NO EXCUSES!

Amy 

Current Weight: 230 lbs  (3lbs lost)

Victories for the week: Still no soda! Lost some weight and did pretty good with my diet.

Struggles for the week: Exercising and drinking water

All I keep thinking at the end of each week is what is wrong with me. I think I am committed but then before I know it the week is over and I haven't accomplished what I wanted to for the week. I try to be realistic and tell myself that baby steps are ok and that any progress is good but in all reality I know I am just trying to make myself feel better about failing. What is wrong with me? Why can't I conquer this? Why does this horrible lifestyle I have created have such a hold on me?

With the diet portion of things I am very proud of myself. I have been continuing to eat breakfast everyday and try to drink plenty of water and best of all I think I have finally really kicked the soda habit. I actually don't even miss it anymore. Also a very big accomplishment I had this week was doing the right thing when I went out to eat twice. I love to eat out at restaurants and anyone who knows me knows I eat the same thing at each restaurant I go to and none of it was good. I went to Ruby Tuesday this week with my mother in law and I normally would get a cheeseburger and fries and a coke. Well this time I got fish, a salad, and grilled zucchini. Oh and instead of the soda I got water. And you know what it was really good. And then I went to the Texas Roadhouse with my friend too. That really was hard for me. I normally get a steak and ribs with bacon cheese fries and a soda. Well this time I opted for grilled shrimp with mixed vegetables and a salad. And I drank water. That was really hard for me but in the end I enjoyed the healthier dinner as much as the one that was bad for me and the bonus was I felt better after it.

But as good as I have been doing I still have not done anything with exercising.  I don't know why I am struggling so much with this. Maybe because I don't know where to start. I make the excuse that I am too tired or I'll do it later but later never comes. And here I have let another week go by with no exercise.  I really have no excuse.  I have a gym membership and I have a gym in my home that my daughter uses everyday so why don't I?  Why can't I get this right? If anyone has some suggestions to how I can ease into this and get on the right path please help me. I know in the end though I have to be the one to do it. No one can do it for me. I wish their was a magic pill to make this all go away but I have spent years conditioning my brain to think like this so I should realize that it is not going to change over night. I just have to keep plugging along and try harder next week. Hopefully I will get in right this week.

Wish me luck! 
Amy