Today is the first day of extended induction. After a 14 day clean induction, I am down 9 pounds and I'm grateful for that amount! Even though I would have been happier with a double digit weight-loss for the first 2 weeks, I'm still happy at what I accomplished. After all, this isn't a race to the finish. It's more like a journey. I know I will have to find patience along the way. Especially to help me out during the hard times. I will be expecting to experience stalls in weight loss as well as fluctuations. I know that weight loss isn't linear, so I am not going to expect to lose the same amount of weight each week or each month. One thing that I will be hoping for is a visit from the Whooshie Fairy.... hopefully on several occassions! ;o)
I was able to work out today after a 2 week break (my youngest daughter was sick with a stomach virus). It felt good to finally be able to work out and burn some calories! I do 50 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight training. Since I'm limited to a certain amount of time during my workouts, I will just stick with these times for now and just increase my difficulty level whenever I need an extra boost to overcome stalls.
I am proud of myself for sticking to the plan, so far. I don't have any intentions of going off-plan any time soon. I'm enjoying the endorphin-stimulated euphoria way too much at this moment to even think about sabotaging myself! I'm also blessed to have the support of my family and friends and they are willing to do anything they can to help me stay on track!
I'm ready to make a change for the new year!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
It's time to take things seriously
I know it's a bit cliche, but I'm new to this and have no idea what to write! I guess I will just wing it and see what developes.
I may be a newbie to blogging/journaling, but I'm no newbie to Atkins. My first go around at it was in July 2004. I lost 50.6 pounds and was extremely proud of myself! I couldn't believe that I had went from 236 pounds to 185 pounds in less than half a year! Unfortunately, I ended up sabotaging myself by quitting before I hit my goal and going back to my nasty habits of bad carbs and bad decisions. Which I, to this day, can't figure out why I did such an absurd thing considering how good I felt about my health and my appearance!
So, here I am again. It's literally about my umpteenth time of restarting this WOL! But unlike the other times I've tried to get back on that wagon, and stay on, I'm determined to finally go through with this. After marriage, 2 kids and a load of hardships, it's time for me to finally start focusing on ME. I will have to leave behind any guilt of not being there for others, which I always am and I know it, and be there for myself for a change. I will have to realize that I am not being selfish if I organize my time to include some "Me Time" rather than spending it all on family and friends. And I will do my best to make sure that I do not allow the fear of feeling like a failure if I do not acheive my goals to consume me and allow me to go back to my bad habits.
I've put myself on the backburner long enough and it's time to take control of my life and do what I have to in order to become the healthy and happy me that I deserve to be.
With that said, it's definitely my time to shine!
I may be a newbie to blogging/journaling, but I'm no newbie to Atkins. My first go around at it was in July 2004. I lost 50.6 pounds and was extremely proud of myself! I couldn't believe that I had went from 236 pounds to 185 pounds in less than half a year! Unfortunately, I ended up sabotaging myself by quitting before I hit my goal and going back to my nasty habits of bad carbs and bad decisions. Which I, to this day, can't figure out why I did such an absurd thing considering how good I felt about my health and my appearance!
So, here I am again. It's literally about my umpteenth time of restarting this WOL! But unlike the other times I've tried to get back on that wagon, and stay on, I'm determined to finally go through with this. After marriage, 2 kids and a load of hardships, it's time for me to finally start focusing on ME. I will have to leave behind any guilt of not being there for others, which I always am and I know it, and be there for myself for a change. I will have to realize that I am not being selfish if I organize my time to include some "Me Time" rather than spending it all on family and friends. And I will do my best to make sure that I do not allow the fear of feeling like a failure if I do not acheive my goals to consume me and allow me to go back to my bad habits.
I've put myself on the backburner long enough and it's time to take control of my life and do what I have to in order to become the healthy and happy me that I deserve to be.
With that said, it's definitely my time to shine!
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