toniasjourney

I was a little afraid that I had blown things yesterday. I was in a training all day and ended up eating at a fast food restaurant. However, I tallied up the calories and it still only came up to 1475 for the day, so I’m right in that zone I’ve been keeping myself in.

I wish I loved to exercise. I hope I get there one day. In the mean time, I am building up to 6 days a week. I’m starting with 3 days a week for now. I’m planning 2 days of swimming and one day of walking this week. Next week’s plan is 2 days of walking and one day of walking.

I am also happy with the fact that I have not weighed myself this week. It’s hard not to get on the scale everyday, but I want to keep it down to once every two weeks if possible. I’m going to try~!

Today has been good so far. Should have gotten in more water, but not bad.

Evenings are my most difficult time of day, especially during the week.

Breakfast:

1 c skim milk, 2 c raisin bran

Lunch:

2 c ww spaghetti, 1 c spaghetti sauce

Dinner:

1 chicken breast, grilled zucchini

Snack:

air popped popcorn

Total Calories: 1444 

Sundays are going to be a bit more challenging for me since my family gets together for dinner every week. My plan, which worked well today, is to go light on the calories the rest of the day so I can spend my calories on dinner. I was worried, but after adding it up…I did good! Today was my first official day.

Breakfast: 2 slices ww toast, 1 T fruit spread, 2 T fat free cream cheese, 1 c skim milk

255 calories

Lunch: 2 stalks celery, 1 string cheese

100 calories

Dinner: 1 chicken thigh, 1 wing (fried), mashed potatoes, 1 ear corn on cob, corn bread

894 calories

Snack: popcorn

192 calories

Daily total: 1441 calories

How many times do you take the same path before enough is enough? I have spent the last 20 years trapped in this self made prison. That is one half of my life. How many years I have wasted. You know the story. I’ve lost weight before only to regain it all plus more. I have never been close to my goal weight. Last time I started from my heaviest weight ever. I lost 60 pounds and kept it off for 2 years. This past year the weight has started creeping back on.

When I hit the 300 pound mark I said, oh no, not again. My heaviest was 327 and I know that if I don’t change my direction, I will be right back there.  

There is a lot of heart disease on both sides of my family tree. I recently underwent some tests due to chest pain. That was so scary. I was fortunate. Not only was everything normal, they didn’t find any signs of plaque build up at all. Still, this is my wake up call.

It’s time to take control of my life. It’s time to let myself be all I can be. It’s time to take a different path.

I will not set a time limit for myself. I believe that has discouraged me before. I have a long way to go. Like the song says, it’s not about how fast I get there…it’s the climb!