Old Habits Die Hard!

 Amy

HEIGHT: 5'1"

WEIGHT:233 LBS 

Goals for this week: Get back on track and really commit to exercising everyday.

So I have to admit defeat this week. My husband was out of town for work this week and I just didn't feel like myself without my better half. He is always so supportive and it was just weird without him here. You know you never realize how much you need them until they are gone. I really struggled this week with exercising and eating as well as I should have been. 

It wasn't all bad. I still have not had one soda since this all started and I have been staying away from the sweets as well. I have also been good with still eating breakfast everyday so that is also a positive. 

But if I am going to be honest I have done little to no exercise.  So my big goal for the week is just to do some sort of exercise everyday. This journey is not just about eating right. I also need to exercise to be healthy.  So often we want to do one or the other but to be truly healthy we need to do both.

I have also learned some valuable lessons by maybe not eating so well this week. The biggest one is that maybe that food tastes good but it makes my body feel like crap and really isn't worth it. For mother's day we had ham, harvest potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, stuffing, and rolls and I had it all and boy did I pay for it later. I didn't feel good at all afterwards.  So maybe it was good I made that mistake because it reminded me about how bad I felt when I was eating like that. Mistakes aren't all bad if you make sure you learn from them. 

For mother's day my kids indulged me and took family pictures with me and as I look at those pictures I am reminded why I am doing this. I am doing this to be a good example to them and so I am healthy enough to be around for them for a long time. 

So I need to move one from what happened this week and keep chugging along. I can do it and so can you!