Here I am again. Back down the same road that I have tried to go down many many times before. Every time I have taken a detour and then fallen completely off track or given up. I need to stay motivated, I need to stay determined. I need to do this.
My renewed motivation came last Sunday when a friend invited me to come workout at the gym with her. She showed me her weight/cardio routine. It was fun and it was nice having someone to workout with. The next day I decided to rejoin Planet Fitness. I went to the gym Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I have lost 6 pounds through the week.
The hardest part is getting to the gym for a full hour workout. I can go Monday and Wednesday night, but then other than that can only go every other Friday, Saturday, and Sunday since I have Cody all the other days. I have however made up for that by going to the gym on my lunch break from work and doing the 30 minute express workout which incorporates all of the weight machines that I would have used normally and includes a little cardio too. If I have time after that I will hop on the treadmill for ten to fifteen minutes at a 3mph pace or higher.
I feel good when I am done at the gym, but after the first week is usually the point where I start making excuses as to why I can't go and then I end up donating $10 a month to Planet Fitness. I am hoping that after this first week this will not be the case. I am ready to go back to the gym but am scared that since I cannot go today or tomorrow come Monday I will be like, nahh. I am not in the mood. I am going to try and avoid that at all costs, but unfortunately that is the way that I usually swing.
I feel like this time may be better (I know I say this all the time), but I am not on an up and down emotional roller coaster. I have gotten rid of someone in my life who was creating too much drama and was sucking the life out of me and I feel so much better, like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. I am actually happy, which is something that I have not been in a long long time. I have been getting out with different friends, doing more things for myself, and taking time for me to work on things. I have been going through my house little by little trying to get it spotless so I can have get togethers at the house. I miss beer pong nights!
Exercise was not the only part of this that I needed to work on, I definitely needed a change in the way I eat. I went to the grocery store the other day and the worst things that I bought was a fat-free angel food cake. Other than that I got lettuce, salad fixings, watermelon, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, bananas, apple slices, peanut butter, cornflakes (instead of sugary cereals), cinnamon (which is a great metabolism booster), hard boiled eggs, cucumbers, and some greek yogurt.
I got rid of all junk food in my house. No more soda, no ice cream, nothing. The only bad thing that I have kept is my alcohol (yup, not throwing that away. Moderation right?).
I have been tracking all of my food intake with two different apps on my phone. One of the apps is the Lose It! app which is something that we are using for a weight loss challenge at work right now. The other one is called Noom which I am finding to be very useful. It uses a "coach" and gives you little challenges to do every day. It tracks your nutrition and tells you where you should cut certain foods out. It also connects with an app called Cardio Trainer which maps walks/runs and lets you know how many calories have been burned.
I am taking my weight loss goal step by step. Right now my goal is to be down 15 pounds by November 2nd which is when my dad and I are going on a day trip to NYC. After that I am taking it 10 pounds at a time so it doesn't seem to be such a big goal.
So here we go again. Fingers crossed.
