My attempt at moving more and eating less!

A few days ago, Erik and I took the kids and Ian's best friend out for Ian's birthday. We went laser tagging and played 3 games and holy hell, it was fun! It was also a great workout since Erik and I broke the rules and ran everywhere . I was sweaty and my legs had the good burning feeling, so I decided to start up a home exercise routine Erik made for me. 5 squats, 5 jumping jacks, 5 knee pushups , and 5 sit ups for 5-10 reps. I made it to 5 reps. And I felt okay. My legs were sore but nothing too crazy, until the next day. Well, even my elbows hurt the next day! I could barely walk and stairs were a torture device. 2 days of incredible soreness where my legs were trembling just laying in bed. Pretty sure I overdid it on the legs, lol. Today they finally feel better, though the long hours at work hasn't been helping. Tomorrow, I start up the home exercises again, and without the intense laser tag games, I expect it to be less painful. Why can't exercise be fun? I...

It's been a while since I've written, I just got busy with work and kids! While I haven't eaten as well as I should have, I've been keeping up with my water/tea and eating breakfast every day, minus today. I regretted it though, because there's nothing like sitting at the dentist and your stomach is rumbling like it's about to eat itself. My pop consumption is way down, though today was an off day with having some at Montana's and then a can at home. Twice  I've brought one to work for my lunch and I've decided I did not want it so I just stopped bringing one. I choose to drink my water instead. I also realized that when I haven't had my David's tea, I crave it. Today was also a day with exercise! Erik and I took the kids to laser tag and played 3 games. By the 3rd game we were so into it, we broke the rules and started running all over the place. We definitely worked up a sweat, got a ton of cardio, and now my legs are yelling at me lol. ...

It's been 11 days since I've decided to change how I eat. In some ways, it's been easier than I thought, and in others, a lot harder. I haven't bought a scale yet, but I do plan to do so soon. Here's an update to the goals I set for myself: 1- I'm drinking way more water than I ever used to. I make it a point to at least finish one water bottle while at work, and I normally drink 2 bottles of flavoured tea at home. I seriously love the stuff. I pee a lot though, and it's a pain in the butt, lol. 2- I've definitely made an improvement in all my snacking. More fruit/cheese and less chips/cookies. I don't deny myself the chips or cookies, but I really decreased the amount I eat and how often I eat them. I don't need them every single day. 3- Meal moderation has been working out well. It's been pointed out to me from a registered dietician who is trying to teach people to stop dieting and stop denying ourselves "bad" food that forci...

Today is a day off, and normally that's when my bored eating happens. While I didn't eat super healthy foods, I didn't have any chips or cookies. This is huge. HUGE! I love chips and I love cookies. I especially love them when I'm home and it's a day off and I'm relaxing. I went to the grocery store this morning and stocked up on fruit and milk. I didn't buy any junky extras and came home with my fruit, milk and deli meat for school lunches. I didn't run to McDonalds for lunch, I came home and made lunch, and made dinner. I drank 2 bottles of strawberry rhubarb tea. I decided to have a Coke. While I am drinking a lot less pop, I haven't completely quit yet. I hate the thought of wasting money on items already bought and when I see people on tv and movies throwing out perfectly good food because they're suddenly vegan, my eye starts to twitch. So, I opened a can of Coke. I had 3 sips out of it. Now for the other unexpected surprise. I didn'...

After writing about my shit day, I've had 2 good days since then. I've made a realization about another junk food trigger and that's work. I go to work and I'm fine because it's not like I can eat and drink whatever I want. I pack a good lunch with snacks and water, I eat breakfast before leaving, which is a huge improvement because I HATE breakfast, lol. It's when I get home from work that I need that can of Coke. It's hot, I'm tired, and my feet hurt. I get home and then life at home can be chaotic with Erik rushing off to work, kids are home and both are talking to me at the same time and demanding supper. Animals are barking/meowing at me. Everyone is so happy to see me and all I want is just 10 minutes of quiet. So I grab a can of coke, sit down and let everyone yap at me while the cool, carbonated, caffeine-filled, nectar of the gods wash over me. I have a problem, haha! But I'm hopeful that my new iced tea press and fruit teas that I recentl...

Yesterday was such an epic fail, it's like I took every single bad eating habit I had and applied all of them in this one day. I woke up after a really good sleep and I honestly felt like I was on automatic. It was my second day off, I had a ton of laundry to do, so it felt like my body rebelled against my mind to eat better and won. I ate like garbage. It's actually a bit embarrassing how badly I ate. I recognized it, and I still let it happen. Food addiction is just as hard to shake as other addictions. I am addicted to junk food. I hate how it makes me feel but I lack willpower to stop eating it. I need to be stronger. I will be stronger. I will be cranky, but I will overcome this addiction.

Day 2 for my attempt at eating better. I more than likely will not do a blog post every day, but you never know! I ate breakfast this morning. I normally don't as I really dislike eating early and it doesn't make me feel very good. Along with eating better/less, I'm also not eating after a certain time at night. I'm pretty sure it's because I did not do my usual late night snacking, I was pretty hungry when I woke up. I packed a good lunch for work and did not bring a Pepsi! I usually do but am drinking water instead. I got home and The Boy stressed me out so I had a Pepsi and some chips but, I did get my litre of water in! So for my second day, I didn't do too great but I didn't do awful either! After inputting my food into My Fitness Pal, I definitely need to work on my portion sizes. Now it's time to floss and brush my teeth so I'm not tempted to eat!

Since I have so many years of bad habits to turn around, my goals will look like baby steps but will feel like giant leaps. 1- drink water. I see a lot of people saying they need to drink *more* water, I need to drink water period. I hate water. I really dislike the lack of taste that water has but not a huge fan of the typical lemon slices flavouring either. 2- less snacks. My cravings are potatoes. Chips, fries, any type of potato is my downfall. I eat chips all the time. I drink Pepsi/Coke all the time. Sometimes 2 a day, so this is where the water needs to come in. 3- meal moderation. I started to replace all my huge plates with smaller plates and I really need to start portioning my meals. Way too much meat/carbs/starch and not enough fruits or veggies. These are my goals for the time being. I need to get my eating under control and then I plan to introduce exercising.

I'm turning 40 in December and while I was perfectly happy with myself in the past, the past year has been rough on me, emotionally. I've always been chubby growing up but I never appreciated my younger body as much as I should have. Looking back at pictures of my 18 year old self, I kick myself for letting my weight get out of hand during my first pregnancy. I really embraced the eating for 2 myth! While my husband (Erik) has also been as chubby as I am, I took comfort in that fact and stayed the way I was. My second pregnancy really gave me a belly since my son decided to lay sideways and stretch that skin out. Erik has been going to the gym at least 5-6 days a week and has made such tremendous strides in bulking up and losing weight, that while so proud of him, brought forth a lot of insecurity inside myself. I've really been disliking myself and emotionally eating, also a lot of boredom eating. Last June, I made a huge personal decision to quit my home based dayhome ...