Update

I figured if I'm going to get on here and set big goals, I need to be accountable for them.

1 - Take a multivitamin. I actually haven't done this one yet. I thought I had some in the cupboard but no dice. I haven't made it to the store to buy any but I have been taking fish oil supplement so there is progress, just not quite where it should be.

2 - Increase water consumption. Drinking 4 glasses of water by noon is not as doable as I thought! I have been doing way better with the water drinking though but still fell short by a glass both days. But that is definite progress.

3 - Go to bed by 11:00. Zero progress on this one. This one is REALLY, REALLY hard for me. It is a habit that I have been trying for some time to break but I just go into veg mode at night and lose track of time. It's ridiculous really because I am not accomplishing anything. I really, truly just veg. So it makes more sense to go to bed!

4 - Increase veggie/fruit consumption. This one is okay. I do better when I am consciously tracking this one so that is why I put this one down.

5 - Exercise - hasn't happened since my last post....AT ALL. I haven't even done the 20 minute light walk thing.

So there is definitely work to be done but there is hint of progress. Part of my problem the last couple of days has been cookies! They are my weakness and I let my kids make some on Wednesday. They actually winged it (didn't follow the recipe) and they turned out pretty good! Then yesterday was my annual holiday cookie exchange with a bunch of ladies in my neighborhood. About two dozen or so of us get together every year at sweet lady in our neighborhood's house and exchange our holiday cookies. Everyone comes out with 2+ dozen YUMMY treats that sit and beg to be eaten. I know, I shouldn't have gone. But the social aspect of it is so fun. And I figured I'd grab the treats and bring them home to my kids....yeah right!

Anyway, I definitely have work to do but that's what goals are for. Incidentally, I noticed the goal weights on my sidebar from last year. Oddly enough, those goal weights would be pretty close to what I could set right now (maybe move them up a couple of weeks)! Oh the roller coaster...

The Buck Stops Here

The scale continues to go...up. And it needs to stop.

I've actually been doing decent with the goals I set for hubby's work. My best bet for fruit and veggie consumption has been smoothies. I don't know if that is the best way to get them in (ie. all at once vs. spread out through the day) but I figure it's better than nothing.

I've been doing pretty good with the exercise. Sometimes it ends up being a 20 minute walk around the neighborhood just so I can say I did it, but at least it's something.

I went in for my physical. Blah. But it's done.

Getting my weight under 140? Not so much. I'm now up to 155. So I need some concrete goals and I need to stick with them. Just saying I'm going to lose weight, doesn't work. I figured if I ate more fruits and veggies and exercised, the weight would naturally come off. That may have worked if I had replaced crap I was eating with the good stuff. Unfortunately, I have just added it to my diet and then somehow felt "justified" in eating crap because I am eating healthy food to "balance" things out. I know, totally illogical but it's how my brain thinks.

And I feel like crap. I'm tired all the time. I'm cranky. I need to make some changes, if nothing else, for the health of it...

1 - Take a multivitamin. Yeah, I know some people view this as unnecessary, but for me, I think it's a good thing.

2 - Increase water consumption to four glasses of water before noon and at least an additional four before bed (I need to drink it early so I'm not up peeing all night, sorry if that's a tmi!).

3 - Go to bed by 11:00. I'd like to get this earlier but right now I'm lucky to hit midnight....baby steps!

4 - Continue with increased veggie/fruit consumption.

5 - Continue exercising but make sure the 20 minutes (or more) really counts - ie. minimum 200 calorie burn.

That is a lot of goals to focus on all at once but where they are all very much related, it's very doable (as I sit typing this post at 11:00 instead of going to bed - HAHA).

That's all for now. I'll try to do better about updating.