I'm looking for motivation to eat healthier and not solidify that next size up in pants I've started buying in the past year. Plus, I'm getting closer to needing blood pressure medication and my body can no longer control a lot of sodium without bloating up bigger then my 5 month baby #2 pregnancy photo - and that disturbs me. I would really like to drop 10 pounds over this 12 week challenge, stay far away from fast food (except Subway), lower my sodium intake with better food selections and maybe... just maybe... get motivated to move. I'd say my lifestyle is darn near sedentary lately except for chasing the kids, cleaning the house, stuff like that. The weather is better so I suppose I'll naturally be moving more. But otherwise I'm not entirely sure where energy comes from to actually purposely exercise, maybe I'll find some here.
If I were to get all psychological on you all... my Mom was my size when she was my age and by the time she died at the young age of 60, she was obese. Clothing in the size I'm starting to wear now was in her closet still. She fought her weight her entire adulthood and that has made me extremely sensitive to the 5 pounds I've been gaining each year since the birth of my children - weighing more now, 4 years later, then I did in the first year of either of their births. I'm not looking to be high school skinny. I am looking to make better choices and take care of myself more. Hope we all accomplish that - and have the scale agree in the end :)
[edited to say I hope "noon" means Mountain time zone?]
You can do it Jill. Now that the weather is getting nicer, taking the kids (and hubby) on a nice, brisk walk or bike ride for 30 minutes will give you family time AND count as your 30 minutes of exercise. Exercise is a matter of moving with purpose :).
ReplyDeleteJill, we have similar stories. Yesterday would have been my mom's 76th birthday. Stacey is right ~ exercise is moving with purpose. You'll find as the weight starts coming off, you're energy level will increase and you'll want to start doing more. Pay more attention to how your clothes feel and how you are feeling rather than focus on the number your scale flashes at you. You can do this!
ReplyDeleteKimberly, I was just about to comment to you when I saw your message to me. Thank you!! I'd love to hear some of your exercise routines. I'm thinking about finding an arm tone type exercise to help the "Oprah wave" I you know what I mean? Haha! Welcome aboard the skinny on the inside train!
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