - at least for the last 2 days. I still have to figure a snack between lunch & dinner, I guess I just have to have something ready when I get home is all... We'll see how tonight goes.

The journey begins

So I'm sitting here munching on carrots and hummus, thinking I need to journal my weight loss and not sure what to write next. I guess I should write about my goal and how I plan to achieve it. I should write about where I am now and not so much how I got here but how I'm going to use my past experience to help me get to where I want to be. And maybe I should write my daily foods & exercise (I don't exercise right now). What else should I add? My weight-loss goal is 50 pounds.

Exercise? What's that...