Moving Forward

My weight loss pace is very slow, but I'm still losing, so I'm ok with that. I'm feeling better about myself and that means more than anything.

Believe In Yourself!

My Road

I have a long way to go, but I'm still headed in the right direction!

Confucius is smart!

I'm back!!

I started trying to be healthy and lose weight about 2 years ago.  I did okay.  Then I stopped trying.  This year, I've reached a high of 218 lbs and I'm not happy with myself anymore.  I decided at the beginning of July that I wanted to change.  I'm taking it slow.  I decided to get my eating a little more on track first.  I'm still working on that!  I've lost 13 lbs in the process.  My first real goal is to be below 200 lbs, and I'm slowly getting there.  Slow is good.  I'm okay with that!

I plan to begin adding exercise soon, even if it's just regular walks around the neighborhood or jumping on the stationary bike.  It's hard to make yourself do that when you work right at 40 hours a week.  I need to force myself to do this.  I can't just get my eating under control and then leave the rest out.  It's a journey, but I'm ready to begin a new adventure on it.  I think exercise will be an awesome adventure.

Water is my other problem.  Water tastes amazing when I'm super thirsty or hot.  It tastes pretty blah when I'm just trying to make myself drink more of it! lol  I need to work on this so that I can at least get my minimum water requirements in.  Easy, right?  Yeah, we'll see about that!  But it's another of my goals, so I'll eventually reach it :)

I may not post daily or weekly, but I do plan to post more often to keep track of where I'm at in my life.

The Color Vibe 5k = Awesome Fun!!!

Hubby and I did The Color Vibe 5k today, and it was so much fun.  I'm proud of both of us for signing up for it and doing it.  There was a nice crowd there and everyone was excited about it.

Before the 5k began

My final time ended up being 50 mins and my GPS tracker said I only did 2.9 miles, so I guess I must have cut corners too much. lol  But that's ok.  I'm still proud of having done it, and I seriously did move lots faster than I usually do when I'm walking.  I walked most of it, but I did have a couple spurts of jogging.  I discovered that the shoes I was wearing, were not really made for jogging/fast walking, because the balls of my feet were killing me after the first mile, but I kept on going.

Afterwards :)

I can definitely say that this will not be our last 5k (and eventually we'll move up from the 5k).  I'm glad we chose a color run as our first 5k, because it made it so much fun.  I'll be checking the web often for upcoming runs in our area, so we can continue doing this.

So happy I have such a wonderful
hubby to do things like this with!

Fell off the wagon, but I'm back on it now :)

At the beginning of this year, I "said" I was ready to commit to a healthier lifestyle and make positive changes in my life.  I did ok for a little while...  and then I lost track and completely fell off the wagon!

It's time to change that!!!!!

So far, I've exercised for at least 30 mins every day this week.  I'm trying a new approach to eating, which is finding out my TEE/TDEE (Total Energy Expenditure/Total Daily Energy Expenditure) and eating around that number for awhile to reset my metabolism.  I work 4 days a week, and I'm off 3 days a week, so I calculated my numbers based on that, but I took the average of the numbers to find a daily calorie goal.  Once I've done that for awhile, I'll start my calorie deficits to start losing weight.  I may gain some weight right now, but it's for the greater good (getting my metabolism functioning efficiently again).  I'm not worried about it, because I'm on the right track now!!

Find your TEE/TDEE at http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced

And on this exercise and being healthier note, hubby and I are doing our first 5k this Saturday.  We are doing the Color Vibe.  I know I'll probably end up walking most of it, but I'm hoping to get a few spurts of jogging in there.  My plan is to time this one, so that I can work on improving that time before my next 5k.  Because this one will NOT be my last!!!

Current stats:
weight: 200 lbs
TDEE: 2600 (I'm eating around this for a few weeks to reset my metabolism, then I'll create a deficit)
Goal weight: whatever puts me at a healthy body fat percentage and makes me feel good about myself :)