1 Week Down

I made it through my first week and am proud of how I did. It's amazing how many LITTLE changes one can make to just be healthier. I've started parking as far as I can from the entrance of a building and taking the stairs instead of the elevator (still struggling with talking myself into hiking the 3 flights up to get to work-I'm not a morning person. ) lol.

I weighed in on Wednesday and had lost 6lbs the first week. The numbers are not my focus but, man, does it look nice!

I've bought and cooked all my food for the week. To you that may not seem like a big deal, but for me it is a HUGE change. It's always been easier to grab something on the way to wherever I was going than it was to cook a meal at home. Not this week! I enjoyed actually planning and cooking my food. It was such a nice change to have fresh foods instead of the greasy, fatty fast foods I had become accustomed to. I can totally feel the difference.

The workouts still suck but are getting better. In just a week there are things I can do that I really struggled with the first few times. I know it will get easier each time and I can't wait. haha  I've stayed pretty motivated to go to the gym for the most part. There were times I spent the entire drive there thinking of all the excuses I could not to go and when I got to the gym said "Ok, now that you've come up with them all. Go inside and workout."

After my dad passed, I started doing freelance for Locker Room Athletics.  I would work all day and then come home and work. I created a bubble around myself. I didn't want to do anything, go anywhere or see anyone. All I did was work. I got about 4 hours of sleep a night and relied on fast food places for my meals. I didn't care what I ate or when I ate it. Man, you know all of that takes a toll on your body but you don't realize just how much until you are not doing it anymore.

I want to live and enjoy every moment God has given me. I can't fully do that if I am living the way I had been. I was tired all the time and couldn't move very well due to the excess weight. I was so unhappy with who I was.

I want my life back!!!!! And I'm going after it!!!