Turning Things Around

Ok, for those of you that know me this may sound a bit whiny and pathetic but here goes...

For the last year I have been getting more and more depressed about my own personal body image.  I am not what you would call fat, and I think that is a large part of my problem.  Let me explain...

Since college I have not had a steady work out routine.  When you are working 12 hour days seven days a week for 4 months straight you have little motivation to hit the gym at midnight when you finish work for the day. Prior to this I had been a regular athlete.  In high school I was a three season athlete... WHAT HAPPENED TO ME??  I have dabbled in going to the gym, boot camps, tried to get into running... nothing has seemed to stick.  Going from working on a ship with crazy hours and non stop activity to an office job was a HUGE adjustment.  This happened just after my wedding when my wait was down to about what I was in high school.  Suddenly I am sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day and driving an hour each way back and forth to work.  I spiraled down pretty quickly.  I gained about 10 pounds that year (+/- 5).

I also LOVE food! I love to cook, try new things, and celebrate with food all of the time!  I never had to pay much attention to the types of food I was eating or how much.  I said before, I'm not hugely overweight... but I have been slowly gaining since college and I want that trend to STOP!

Talking with some amazing friends who are also taking steps to revamp their health and fitness world I decided to also try a few tests.  I'm a cheese fiend!  I eat, sleep, and breath cheese some days! Learning that this could potentially be causing the awful acne breakouts on my chin was enough to stop eating it for a week or so.  Now don't get me wrong, like my friend I'm not willing to completely give up cheese but I am making a point to be much more aware of it.

I have signed up for an online coach and meal plan system.  It will help make grocery shopping easier as well as not having to worry about what to make for dinner.  I also got a little bit sucked in and ordered an at home fitness program I can do on my own schedule with out having to drive half an hour to the gym.  I think together these small steps will get me started back in the direction I would like to be heading.

Also the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is about 90 days away so I'm getting out there as often as possible to do some walking!  :)

Time for some more chopping veggies for the week! :)