my favorite time of year!

I did not have time to think about eating crap today.  And luckily, I am still stocked up enough, that I can mindlessly eat healthy.

I have also learned having a cliff bar in the middle of the day works wonders to keep me on track.

Using my fitbit, I realize that going on more walks with Teddy is not only good for him, but good for me to get my # of steps up...

And I also realize that using the fitbit, period, is critical, so I know, on a day where I have exerted more energy than normal, I have some space in there to eat a little bit more. And I know that if I did not have this information, trying to stick to 1500 calories, always, would be quite difficult.

It's almost my birthday - this is a time of taking control for me! It's my favorite time of the year! Except maybe January, I like January a lot too.

no day but today

Oh, so if I walk a little bit more, I can eat a little bit more and not deprive myself.  And if I pack a few healthy items in my purse (or in a cooler on a freakishly hot day like today) then I'm not caught starving and throwing away 500 calories on a latte and cinnamon swirl thang.  It's amazing what you can (re)learn in a day.

Truth be told, I did walk - a lot - today. I had to for work. And that was good for me, health-wise AND work-wise. So maybe I should keep doing THAT.

I still have about 400 calories left today - and while I may have one more mini ice cream bar or some fruit, I think I'm done for the day and that feels pretty good, I gotta say.

Baby steps...

No day but today ...

Keep Calm and Fight On

I've been writing - weekly or more - draft, after draft, re-writes galore. But I haven't been publishing... because I think it's just such bs. I needed to get it out - but it's all such bs. Whining. Excuses. Bitching. Blaming. Eff'd up backwards logic talking myself out of doing what I know needs to be done.

I hired a business coach - and it's already helped immensely. At the start of last year, when I hired a trainer at 24hrfitness, it was immensely helpful and I was successful. So, I think I'm pretty coachable... but now I need to work on finding the self-motivation, the self-discipline, the strength to stay the course and avoid my self-sabotaging inner critic.  

I'm watching Exteme Makeover Weightloss Edition right now.
Here's what their plan is:  2000 cal / day. Low Sugar. Low Sodium. Weight Training 3x / week. Cardio training 6x / week.  All for approx 10 lbs lost / week. (for a male, about 545lbs. [Btw, it's all football related - such great timing w/ pre-season, and somehow so motivating to me!]

MyFitnessPal wants me on 1520 calories/day to lose 2 lbs a week which I've been hitting pretty successfully the past few days. But I need to revise the contents of those 1500 calories.

I have high blood pressure. I had my gall bladder out around 25. I just had knee surgery a month ago.

The time is now.

My Goals:
-- 1520 calories per day via MyFitnessPal & FitBit tracking (& to track my food every day)
-- Cardio Training 5 days per week - 3 on the bike, and 2 doing something else - maybe swimming
-- Weight Training 2 days per week - possibly w/ a trainer (ahem, Jaime Nemirow, get ready girl)
-- I have no idea what #s that will equate to weekly but as long as it's a loss, and I'm not injuring myself, I think it'll be good.
-- Additionally, I'm eliminating fast food and slowly, slowly, I'm going to eliminate Starbucks. To start, I will need it, but eventually, it will have to go.  I am not going to say I won't eat out. But I'm going to aim for 1-2 times per week at a max.

So, the carrot in front of the Makeover show is 2 tix to the super bowl. I need a carrot. So - 20 weeks... 2 lbs / week = 40 lbs. So, I'm gonna make it a stretch goal of 50 lbs off by January 1st. And if I can do that, when I do that, I am going to reward myself with a Louis Vuitton purse. Which will also require some serious saving. But I think all the money I spend eating out, eating fast food, & being unhealthy in general will add up.  And then, when I can carry that purse around with me every day, it will be a reminder every day, that I can set up the next goal and achieve it. I think it seems like a shallow, superficial reward. Like, I should reward myself with a trip to a healthy spa or something instead. But I'm not even going to question it - it's the first thing that came to mind, so I'm rolling with it.

OMG - continuing watching "Extreme Makeover: Weightloss Edition" -- the NFL experience at the SuperBowl looks AWESOME. Do people know about this? Why have I never known about this? Training camp set up at the Super Bowl is SO cool! I want to try that one day. Chris Powell might be my newest favorite! HEART him! I swear he's just using his show to get "in" w/ the NFL but that's ok by me!

Yep - purses and football - welcome to how this girl thinks! Ha!

It seems to me that the most important thing here is to not let "set-backs" derail me. I've always been pretty successful at a start. I can go hard-- for awhile. But then, I let something turn me off-track and I am DETERMINED to not let that happen this time. I mean, I'm sure I'll FEEL like derailing. But I'm not going to let minor set-backs, become major problems.

I LOVE Fall. it is my favorite season of the year.  All things autumnal make me happy. I know I can be successful around this time of year -- at ANYthing I put my mind to. 

I'm using this theme for business, so I think I'm going to use it for this too:

Keep Calm & Fight On! 

#GettingReadyToCrushIt
#MoreToCome