Trying Something Different

If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. That is what they say right, so here is my trying story, no I have not been on and off of diets my whole life, in fact I’ve never really dieted, and I never really worked out either well until this year anyway. And that’s just it this year I started working out, I found a 90 day routine I wanted to try and went for it. the first time I tried I got to somewhere around the 50 or 60 day mark and then started skipping days and eventually stopped altogether, a month or so after that I started up again, did two or three week, got frustrated and gave up, and then there was my third try, this time I made it into the 70s before I started to crash once again.

 

But that brings me pretty close to today, because it was the end of last month when my derailing began this time. I had a couple of weeks where I was just insanely busy and working out was at the bottom of my priority list, no excuse right, truth be told I was struggling long before I stopped doing my exercising. You see I had done these same videos to the point that I was so board I started coming up with excuses to justify my skipping a day here and there until I eventually gave in to the excuses enough times to break my routine completely and just watch the train crash so to speak.

 

But the problem didn’t start with the train crash, the excuses or even the repetition in my videos, the problem was in me. You see for a long time I was really committed to getting my workout done, but I had no interest in eating any different than I had always eaten, in my head the workout should have been enough but when you’re on day 50 and your clothes aren’t and smaller and that silly number on the scale remains the same you begin to lose hope and the commitment level goes out the window.

 

So I gave in, took some time to rest and thought about it. As I was watching my routine fall apart a few weeks ago I felt like a failure, thinking to myself come on girl are you ever going to make it through one of these 90 day things, and even though you’re suppose to try, try again, I’ve also heard that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

 

Which leads me here, and trying something different, I’m not giving up, I’m still working out obviously and now I’m baby stepping my way to better food choices as well. I’m one week into this new experiment and just writing down what I’m eating is helping me in that department. My goal for the workout though, is to find something that fits my life, so I’ve actually taken a step back from what I was doing a month ago in order to stay interested and not get overwhelmed by the have to of a routine. So far it still need a lot of work but I have my hope back and now I have all of you to keep entertained as well, so thank you once again for taking interest in my story and I hope it turns out to be a good one.           

More Than Just Food and Working Out

A few days ago I got my first comment, a suggestion from my wonderful sister, and an idea I loved and plan to use. To her it was an obvious oversight in my goals, to anyone else who may be reading my story I thought this was a great opportunity to share a bit more of it, my story that is. The addition I plan to make to my pages is to include what scripture I read each day along with my food, workout, and sleep and water intake.

I do this because more than anything else that makes me, me, I am a child of God, and I know that may sound super corny, but this blog is about my baby steps to a healthier life, on the surface that means finding ways to fit the food, workout and possibly a bit more sleep into each day in a way that fits me, but if all I ever focus on is the surface matters, what does that change?

You see, my story includes my faith and relationship with Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior and so much more. Which is why I am so very thankful for my sisters suggestion because I am not in general a super disciplined person and even though my faith is more to me an than anything else in my life I still struggle to read the Bible consistently, which has actually been on my mind quite a bit over the past month. So goal number four would be to include more time with God in my life because being healthy is about more than just food and working out.               

Not a Skinny Girl

My story, my health and fitness, self image story so far anyway, goes something like this. I’ve never been a skinny girl, I’ve been smaller than I am now and I’ve been larger than I am now, and that has never been small, but self image has never really been a big problem for me. I’ve always known I wasn’t skinny and I’ve always told myself I want to lose weight but I was lucky enough not to be teased about my weight and so I never really considered myself to be fat, and if someone were to tell me I was beautiful I would have no problem accepting that to be true. So where does that leave me?

It leaves me here, today, a not skinny (overweight) girl, without major self image issues, who just wants to be healthy. I can’t guarantee this story will be interesting to read or that I’ll finally have a breakthrough on this whole workout eat better lifestyle and become some sort of inspiration to you in whatever you’re going through. This story is not about some crazy diet I can stick to or a 90 day workout plan I dread coming home to when I get out of work everyday.

What this story comes down to is me, for the first time ever actually trying to change my lifestyle. It’s about me finding ways to be active that will fit into my routine for more than just two months at a time, it’s about me learning how to make better choices in what I eat and still like food. I guarantee you I will cave, I will fail, but my goal is to keep myself accountable with what I want to do here, and take the times I fail as an opportunity to do better next time and really change my habits one baby step at time.

So here is what I’m gonna do, goal one I’m going to keep a food journal on this blog for anyone to see, at first just writing down what I’m eating and then eventually making goals to follow on how to eat healthier. Goal two I’m going to write down how I was active everyday, what workout I did or didn’t do. Goal three will simply be keeping track of how much water I drink and how much sleep I get everyday, I know that water and sleep are super important in being healthy and that I don’t get enough of either one of them so I want to keep track and hopefully I will eventually figure out how to get more of both. And lastly not really a goal, will be the blog itself sharing my victories and defeats with the world and keeping you up to date on my story, thanks in advance for the support.