I have to report that I have not been putting all that I could into my workouts. I have barely seen the gym in the last couple of weeks. I should be there daily. I seem to find excuses so easily. I have exersized everyday. But doing just cardio here at home on the treadmill does not burn the calories that I burn when I go to the gym and take the classes and do cardio on top of that. I have had sick kids, and now I am sick too. I am sticking to my food plan. That is positive. I think I am being to hard on myself. When I look at my goals I am meeting all of them except for the weight lifting/kickboxing classes. I would like to go to BodyPump class every Tues and Thurs and kickboxing every Wed and possibly Monday nights too. Cardio goals I am meeting. Food goals I am meeting. Now that I am writing all of that out I guess I am doing pretty well. I am good at expecting too much at once out of myself. I put up a lot of goals and I have met all but one. Thats pretty great. Why can't I be more pleased with myself?
I will get to the gym eventually. I just need to keep up all of the other goals for now.
I need to spend more time in prayer and in the Word. I need to trust that making healthy choices will pay off over time. Its not gonna happen all at once. I am not on Biggest Loser, I am not working out 6 hours a day so I cannot expect to loose all kinds of weight every week. I just need to keep focusing on my goals of more fruits and veggies and fiber. If I do this, and stay under my calorie zone I WILL GET THERE. Exercise will help with weight loss but the main reason for me to do this is fo rmy health. Healthy bones, Healthy heart, better cholesterol,lower resting heart reate, more energy, longer life!!!!! I need to remember to look at the big picture, not just this week.
Writing things out really does help.
Erika

Its WEd pm now and I did get 55 min of pretty decent cardio in today. However, I surely needed it to make up for the chocolate truffles I ate that came with the beautiful flowers on my doorstep this afternoon from my hubby. He knows how hard I am working at this, yet he sends chocolates with the flowers Well, he just doesn't totally get it I guess. Atleast I didn't eat the whole box. And to give the man some credit, it was a tiny little box, not a huge one. Maybe he thought about it???
So with the exercise I am still under my target for calorie intake for the day. However, I did not meet my goal for fiber intake. I only got 18g of fiber today. My afternoon snack is usually something with a good deal of fiber. Today it was chocolate. Well, you gotta live a little sometimes!!! I am proud of myself that I didn't gooble them all down and that I felt pretty satisfied after a couple of them. I feel that that is major progress.
Jason took the kids to church tonight and I stayed home. I have a pretty bad headache from this darn head cold. I am gonna just hang out and read my fittness magazine and veg I think.
Overall the Wed blues have turned around. Positve thinking is much better. This is not a race. Life changes are long term and this is about my life and health. The weight will come off when its supposed to. Christ knows his plans for me. I was lead to Jerimiah is my reading. Just what I needed to hear, but of course God always knows just what we need to hear doesn't he?
ERIKA