A great start to a new year!

Wow, I really need to be better about posting! I apologize to everyone that I have not been posting more but things have been busy! I have started classes and between working, working out and class I hardly have time for much anymore! I have been doing great at going to the gym. I am going at least 3 times a week (which is pretty good when I wasn't going at all before!) and I am worked up to doing 45 minutes at a time. I have been trying my hardest to mix things up so I don't get bored. Yesterday I ran for a minute and a half on the treadmill! It felt great and I was so suprised I could do it.  Tonight I decided to shovel the driveway for Adam before he got home from work. He isn't home yet so I don't know if he is suprised or not but I am glad I did it. It also burns a ton of calories. Again eating has been my biggest downfall. I am really trying to be careful with my eating but it is much harder than it seems.

One thing I am having trouble with is looking myself in the mirror. I have always had issues with mirrors and scales but lately it has gotten worse. By looking in the mirror sometimes all I see is my flaws and not the good parts that I have. It is hard for anyone overweight or not to look in the mirror and not be disgusted at times. I am always suprised when some beautiful and talented celebrity talks about how bad their self image is. It is amazing that no matter how much talent and success someone has they can still have issues with their body. I am sure most people would argue that the media is to blame but honestly I am sure it is just a part of being human. Working on my self-esteem is also something I am going to do during this journey.

One exciting thing that is happening in our life right now is that we are getting new carpet for the office! I am so excited about this because it is going to help our house look so much better! I am going to paint this weekend and hopefully next week the carpet will be installed..


Well I hope that my next blog doesn't take as long as this one did! Things are definitely starting to gain momentum in my weight less journey....

Hello 2011, I welcome you with open arms!

A new year for most people means making resolutions that they will try really hard at for a week or two and then forget about. Well for me I got a head start on my new years resolutions a couple of months ago. Of course one of my big resolutions is this blog and the big 3-0 shape-up. Of course my last blog I talked about trying to lose 10 pounds by the end of the year but that did not happen. Unfortunately I got lazy, busy and then sick in that last month and a half of 2010.  But the first month and a half of 2011 is a whole new story. I started out 2011 sick so there was no going to the gym until today the 5th. A funny thing happened when I first got on the treadmill...it actually felt good. No take that back...it felt great! I did a good half an hour on the treadmill (Hey, I hadn't been at the gym since October!) and then got on the bike for 15 minutes. After the gym I felt so refreshed and I wondered...why don't I do that more often? Megan went to the gym with me and we are going to try to start going a couple of times a week. While at the gym I ran into my old trainer Jacqui who was working out with a client of hers. The client is looking for a partner to work out with and I told Jacqui to give her my number. Hopefully she will call or text me so we can start meeting at the gym! It would be nice to have a couple of people to keep me motivated and accountable in my workout. After leaving the gym I called Adam and told him how good I felt. He was happy for me and is going to start going to the gym too. He was reminding me of the cute clothes that I can buy from my favorite store New York and Company. He knows how much I love shopping so he knew that would really motivate me! So hopefully this keeps me going. I really enjoy writing this blog and having people reading it is pretty cool and having people reading it is keeping me going.

Another goal I have for 2011 is to get my house organized and get some of our major projects finished. Adam and I started buying shelving and storage boxes after Thanksgiving and we have really started to get stuff put together in early December but with Adams new job we have not had a chance to do much lately until today when I started organizing the office. It is nice to have a goal to get organized. The one thing I am not looking forward to is organizing the garage....yikes! But that may have to wait unitl spring when it gets warmer. I will try to keep everyone posted on how this project is going too.

Also in 2011 we are going to try to get out of debt. Adam started a new job at Burger King as an assistant manager and it is going to be a great way for us to get caught up on some bills and Adam has found a career that is going well and I am so proud of him. The only downside is that he is working often and so that leaves me and Wiggles by ourselves often. Which should make it easier to get to the gym after work and I should be more motivated to study when school starts again.

I also am going to try to update my log more often to let everyone know how everything is going.

So that is the start of 2011 here in big 3-0 shape-up world it is shaping up to be a great year so far!