At work early....thought I'd update

So I decided to weigh myself this morning as I have been working the past two weeks and eating healthier, and I weighed in this morning at 314.1 lbs! YAY thats pretty exciting for just a few weeks....I am hoping that by the end of december I will atleast be able to say I am at pre-pregnancy weight...or close to it....under 300 is my big goal for right now! So I just wanted to let you all know that I am chuggin along and making some progress lol! GO me! anyways I hope everyone is doing well and I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving weekend! OOH I am so excited cuz my clinic is closed thurs and friday so I don't have to work on my birthday and i have a 4 day weekend! WOO HOO PARTAY!

It's been awhile....

So it's been a while since I have posted an update, but I have been off work and stressed and keep forgetting to write a new blog. So I weighed in this morning at 320.7 so I guess I am right where I started over a month ago, could be better, could be worse...I am still trying to be sure I get to the gym twice or three times a week, and still am working on my eating habits, but as of now I am just tooo busy stressing about bills and money to really focus on dieting, however I am not going to let that stop me from trying to getting healthy. I will be doing better once I am back to working and caught up on my bills!

In all honesty...

I wish this wasn't so damn hard....I was just thinking that it's funny how most people say oh I have no problem changing my eating habits its the working out part I can't do, now I am the exact fricken opposite. I would rather work out four hours a day than change my eating habits, I think mostly because it is alot of work to figure out calories, and also I have horrible cravings and I always give in. I just need one whole week of not giving in and I think I will be ok. That being said, I have not been eating so well the last few days...I had taco bell tonight, and a brownie sundae from mcdonald's while I was working....SHAME on me right, well I guess that just means it's gonna take more time in the gym tomorrow to burn off the extra calories I consumed tonight. Darn... Well I just hope that I see some results within the month. I do notice I have SOOO much more energy and sleep better now that I am on a regular schedule of exercising!

This past week

has been very busy. I have been careful to track my diet and exercise and I am working on decreasing the amount of calories I am currently taking in. It is not an easy task for me, since I love food. I started working out this past weekend with my workout buddy Amanda, and we have been to the gym 3 times since sunday. I am sore but overall I have much more energy and I like working out, its actually really fun because its a challenge. I have been trying to pack a lunch and write down any snacks I eat as well at work. I am focusing right now not so much on weight loss but building muscle as each pound of muscle burns an extra 35 to 50 calories a day just at resting rate. I also learned that one pound of fat contains 3500 calories. WOW thats just crazy! Well I have not weighed myself yet because I am only going to weigh monthly, so my next weight will be on Nov. 2nd because I just get discouraged so easily, if I do not lose weight I give up pretty easily. I am glad I have someone who is a support system for me, I just tell her when I am having a bad day or a craving or if I cheat and have a bad food, because it keeps me more on track knowing that I have to tell her if I eat it, lol. Oh at the gym on sunday I had my body fat percentage measured and it was 46.2%. This will be something I will also use to monitor my weight loss.