Weightloss Wednesday

 Another week has flown by and I can say that I have gotten out and walked some, but I really need to make more of an effort.  Downside to living in the south, the Heat and Humidity.  Its not July and August yet but its already well over 90. (Hey but our winters are great.)

I have been trying to drink more water and stay away from the Coke and Sweet Tea.  I am addicted to both! Whenever I go out to eat I always order one and I add so many calories to what I am eating with that. So this week I am going to continue to focus on walking as much as I can and drinking water. 

One thing I have noticed about myself is I don't just stop eating when I am full but feel like I have to clean my plate.  Or I keep eating because maybe I am bored or I think its going to feel that emotional void in my life.  Some people turn to alcohol and drugs to help them cope with life; however, my drug of choice is food.  I need to change my thinking about food and see it as fuel for my body but I am certainly not there yet! One baby step at a time.

I did not get to weigh myself today as the nice scale at work as disappeared.  But soon the new gym will open at work and I can weigh myself without any excuse. Here's to getting healthy!

Operation: Get Healthy

Tonight I went for a 22 minute walk and it was quite relaxing after a stressful day at work.  I did notice that with being so overweight that my hips were very sore but I kept walking and giving myself my own little cheer to myself. "Mandy you can do it!"  I also need to make an appointment with the foot doctor because I think I have a bone spur. Oh Joy!

So I am going to get healthier one step at a time. Mandy  

Weighloss Wednesday

Well my first thought was to start a separate blog about my battle to get my girlish figure back, but then realized I should just concentrate on this one and incorporate this subject into this blog.  So here ya go.

I have been struggling with weight since my early twenties and have just been steadily gaining.  Once I started working in call centers and living a less active lifestyle the weight just stuck even more.  I swear I just walk past the cookie aisle at Wal-mart and boom another ten pounds are stuck to the hips. LOL!

I have started many a diet and read lots of books on the subject, but to know success.  In 2003, I went to a weight loss doctor, spent several hundreds of dollars and successfully lost 40 pounds.  The sad thing is I really didn't learn what I should and should not do.  When I could not afford the doctor anymore and went back to my old eating habits, I gained all the weight back and then some.  Very discouraging!

Now 8 years later, I know I have to do something.  My family has heart problems and I do not want to deal with those issues if I can avoid them. 

I am really embarrassed to announce this on here but thought if I put it all out here for my readers to see, then that might give me some motivation to make improvements even if its just one small step at a time.  According to the scale at work last week, I am way to many pounds. Yikes! My BMI is horrible too.

Tonight I pulled out my new Sketchers Tone-Ups and walked down to the mailbox rather then just checking the mail on my drive home from work.  It's a short walk but it's a start.  My first goal is to lose 5 pounds and focus on short goals rather than the big picture because I will get overwhelmed very quickly.

Here's to better health! Mandy



The Mother of My Heart

Many of us have blessed with women in our lives that we call Mom.  For me, I have been touched by a woman in my life I consider to be the Mother of my Heart.  She was there for me during some really dark days in my life and never said an ugly word to me either.  Has always been encouraging to me and let me know when she thinks I may not be doing the smartest thing in life but has given me room to grow into the woman I am today.

Probably early on in our relationship she was more of a mother figure to me, where as now we have more of a sisterly bond.

For Mother's Day, we went out to dinner for authentic Italian food. Can we same YUM!

Chicken Alfredo for me

and I can't remember what Helen ordered.



and dessert was delicious too!

So here's to a Happy Mother's Day to you Helen!

Thanks for being there for me when others were not.

Mandy

P.S. Calories do not count on special days or at least I like to think so. LOL!