Wieght loss

After my last consult with both of my doctors and red flags were raised over my current weight, a goal was reached. I don’t think it is unobtainable it will just take some work. Yuck! More work. I currently am at my highest weight ever. Ever… so my doctors are both agreed that it has to come off, I agree of course and we ruled out anything medical that could be causing it, all blood labs are good, normal etc. So the goal is 20 lbs by December 1 of this year.

I am sure there are many things that have caused me to get to this point: age, lifestyle, stress, hormones, and children. I am sure the stress and the lifestyle are the most likely culprits, there are days at work when I do not budge from my desk and there are others when I am running crazy all over. The tension and stress level are very high at our work environment with not a lot being done to resolve it. No one wants to acknowledge the elephant in the room but that is another story for another day. The hormones are probably not as big of a factor as they could be due to the lab work and what their results were. Our lifestyle is hectic with extra busy thrown in, we seem to constantly be on the go and with class two nights a week and preparing dinner in between there is not time to bike, work out etc in between work and class.

June was especially busy for our household as we bought a house and moved and spent most of that month either at baseball, or going to baseball or eating out. That is the biggest culprit of all for us I am sure. Needing to grab something on the go and it is just so darn easy to go and grab a burger and be done with it. Of course then you need a shake to go with it. July was fast paced, it seems like I blinked and then we were getting ready to take kids back to school. Now remember we were on vacation for a week in July but vacation calories do not count, and though we did eat out a lot while in Florida it was not as bad as it could have been.

Before both of the doctor’s appointments I implemented several changes. The daily Starbucks habit had to go, as did the two to three Dr Pepper’s a day and raiding the vending machine at 3 pm when I would absolutely kill someone for sugar or chocolate. At home we are eating dinner together at home, and the boys and I are drinking milk or water with meals. We still keep iced tea on hand but I haven’t been drinking as much of it. Making a conscious effort to eat breakfast is helping I haven’t lost any weight but haven’t’ gained any either, inches are leaving as my clothes fit better than they did before vacation but not a noticeable difference yet.

It should make me feel better that I am not the only one of my buddies that struggles with this, but it does not. I know the lack of motivation when the couch looks so tempting instead of strapping on the Nike's and going around the block. It is too tempting to say oh it looks like rain, snow, sleet, sunshine whatever to avoid getting out there.

The daily food journal has also been implemented and I am trying to go to bed earlier than before, because new studies released recently show that people who get 8-10 hours of sleep at night are better equipped to deal with stress, maintain healthier weight and are generally happier. It is a slow process, I have to force myself to log off the computer and step back. But I am happier than ever we don’t have a TV in the bedroom anymore; removing that temptation also helps me to go to sleep earlier. We will keep you posted. I did not put it on overnight so it won’t come off overnight…

Hiatus

I think mine is over, I haven't posted anything- there was too much drama at home, work, and with family that I didn't want to live it much less write about it. I believe the majority of the drama inducing idiots have been kicked to the curb but only time will tell and I am not going to dwell on it anymore.

So- New post has been written but not actually posted yet... Might be something to do with being incredibly busy or it just might be procrastination. I am going with busy... But you can decide for yourself.