Progress!

Amy

After the disappointment of myself over the past several weeks I decided this week was going to be different.  I was NOT going to have to write about another week where I did not make progress.  I needed to decide was I going to quit like I always do or finally decide that I was worth it and get my butt moving in the right direction.  Well I am happy to report I decided to invest time in myself and get moving.

Food wise I would say I am doing ok. Not phenomenal but not awful either. I am still making sure to eat breakfast everyday which I still find very hard to do. I also am still off soda and drinking much more water. Even getting water out at restaurants when I go most of the time. That for sure is progress for me. This past weekend we had to travel for a soccer tournament for my daughter so we had to eat out stay at a hotel all weekend. I felt like I did pretty good while at the restaurants making the right choices. I chose vegetables every time over the starchy food I used to choose. That is still very hard for me. I want the potato with lots of butter not the broccoli and salad. But I did the right thing and got the broccoli and salad. I know this will only get easier with time. Maybe one day I will crave salad like I crave french fries. Lol one can hope right? 

I have made my greatest strides this week with exercising. I still have to be honest and say I did not exercise everyday but I did exercise this week and for that I am proud of myself.  And not only did I exercise but I actually kind of enjoyed it. One day I went for a hike with my daughters.  That I really enjoyed.  The scenery was gorgeous and the hike was hard but not too hard. I also went out with my kids and played basketball.  Normally that is something my husband does and I am lazy and stay in the house but this time I didn't.  I went out and enjoyed the family time. It was nice. I also did a workout on the treadmill one night.  I ran/walked a mile. It took me 20 minutes but I did it! I NEVER run and I did this night. I almost felt like it had been so long since I had run that I may not know how to do it but I did. I just had to do short bursts of it but hey that it better than nothing.  Tonight I walked a mile around the Highschool track with a friend. That was really fun. Exercising may not always seem fun to me but what I realized this week is that I just need to be creative with it and find things that are fun that are also exercise. 

Next week I hope to keep working at it and keep up what I am doing. I'm glad now that I didn't give up. I have a very long road ahead of me but I have so much support and I need to keep going. Progress is good no matter how slow.