Jenn is absolutely right. We have seriously fallen off the wagon with sharing our stories…and taking this dieting thing seriously. Yeah, I watch what I eat a little but the weekends totally run my diet off the tracks. Yeah, I make it to the gym sometimes, but not nearly enough.

Life gets busy, time gets scarce…but we are given but only one body and we need to treat it the right way. I always use my stress level as an excuse for eating more/worse and not exercising. That is not a good habit to get into…and all the more reason to hit the gym and eat right.

I sat on the couch last night and looked over at my boyfriend. I looked down at myself. We are getting soft, I said. Not good. Today I have my workout bag and iPod in my car and will be taking full advantage of the gym at lunch. I hope to do some interval training to get my heart rate up and blast this fat off my gnarly body.

I’m getting really discouraged in my will power and disappointed in us for not taking this seriously. I laid in bed last night on my back and my saddle bags puffed out from underneath my legs. My soft belly muffined over my sleep shorts. Something has got to give. I need something to work towards, a reason to lose weight, other than, I look a little puffy naked.

This morning, I had a cup of coffee, some dried mangoes and some oatmeal. I’m doing everything in my power to save my Ravioli Lean Cuisine and carrot sticks for lunch time…not 10:15. I’ve been chugging water like a fiend too. I really hope this can be the start of a much longer stint of caring about my health.

Not really, but at some point, this may apply…..

Here I am, my first real weekend trying to be good.  It’s a beautiful Saturday morning and I have tried my best to book up the weekend with fun activities to keep my mind off food and other things that generally induce that emotional eating we all try and deny.  So, to catch up, let’s run down Thursday and Friday, since I’ve been remiss:

Thursday – 45 min brisk walking, yogurt and blueberries for breakfast, some chicken salad and a flour tortilla for lunch (HUGE temptation of cookies and brownies – but I JUST SAID NO), and spaghetti and salad with a french roll for dinner – maybe a little more than I should have eaten, but it was darn good.  Drink-wise I actually behaved myself and did NOT have any Coke or tea during the day, but was forced into a Mountain Dew with dinner by my 12 year old….lol – okay, there wasn’t much force involved.

Friday – The day of my demise……  Started off good – 45 min brisk walk- a few strawberries and 2 small clementines (similar to tangerines for those of us lay-folk), went to Arby’s and tried to be good at lunch- a chicken salad wrap, curly fries and a sweet tea.  The wrap was NASTY, so I just ate the chicken and apple pieces out of the inside after wiping off most of the disgusting dressing, only a few of the fries, and did NOT refill the tea before leaving.  I felt that was a success.  I had about 5 peanut M&M’s back at work and lots of water.  My sweet, afore-mentioned 12 year old had made biscuits by the time I got home – ARGHHHHHH – so I had to eat one, or two…lol – 2, and they were YUMMY….hahaha.  And she had a friend over, so we decided to go to the movies.  Okay – here is where it gets messy – got to the wrong theater, so picked another movie – an hour later – hmmmm, let’s go eat – nothing remotely healthy is open – let’s hit the Harris Teeter (grocery store – in case ya didn’t know).  I got a pre-made salad with light ranch dressing and some gummy bears for the movie.  Oh yeah, and a Coke.  I’m not even going into the nastiness that the girls picked out….just believe that none of it was conducive to healthy eating.  Soooooo – the salad was gross.  I ate a few bites, tried the dressing – ewww… Threw it out.  Still hungry when we got to the movies, so I’m all in – #3 please – the nachos and medium drink combo.  Yeah, I ate about 1/2 the nachos, all the cheese, and took maybe 4 drinks of the Coke.  Not too bad with regard to will power, but I still feel a bit of a failure for the lack of substance…. Well, that was Friday. 

Let’s see how the rest of the weekend goes.  Wish me luck.  I’m hoping I’m too busy with the rest of living my life to get overly obsessed with my food intake, and that I make healthy decisions.  I’ll keep ya posted!