Re-birth of the healthy me.....again

After I downed my favorite Cadbury Cream Egg this Easter season well no,

after I stepped on the scale after I ate my Cadbury Cream Egg I realized I needed a

re-birth. If I could start all over again I would pull all my sweet teeth out and put

vegetable teeth in. I have no power over my sweet teeth. They have taken over!!
So I thought Easter would be a perfect time to re-birth self control over sweets.

My first step was restraining the urge to buy my favorite chocolity treats on

discount after Easter is over. I accomplished that.

I am thinking I am going to go back to having a sweet day once a week.

I also want to start a food journal again.

The re-birth of the healthy me re-births again for the 100th time!!

p.s. anyone else want to start food journals again?

Hello!

Hello ladies,

Xsusha invited me to blog, and I have to admit it's addicting! I'm working with her in New York and am married (will be 5 years this Thursday), have two cats, one which takes after me and needs to shed some weight because her knees hurt, and am about to graduate, if I can finish my thesis.

I am using Weight Watchers online program, and I had lost 5 pounds out of the 30 I'm shooting for, but have gained 2 back. I feel like if I even look at a french fry, my week is kaput. I gain when I start dipping into my weekly points, so I suppose I'll have to get more active.

On that note, I'm on my second day jogging with my husband. Xsusha can tell you he's not the most supportive person and today we disagreed on how fast I should be able to move. I *want* to move faster, and I probably could step it up a little bit, but I don't want to get burned out and lose motivation to do it again the next day. I definitely don't want to have every step criticized. I do that to myself enough!

So, I vent my frustration on my blog, and it really seems to help me let it go. Stress keeps the weight from coming off, so any chance to let it go is good for me. I think my goal will be to get a new swimsuit once I hit the 10 pound loss. Blogging, goals, and sharing the journey with a supportive group who understands that it isn't as simple as eating less calories to make the weight disappear are what keeps me going.

Thank you Xsusha for the invite, and I look forward to the posts!

5 lbs

So since the marathon I have gained 5lbs!!

This sucks! I have been doing weight training 3x a week with some Cardio as well.

As my BFF Kelli says, "weight is 20% exercise and 80% what you eat." I am pretty sure she made that up but it makes complete sense to me. I want to sign up for another race like a half- marathon but I don't know for sure where we will be living so for now I want to focus on building some core muscles and eating better.

My favorite picture when I googled 5 lbs...

Who ate the cookies in the cookie jar?

Oh yeah. That was me. 

I am pretty much the most unmotivated I have ever been. I need to get it together but I really just can't. This winter is KILLING ME! It is still in the low 40's and cloudy and rainy and I am going to loose my freaking mind. No wait, I am loosing my mind!!! I need sunshine!!! RIGHT FREAKING NOW! I think next winter I am going to coordinate a vacation to somewhere sunny in Jan/Feb, because I will not survive another NY winter.

But in response to Dee Dee's post I too need a goal. Something to force...umm gently push?...me to work towards something. Obviously a weight loss goal is not working, I need something like an active goal. But I have given up running (sorry but I still hate it), I tired to find a walkathon in NYC to sign up for but I can't find one (surely this has to exist right?)

Also, I too must confess that I love cheesy pop music when I am out and about. Something about Beyonce and Alicia Keys really gets me going :)

Suggestions for activities? Suggestions for motivation?

I confess.....

I confess that when I am running or at the gym I love to listen to cheesy pop music. Any other time in my life I hear these songs I gag and immediately turn it off. But when I hear it mid-work out I feel it!! "Yeah Beyonce, I feel ya!", "It was just a dream Nelly, it was!" " I am your Angel Akon

Beyonce never gets by without a re-peat. Before I know I am going to be jazzer-sizing to these tunes!