New Blog Focus.....for now

There is one area of my life that I've been struggling with, and desperately want to make it a priority. I thank my amazing friend Jessica for inspiring me to continue on the journey, rather than standing still or moving backwards, as I have been. I want to be healthy again....and not just to lose weight, but to really feel like I'm in control of my health - especially my habits.

So I am thus forth challenging myself to write on this blog AT LEAST once a week to chronicle how I did that particular week - strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures, inspiration and hardships.

You see, the reason I've been stagnant for so long (since about June) is because I feel like I have ZERO motivation. Part of this is because I don't have a lot of physical support. Greg is wonderful and supports me whenever I bring it up (and he's even bought me a couple of GREAT books to help come up with recipes etc.) but at the same time, I lack that inner motivation you can only find when really partnering in the journey. I also have a lot of motivation via sparkpeople, but that's online...and only relevant when I check the website (which has been sporadic at best). So therefore, I am vowing to form a partnership with myself...and anyone who reads this blog.

Let's evaluate this week thus far. I've been doing fairly well on the eating front. I'm not sure how well as I have not been tracking my food on the wonderful website mentioned above. I feel fairly confident about my eating and am only splurging every once in a while. Exercise is a whole different story. I haven't been to the gym in about two weeks, I rarely walk home anymore (because the boy has been picking me up a lot), and I sit on my butt all day at work. I'm struggling to find a way to vary my workouts so I don't become bored and unchallenged, which at the same time trying to deal with the fact that I hate the gym I belong to. I'm hoping to change that in the near future, but I can't just sit around until that point. So I need to suck it up and get in a routine PRONTO! So this week I will be better about tracking food and get back to the gym. No specifics, just getting back in the swing of things.

Keep posted for regular updates.