Just Another Check In

Well finally getting my second wind…  Find the strength again to battle forth and head to the gym, to fight the good fight and eat healthy.  Though it is so hard.. it is so hard to put forth the time, the energy and resources and fight the same battle over and over and over again.  It is hard because I have yet to gain any ground.  I feel like I have been fighting this battle my whole life and my weight and size are the only thing gaining ground.  But I ran twice this week so far.  And it is hard to push myself to get up when that alarm goes off because I am not seeing any results.  And even hard to get on that treadmill and push myself harder, longer because I have not seen any results.

My current biggest battle is in the evening when I get home from work.  The kids have already eaten.  I am hungry and very tired.  And suppose to fix something quick and easy and healthy.  I do have good choices in the house.  But nothing sounds good but carbs.  Got to figure out how to make this time frame work better/easier.

 

One last LBD photo

Sunday Check In

So how are those goals doing ?

1) More fruits and veggies, working toward gluten free.

I think that I am 80% toward this goal.  I find that packing my breakfast, lunch and snacks for work is easy.  However that down time after I get home and am too tired to cook and too hungry to think through what would be best to eat is killing me.  It is hard to find something easy to eat when this is time I really want my gluten snacks back 🙂  Working on it.

2) Count my miles working toward more running, less walking and more walking to end up at 500 miles by years end.

3) Weight training.  Starting with two days a week working toward four days a week.

Both of these goals have been derailed by life. First I put my energy into cleaning / decluttering for the first few days of the new year.  My daughter was in the hospital last Sunday.  So I have not been to the gym for a week since my focus was on taking care of her.  It will be back to the gym this week.  And I am looking forward to it.  However it means a late start to the miles as well.

4) Health checks for me.  Keeping track of my thyroid, and other various health issues.  Also dental appointments for me.  I hate the dentist, need I say more.

I have not made my much needed dentist apt yet.  I need to.

5) Taking vitamins and supplements as needed.

This is getting easier and easier as I develop better habits.  However when I am not at work it is hard.  I usually take supplements in my morning break and my afternoon break.

6) Rest and downtime.  Just stopping for a moment.  Planning time for something I enjoy, something I want to do not something that has to be done.  Working toward making this a part of my daily life.

Last Saturday I was able to take my camera out and enjoy some time outdoors.  I also was starting to learn the lightroom program for photos.  But this week has been crazy and I have not made the time. So this is something I need to work on this week.  Balancing the crazy with some much needed down time and time for the gym..

When I look at my goals the biggest issue is time management.  I need to use my time wisely and invest it in what is important to me.. time with my kids, time to plan meals, grocery shop, and make healthy meals so that sticking to my meal plan is much easier and much more do-able, time at the gym, down time..  So this week I will make note of time wasters.

Another LBD photo

LBD

I cant wait to feel more comfortable in my skin. I want to look good in a LBD.

Admitting those crazy people were right

I always read those healthy blogs or posts from healthy people who talk about how bad they feel when they eat crap.  And I am always like yeah right.  Well this am, I am feeling it, a major headeache, exhaustion.  I gave in this week and ate something I know are not good for me.  And you know what I can feel the difference.  Here is to making better choices and not feeling like crap.  I dont want to wake up feeling like I have a hang over when I havent even been drinking!

So it begins

Sunday morning I am having turkey breakfast sausage links (2) which I am thankful to find because I find regular sausage way too greasy.  I dont like most meat.  I am also having a green shake with spinach, coconut milk and a banana.

This blog is about way more than just what I am eating, it is about getting back to health.  Some good things I did toward my goal today-

1) Snuggled with my 8 yo and laughed while we tried different music spotify recommended.

2) Slept in

3) Took my thyroid meds.

After this post, I am making out my to-do list, planning my week, and then taking a walk.  It is going to be a great day!

Day 1

Today I focused on what I can eat.  I went shopping.  I bought a ton of produce.  I walked around New Seasons and got ideas, got motivated.  Thankful that I like veggies and fruit.

I also followed up my labs with an apt with my Dr today.  So that is a big step in following through with the goals.

A lot is being focused on diet right now but this is only one piece of what I hope to accomplish this year.

So what can I eat???????????????

http://autoimmune-paleo.com/paleo-autoimmune-protocol-print-out-guides/

http://autoimmune-paleo.com/AIPincludelist.pdf

Ready set, research

http://thyroidbook.com/blog/autoimmune-gut-repair-diet/

http://www.thepaleomom.com/

http://www.thepaleomom.com/autoimmunity

http://www.thepaleomom.com/2012/01/on-making-tough-resolutions.html

Trying to focus on what I can eat.  But I dont really like meat.  So this is going to be hard.  But worth it, once I can wrap my brain around this.