I keep telling myself that this is the unhealthiest I will ever be and its all uphill from here... literally.
This week, I have tried to eat healthy and limit my eating out.
I digressed twice.
I had a chicken bowl from Chipotle last night... and I ate some chips.
And today, I had some cookies from Subway... In my defense, I tried to say no. I started to ask for the little bag of mini-cookies and then I said never mind. Don't you know the man behind the counter had the NERVE to ask me if I was sure I didn't want the cookies? I replied, "I'm sure." He rang up my order but something made me look at the cookies one more time. They were only a dollar. I convinced myself that I would share them with Isaiah after work. You know what?
The cookies never made it home.
Alright, so now that I have confessed the bad stuff, I am going to tell you what I think I did right. I started wearing a pedometer to work. Do you know I have taken less than 4,000 steps each day? I found this site and determined that I lead a very sedentary lifestyle. I sit at a desk almost all day and the most I move around is in the evenings when I am home with the kids. I have decided to take two fifteen minute breaks a day and walk around my office building. Depending on the weather, I will do it inside or outside of the building (its a pretty big building). I have been taking it easy this week but by next Thursday I should have an idea of how many more steps that gives me.
I met with a trainer today! I have to be honest - I almost cancelled. I was supposed to meet with him at 8pm and by 7:30pm both boys were awake and active and neither had been bathed. I was also really tired - its my first week back at work after the surgery and I didn't get much sleep last night. But, I kept reminding myself of my goal and most importantly, my brother and decided I would do it. I called and pushed back the session until 8:30p. Hubby bathed Isaiah, I bathed Wessie and by the time I left, they were both in bed. When I got there, Mr. T, the trainer, took all of my measurements including body fat (which was depressing). I am tall and my weight is very deceptive - I am so glad I am doing this because I may be able to mask it well but I can stand to lose the 30lbs - maybe even more. I didn't work out much - I only did five minutes on the treadmill at a 10.0 incline at 3.5 m/hr and five minutes on the elliptical. Then I did some ab exercises. That little bit was enough to get me sweating!
I felt nervous, embarrassed that it was so hard for me to do that little bit of exercise, excited to be making a change and worried that I would let myself down.
One thing is for certain though... I am ready to make a change.
So stay tuned! I need someone to hold me accountable (well besides them...)
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