I’ve had some success so far….

I‘ve decided to track everything I ate since I started to take my journey seriously. I’ve read and heard all the advice and the first step is usually “write down what you eat”. So that’s what I did. I started tracking everything. My goal was simple to track. Whatever it is I was eating. I bought a journal, and an app. But since my phone is attached to my hip, I basically ditched the journal (it was hard, I love pretty journals) and just kept up with my app. My goal initially was to just be honest with myself, just honest. No depriving, not controlling, just “seeing” what goes in my body. I use a handy dandy little app called Lose It! and have been a dedicated user. I don’t believe it’s the best out there in terms of database honestly, because sometimes I would to go google for some food and the other competitor sites would the items but not this one. But since I already had it on my phone, I just supplemented. I mean when you are in a relationship, you have your partner that is not without fault. You look around and other people might have qualities that you like and you think they’re missing. You don’t just dump or leave them, you do your best to encourage or add some of the missing ingredients, I mean, qualities. You leave the core as it is since that’s what attracted you in the first place. And you of course appreciate the good stuff. One of the features I love about this app are the Challenges. I totally get a kick out of finishing some of them and earning badges. So cool! Fake rewards? Yes!
And like “they” predicted, the more I started to track, the more I saw what I was eating, the more I started to cut back, started to substitute. According to the picture, I think I might be on the right track. Not bad Dee, not bad at all…

Today is the day!

This is the day where the hubs beats me at Words with Friends after he told me not give up even while he had a lead of 150 points. I held my head high and finished the game because like he said, I’m not a quitter. I am NOT a quitter. In fact, I think I’m pretty awesome on a good day. I just lack some focus. I try to do EVERYTHING at the same time. Someone told me that it’s a symptom of the new generation. Multitasking at all times. But here’s the thing, you do some many things, that when you stop you stop doing everything. Thus at one point in the equation, some things get left behind.  projects become unfinished. And since I can’t help multitasking when it comes to work, home, baby and marriage, I decided to take one project on at a time when it comes to me. And the first step is body. I don’t know anyone without body image issues. And specially after they had a baby. First up: C25K and only C25K. I always wanted to start running. So running I will be taking up. I have P90X, Zumba fitness, etc… But unless you have some personal discipline, nothing is going to happen. And if you add this to the number of things you’re juggling, this will be one of those things to be left behind. So let’s start with some personal effort first. Shall we?