The Journey Has Begun

So, today was the beginning of my weight loss journey. I know I said this would not be a blog completely about my weight loss, but today, it will be.

So, I thoroughly intended to start this on Saturday, but I woke up Saturday morning with a case of mastitis. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a lovely little infection you can get while nursing, and I happen to get it quite often.

Sine this journey mostly will be dealing with exercise, I was disappointed b/c I could not work out until the infection was gone, which for me lasts about two days. So, on Saturday and Sunday I focused on just eating clean. I am proud to announce I have lost 1/2 a pound and that is something!

So, today was the first full force day. I was mostly really proud of myself. I feel like I stayed on target.

This is everything I ate today, the good the bad and the ugly.

Breakfast:

1/2 c organic milk

3/4 c raisin bran

Morning Snack

apple

Lunch- Now, I know that I swore off fast food (mcdonald's mostly being my downfall) but today of all days Caroline had a play date there. So, I know I could have eaten before or after, but it didn't happen.

So, instead of a burger and fries (my normal fare) I ordered a Bacon Ranch Salad with grilled chicken and ate it mostly dry. I want you to know on weight watchers, that is only 5.5 points! Not bad! I am not gonna lie, I did have a few fries. But, not a whole order. That is an improvement.

Afternoon Snack

A Zone Perfect Protein Bar and 2 Hershey's kisses (I had to get my chocolate in)

Dinner

Weight Watchers Three Cheese Ziti

Cup of steamed green beans

Kashi Soft Baked Strawberry Bar

I also had five 8 oz. glasses of water today, which is way more than I normally do.

Tonight, I went on a 30 minute walk/run with Caroline and I thought I was going to die. I thought i was going to vomit. But, I did it. None of those things were going to happen b/c I was that out of shape, but because I did it too close to dinner. Cash went down and I freaked out and left as fast as possible. I will not be taking Caroline with me in the future as she kept complaining about wanting to get out of the jogger!

So, compared to my normal diet, this is fantastic. Seriously, I am a sugar fiend and a fast food junkie! I am surprised I do not weigh a ton more than I do.

So, today was a good day. I am not going to measure myself or weigh in again until next Monday. Mondays will be my "weight loss" posts. If you want to join me on my journey, please do! We can do it together!

On to other things, I am just learning a lot in my walk with the Lord about living a purposeful life. I think I have gotten super lazy and just wish that things would be handed to me on a silver platter. And then I get upset when "it" (whatever that "it" may be) doesn't just happen. Like losing weight. Or, accomplishing anything else. You must be purposeful and work for things and I think I had forgotten that.

I am tired as I just got back from my exercise. So, I am going to stop. But there you go. I have T MINUS a little over 100 days to lose this weight. Today I consider a success. I ate pretty well, and I did my 30 minutes of challenging exercise.

YAY ME!