Fitnessss

Is probably going to be the topic of my next several posts, so... Yep.

My fitness story starts off with a 18 year old girl who goes from eating like her metabolism just don't care, to eating like a pregnant lady (who ends up giving birth to a near 10 pound healthy baby girl) to then still eating like her metabolism don't care, then finds out that her metabolism in fact, do care. 

Pre baby I was around around 135 Ish and keep in mind I'm a 5' 3 1/2' pear with large hips anyway, more so post baby, so I wasn't "twiggy" to begin with.

Post baby and working a full time job I was around 140

Then I quit to stay home and went up to

145

Then 150

Then 155 (I know, I know)

Then I hit my breaking point at 158

I couldn't take it anymore, I was depressed at how I looked, I was always tired and lethargic, I had a horrible diet, and I thought, "if I don't do something about this now it's just going to get harder the older I get!" Plus who knows how much more weight I would have gained!

So I began exercising, trying to work myself up to the full 30 minutes of my aerobics video from hell, eating better, and keeping track of my daily intake.

I did well for a while, lost about 5 lbs and then.... Backslid and gained all five back...

Then after about a month, my dear hubby decided he wanted to make a change as well, so for about a week we have been eating healthy(er) and walking 3 miles every night except Sunday on our local bike path. 

Sadly, I'm going to have to give that up until the sun starts going down earlier or until its cooler during the day, we've been going from 8-9 pm and my in laws watch my daughter but with school starting she's going to be in bed by 8pm, so he can go but I have to switch my method for a while.

My neighborhood is neither safe or pleasant on the eye enough for me to walk early in the morning so for now it's yoga and aerobics. (Learned my lesson about doing 40 min yoga instead of 20, there's only so many sun salutations I can handle in a row)

I hate aerobics. I did 17 minutes this morning before my legs were going to give out, and it only burned a third of the calories walking for an hour does. Ugh I'd rather walk an hour!

I did do a no no last night and had some unhealthy late night (early morning) snacking do I'm trying to work that all off today.

I can do it! I have to keep telling myself that or nothing will change.

Ramoooonaaaaa on my mind...

Sorry, just watching Scott pilgrim while typing this. Awesome manga series by the way. Ok point of this post is... I made sushi!!!! Woooooo! California roll to be precise :) had to use imitation crab since Hubby is allergic to the real deal. Mmmmm tasty. Oh regular vinegar can be substituted for rice vinegar, just add more sugar. Post end! The movie is still on.

Getting back on (the wagon won't leave without you)

Ok, as I'm sure most (or none) of you (you being mainly my mother ) know, I've been trying (trying being used very loosely) to lose the 20 Ish pounds I've gained since being inducted into the wonderful club of motherhood for the past 6 years.. Pretty sad. 

I actually managed to lose about 5 pounds last month via eating healthier and trying to exercise but I wavered there at the end and now I've gained all five back, boo! 

Well as they say, when it comes to a lifestyle change and living a healthier life, it's never too late, you fall off the wagon/horse/any mode of transportation , you get back on! And that's exactly what I'm doing. 

Thanks to my husband who also is wanting to get healthier, we are now walking our bike path nightly (except Sundays) and I've already lost 2 pounds since we started Wednesday, yaaay!

 I know most of the beginning weight is just water but it still feels good to know its working.

I have soo many screenshots of healthy food from Instagram on my iPod its scary, I feel like a bit of a weirdo for semi-stalking these ladies.

So my goal I'm setting myself is to lost 5-6 pounds by the end of August, I figure that's doable seeing as how I've pretty much done it already. 

Hopefully this time I won't fall, cause that's just embarrassing...