Another day....another post

Is it just me or do any of you relate to movie characters?  Well, this is a bit unusual, but I relate to Chloe in "The Secret Life of Pets."  We went tonight and watched it in 3D (loved it by the way), but when she came on the screen I was like -- THAT'S ME!!!!  Take a look and then I'll explain more about what I mean....

Okay...so how many of you can relate?  The food is there (not necessarily chicken, because I love chicken so let's replace it with...oh....Mexican food or pizza), and you are trying your best to resist.  So, like Chloe, you do whatever you can to resist, and then you dive in.  If I have been denying myself something, I will be just like Chloe and overeat.  Then I feel like a big lump o' something.  Then it's like, "I'm never doing that again...." and *poof* there's cake or cookies or ice cream or candy.  It's a never ending cycle.  I've learned for me that I cannot completely deny myself of anything.  If I do, I will definitely go overboard.  I haven't had a Sun Drop in almost a year.   Y'all...Sun Drop was my drink of choice.  Some people drink coffee - I drank Sun Drop.  I gave it up cold turkey.  I have had one sip of one in a year, and it was gross.  Now, if I could only give up cherry Coke Zero, Diet Coke with Splenda, and cherry Diet Pepsi.  I was drinking nothing but water for several months, and then I had a diet coke.  And the cycle began again.   So, I'm gonna try again.  I can't make any promises, but my system needs a cleanse from the coke scene......again.

About my July goals.....I am resisting stepping on the scale.  It's so hard!  Every morning before I got in the shower, I'd pop on the scale.  It speaks to me, "Come on....step on me...let's see where you are." And I have to ignore it and get on the shower.  I really want to wait until August 1st to see where I am after a month.  I'm still walking...I'm in for almost 6 miles for the month (I think).  So only 44 +/- to go until I hit the 50.  The eating out thing. We're just gonna pass on this update. Just kidding.  I think this has been the biggest struggle.   It's so much easier to just grab something on my way home from work!  But I know that 1) I'm 99% certain it's not as healthy as something I would fix at home, and 2)  It's expensive to eat out so much!!!!  So, tonight I had brown rice and Italian dressing marinated baked chicken.  I should have taken a picture.   I'm not sure what we'll have tomorrow...probably sandwiches, plus I need to make a menu for the week. (Ugh...the struggle is real y'all.)

Thanks for stopping by! 

-Shel

Well....Hello there dearies!

I decided that I needed to start chronicling my journey on my way to a better me. Sometimes life gets really crazy, and my thoughts need to come out....what better place than in a blog?!?!  I've read several over the course of the last few years (and a few I still read daily), and most of the time I go away thinking, "I feel the same way!"  So, here I am sharing my journey with you all.

My turning point for losing weight started July 29th, 2015...well, not really.  See, I've been here before.  Several times.  The cycle just kept repeating itself.  

Weigh =  Ugh....something's gotta change

Diet = I can do this.  

Weigh in = Yay! I lost some weight!

Diet = I'll just eat this and get back to it tomorrow

Day after = Ugh...not a good food choice, but I'll get back

Day after that = oh what the heck I've blown it anyway

Weigh = UGH! What the heck! I've been doing this for xx weeks and nothing?!

Now....repeat that over and over and over.  See?  But July 29 really opened my eyes.  I fell.  HARD. My flip flop caught the end of the sidewalk going into Chick-Fil-A, and boom.  Down I went. HARD.  I had a bruise on my right leg from about 2-3 inches above the top of my knee to about 2-3 inches below my knee.  It was ridiculously colored and painful.  That just kind of flipped a switch for me.  Plus, I have a husband, and a daughter, and they both need me around.  Especially my daughter -- I mean I want to be able to play with her.  Run with her.  Not always be the mom that has to sit down because my weight blocks me from doing things.   I am currently 54 lbs down from my highest recorded weight.  Will I share that at some point....probably.  Just not yet.   I try to walk at least 2 miles a day - look - that doesn't always happen.  Just straight up - sometimes I do not want to go.  Now, my daughter is pretty instrumental with getting me out.  She wants to go when I don't.   

Now, onto the goals -- this girl's got goals ;)
My friend, Wendy (hi Wendy!!) and I have set some goals for July.   We're separated by miles, but both have goals. 

Here are mine:

1. Stay off the scale for the month of July.  (This is a hard one for me...I have a love/hate relationship with my scale).

2. At least 64 oz of water a day.  I will try for more than that, but at least that much.

3.  Eat at home more and take a healthy lunch for work. 

4.  50 miles completed by the end of July. 

So...there they are in black and white.  Keep checking back for more thoughts on my journey!

-Shel