Crazy busy lately

And I'm still working on getting my daily schedule down. It's getting better, but not perfect. I'm blogging from the locker room @ the Ridge before my workout this morning since I have not spent a whole lot of time on the computer lately.

I weighed in this morning @ 146.8, clothes, shoes, and all on the gym scale. That's my new starting weight.

Okay... off to workout now. :)

Update...

Okay... finally sitting down to do an update! Let's see...

Food has been good. I have been eating moderately, though not recording as much as I should. I would like to get back to recording as I think it helps me combat the late afternoon munchies and I have succumbed to them in the last couple days.

Exercise... I joined the Ridge this week. I took Eliana swimming on Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday got up and was at the gym before 6am to work out. I met with a trainer and she is coming up with a specialized workout plan for me to help me lose 20 lbs by the middle of May.

Schedule - I am developing a schedule that works well for us and really focusing on my personal discipline. I have a lot of work to do, but am pleased with my progress this first week.

I have had to change my weight because I am now weighing fully clothed, including shoes, at the gym in the morning.

I am planning to work out at 5:15 M-F. That's my goal. =D One day at a time!!

Conference...

I am back from the conference and I'd like to say that I survived the food. We ate out at restaurants for dinner or lunch 4 of the 5 days. Sometimes both.

When I returned home, I weighed myself and found that I weighed .2 lbs less than when I left. I survived! I thoroghly enjoyed the meals and I chose wisely. I even had dessert 4 times. The 4 lbs of "water weight" I lost before I went are still gone!

We head home to Bozeman tomorrow . 

Leadership Conference...

Here I am at Leadership in Houston and already we've eaten out twice. I am happy to say that I am making good choices and thoroughly enjoying my food - and staying within my allotted calories so far! We are doing plenty of walking, so I am counting that as exercise and calling it good.

I stopped in to the little cafe downstairs and picked up lunch for the morning to avoid eating out... yogurt, raisin bran, and a banana. Not a whole lot of protein there, but not a bad start to my day.

I am tracking calories on SparkPeople, even if I am not so consistent in posting here. Right now I am having a hard time sleeping (it's almost 3 am! I will be up in 4 hours) so I figured I might as well post an update since the shut-eye isn't happening.

One of the things I am committing to this year is discipline, and specifically for 90 days. I am pretty sure this will include my eating and exercise habits, so I am excited about the progress! I'll keep you posted...

Weigh in

I weighed in this morning... 4 lbs down!! I realize it's probably water weight, but I'll take it!!

I exercised yesterday for about 20 minutes. Some dancing, some hula hoop, some pilates and yoga. I still haven't gotten my workout in before breakfast, but at least I have done some moving.

I ended yesterday in the 1200-1300 calorie range, right where I like to be.

I leave for leadership tomorrow, and I have no idea what the food situation will be like, so I will just have to record and do my best.

Okay... off to start my day!!

Exercise

Today I recorded my food. I ended the day at just over 1300 calories. Not bad, considering it was my dad's birthday, so we ate out and had cake.

More importantly, today I EXERCISED. 20 minutes on the elliptical machine this evening. 200 calories burned. It felt both good and exhausting to exercise. I really need to do that more! Ideally, I will exercise first thing in the morning, but today, I am just happy to get exercise in. It is a process, this building of habits that I am doing.

Tomorrow, I will record my food and I will exercise.

Recording....

Today I recorded my food. Calories were fine. I came in around 1250 calories, and ended up in the right range for most of the categories. I was a little low on protein, but that's fine. I'll work on fine-tuning as I go. I was especially proud of the choices I made today while going out to eat for lunch at Cheddar's. I ordered edamame and a cup of chicken tortilla soup. Not only was it delicious, but it kept me pretty full for most of the afternoon. I did need a snack around 3, but that is par for my life.

So... today, I weighed. Today I recorded my food. Tomorrow... exercise. I can do this.