Starting Over

The picture above is my inspiration. I started this journey in June and was doing great...up until about a month ago. I took a break because I was feeling sick, was busy with work, and then went on vacation - I know, EXCUSES. A month of inactivity and not making the right food choices lead to a 4 pound weight gain. I'm still down a total of 15 pounds since the beginning of the year. That's something I'm proud of. I have about 30 more pounds I want to  lose - and I will lose it.

I had started doing TAM (Tracy Anderson Method) and Weight Watchers. I was doing great on TAM until the month of neglect so I had to completely restart the method. A little discouraging since I was already on level 6. I tried picking back up where I left off but my body wasn't strong enough so I made the tough - and wise - decision to start over. I forgot how completely tiring the first level is! Oh well, I got through it once - and I will get through it again. Only this time, I will finish. As for WW, I found it too hard to do by myself. I have a deal with the hubs - if we are both still really overweight by the new year, we will join together. Obviously I hope we don't have to join up in January but it would be nice to have someone else to share the experience with.

So this time around, I'm SERIOUSLY keeping myself accountable. I printed monthly calendars where I track my workouts. They say that it's 80% what you eat and 20% working out - crap. Jay got me a mixer for my birthday so I have been itching to make delicious baked goods. I still will - I will just have to keep myself to eating one and have him bring the rest to work so they're not in the house to tempt me. I have decided to run a 5k in January and am registering for it this week. I found a Couch-to-5K running plan and have been following it. It has you run three times a week for 9 weeks. The goal is to be able to run for 30 minutes straight by the end of it. I'm on week 2. I'm actually liking it - running outside is nice but it's starting to get cold so it's time to start looking for light workout gear that will still keep me warm.

Under Armour outlet here I come...