Fit in 15!

Can't tell you how glad I am to be home.  Even with the unpacking, the laundry, the errands and the grocery store, I am still glad to be home with all my "stuff."  I do love my routine!  What I don't love so much, and what my food baby really HATED today was our Fit in 15 program!

This summer along with my Eating Awareness Program, I also started a Fit in 15 exercise program.  I found a 15 minute workout in one of my magazines and how can anyone say you don't have 15 minutes.  When I started talking about it, most of my girlfriends wanted in on the action, even Brenna joins us.  We've been meeting M, W and Fri at 745am and working out right in the front yard!  The first day I practiced by myself just to see how it would go... it went fine, but the next day and the next day...not so fine.  I was so freaking sore I practically needed help to pee.  I didn't think I'd be able to get up or down the stairs by myself.  The fact the Fit in 15 actually took me about 30 minutes because I had to stop and rest was completely embarrassing and humbling.  I had no idea that 15 minutes would make me sweat and pant so much, or that seeing the word lunge or squat would cause me to swear like a sailor, but all in all, I worked it out and it's been going well.

Actually, the combination of Eating Awareness and Fit in 15 has been working really well.  I stepped on the scale right before we left for vacation and I saw a number that I haven't seen in quite a few years.     My age X 3 - 7 = a number that actually made me smile when I got on the scale.  I might even have done a small happy dance in the bathroom.  I'm hoping as soon as my stupid Food Baby is delivered I'll be back to that happy number!


Today was my first day back to Fit and 15 after our Food Orgy Vacation.  I didn't mind getting back into the swing of things, but my food baby really HATED it, especially the Ab workout parts.  But, we did it and hopefully my food baby will go away and I'll be back to exercising singly soon.

You say Diet, I say Eating Awareness

I have embarked on a new "eating awareness" program.  I've been on a non-stop, crap eating binge lately.        This summer we're all meeting at Aunt Linda's for a mini "family reunion" to celebrate my mom's 70 birthday and I don't want to be a soft, squishy blob.  Do I think I'm fat... No.  Do I really need to lose weight... probably No.  Would I like to use 5-10lbs...who wouldn't!  Do I want to make drastic efforts to lose weight...No.  But I can make some small changes, in the hopes that I'll get healthier and possible lose some excess weight along the way.  It would be awesome if I could by some miracle loss one pound a week.  Then by the "reunion" I'd have lost 10lbs.  Probably wishful thinking especially since I'm really not upping my exercise amount.  I still walk the dogs 60-90min every day, but I really can't do much more than that, so a change in eating is about all I can manage at this point.

Started it May 1st - 134lbs.
I've been measuring out my portions, writing down everything I eat - if I know the calories I write them down otherwise I just keep track.  I have fresh fruit and cut up veggies in the refrigerator.  I've eaten more servings of fruit and veggies in the last month than in forever.  I figure I can eat as much of the fruits and veggies as I want since on Weight Watchers they are all zero points.  I'm feeling much healthier and definitely more virtuous. :o)  I am hungry a lot, but I realize it's not a bad thing.  Probably the biggest change is I am trying (and succeeding) not to eat anything after dinner.  That's my worst downfall, 8-11pm when I'm watching TV.  Can you say mindless snacking to the nth degree.  Now if I'm really hungry, I drink a cup of tea and that usually tides me over until bedtime.

I'm proud of myself... I've stuck with it and I feel pretty good about how I'm doing.   I weighed myself today... 131lbs.  Not great... but 3lbs... better than nothing.  But even better, I can feel my thought process changing and myself making new habits.  Yeah for me!