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Wednesday Weigh-In #something I need to look up

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So it’s that time again and I’m late again. Yeah, yeah, I know Wednesday falls on the same day every week and I’m still always behind. Really you should just get over the idea that I’m going to be timely. It’s not going to happen. If you stop expecting it, I’ll stop worrying about it and then maybe I’ll actually be on time.

Okay so where was I, oh yeah. Weigh in. This week was uneventful. I lost .2 lbs. Given the season I think that’s pretty dang good.

Today is the last day before my students go on winter break and I think they are conspiring against me. In the last 24 hours I’ve gotten 6 candy canes, a lovely ceramic pail filled with candy Kisses, a homemade plate of chocolate chip cookies, and the largest box of Russell Stover’s chocolate I’ve ever encountered. Would it be horribly rude to re-gift these lovely, delicious, thoughtful, healthy eating plan wreckers to some other willing consumer of chocolaty goodness?

the road to healthy

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This has been a long time coming. But it’s time. I need to get healthy. I’ve been in sort of a denial state about my general overall health for awhile now. For the most part I don’t have major health problems, I don’t drink much, I don’t smoke, I sleep okay, I can do most activities I want to do, I have low blood pressure, average cholesterol, etc. But I am overweight and not just a little. A lot.

But it’s time. As far as I know I’m done having kids so that excuse is out the window. I don’t have a tiny baby anymore so there goes that one too. It’s time to get healthy. And honestly this time I think I have the right attitude because I’ve done this before. A couple of times. This time I don’t care what the final weight is, I don’t care what clothing size I end up in. I care that I am eating well, taking care of myself, and being good to me. My recent creativity boom has opened my eyes to the value of what I have. And I want to keep it.

I do have some goals, some pretty big ones actually. My long term goal is to get down to a healthy weight within a year. If I make that goal Chris and I have an agreement that I can choose one of the following two rewards – a MacBook of my own or a Canon DSLR, both are highly motivating. The second big goal is to make exercise a habit. I actually like exercising when I’m doing it and I love how it makes me feel but for some reason I have periods where the thought of doing it is just daunting. So it’s time to get moving.

The last time I had any sort of success at all I made sure to document it. And often. I’m going that same route again. So as time goes on don’t be surprised to see random posts about how it’s going. I also hope to participate in Blog to Fit. It’s a nifty little community of bloggers trying to get healthy. And I am SO in.