Healthy Living: Monday Check In (Week 1)

Monday
Today marks the first day of starting on Weight Watchers again. Thankfully I didn't gain back ALL that I had lost so I've got a positive outlook from the get-go. Since I'm already familiar with the program today wasn't as hard as it was when I first started either. Looking good so far.

Tuesday
I didn't sleep well last night. It's days like this I wish I didn't give up sodas so I could down some caffeine. I'm wondering if the food I ate yesterday messed with my sleep pattern? Surely not. Not so soon anyway. Fell short on my points today and yesterday. I'll have to work on that.

I am proud though that I didn't give in and eat candy today. He just forgot I started back on WW. Cory walks in right after dinner and asks me if I want two of the four Reese's Peanut Butter Cups he had in his hand.

Wednesday
Measured myself today because I forgot to do it on Monday. Geez, is that depressing. I'm not the heaviest but I'm the biggest I have ever been in my adult life. I didn't like the lunch I brought today so I thought about picking something up. The thought of my measurements is what kept me from going to get my favorite super fattening "salad".

I still didn't get my points in. 7 short on Monday, 4 yesterday and 4 today. I even purposely made myself eat more today. I think a lot of it is because we are eating at home. The fast food is what makes the points add up really bad. I haven't been hungry so I guess that's okay?

Friday
Felt like crap yesterday and ended up staying home from work. Guess that explains why I haven't been feeling very hungry. Got some new antibiotics from the doctor so hopefully I'll be feeling a lot better soon.

Last night I didn't feel up to cooking so we ended up ordering pizza. I probably blew a good two weeks worth of my extra points.

Sunday
So this weekend didn't stop my dietary slacking. I continued on right up until this evening. We'll see what the scale reflects tomorrow morning. *sigh*

Healthy Living

If you haven't guessed by the picture, I'm back to getting a healthier lifestyle again.

I wanted to give a little background because I don't think I mentioned any of it previously. My focus is not necessarily to lose weight but to lose inches. I'm 5'8" and while I'm currently at a healthy weight I'm also currently outgrowing a size 10.

In the last few years I've noticed a shift in my body and the effect of poor eating habits and lack of exercise more so than I had in my early twenties. I'm also starting to gain weight in areas I hadn't before such as my midsection.

The risk of diabetes runs high on my mothers side and I've recently discovered the risk of heart attacks runs pretty high on my dad's. I figure the best way ward off both these things is to make sure I don't have a lifestyle that encourages them.

I'm back on Weight Watchers strictly again starting today. I'm choosing not to go to the meetings even though I find them extremely helpful for two reasons. One, I really don't have the time and two, I find that I focus too much on the number on the scale when I do.

If you're familiar with my posts you know I post throughout the week in one post before it gets posted. I find this very instrumental in keeping track of my progress.

I hope you'll join me in my progress. Not to sound cliche but it's definitely a lifestyle change. If you're going along the same road I encourage you to leave a comment and a link to your blog and we can go down the road together.

Announcing Adventures in Beauty - My second blog

So have you wondered where I've been? Not only have I been making some major decisions the last few months but I've also been super busy!

I'll get into detail of everything in my few posts but first and foremost, I'm proud to announce my new blog - Adventures in Beauty! I've been working hard to get it just right before I made my announcement on this blog. It's main focus is all things beauty related - everyday product reviews, makeup looks, videos of shopping hauls and tutorials.

I've been a lover of makeup for as long as I can remember but never incorporated it on this blog. Now that I've been focusing on it I decided to keep the two blogs separate. No worries though, this blog isn't going anywhere. It's designed to be an extension, not a replacement.

I hope that you will subscribe to that blog as well and encourage me in my new endeavors. I'm super excited about it!