Back Soon...

Things are getting settled in from summer and getting ready for school to start.  I have a plan for my weight-loss goals and I'll share them soon. 

Weigh In

Let me just preface this post by saying this:

My brain may have gone the way of the dinosaurs, but my boobs are very much present and accounted for. ;-)

Anyway, I weighed 173.8 today, after I'd eaten. 

So I guess that's my starting point. I did get my elliptical last night, so that's is awesome.  We're gonna be on vacation for 2 weeks so I won't be online much.

But I'll be back and look forward to the scale going down and my body getting smaller!

Cheese and Chocolate

Hello!

How are you guys? We're doing well. Loving the hot weather, but also looking forward to September and school and a routine.

Lately I have been very, very depressed about my body.  It is so big, flabby, just gross.  Losing the weight feels like scaling Everest. Monumental.  Like such a big task that I'm defeated before I even start.  It weighs on me, colors everything I do and say.  Always there's this black cloud over me... my weight.  My clothes don't fit right. I'm between sizes, so I'm either a stuffed sausage squeezed into my clothes, or they are all baggy and frumpy.

I feel like I need to start some kind of regiment, but at the same time I'm not mentally there. 

But, I've decided to just start with baby steps. 

For one, we are getting an elliptical this weekend. I'm very excited about that, because it's something I can do while the kids watch tv or run around the house.  It's much more do-able than me trying to get to the gym.

I'm also going to try to do this routine that I found on Pinterest:

50 jumping jacks, 5 pushups, 20 crunches, 20 mountain climbers, and 30 second plank.

As far as eating goes, it seems like Nora may have a dairy sensitivity.  I'm not completely sure but last night I ate cheese, so we'll see how she does today.  I kind of did it on purpose, to see if there's a correlation.  I love cheese.  We had this delicious Havarti with herbs that we got at the farmer's market; so good!

Also, chocolate.  I've been eating it every day.  And I think I will continue to, but I do need to limit the amount I eat.  I have never been one to count calories and man alive, those calories can add up quick!

So, that's my plan for now. I forgot to weigh myself this morning to get a starting weight, so I'll try to remember to do it tomorrow.

Hope you all are well!