Management?!?!?!?!

Well, it's been awhile since I updated but it is almost the end of April...April 29th to be exact and I am down 11lbs and am 3 lbs away from reaching my first goal. That alone is very exciting!!!! I can do this.....I can, I can, I know I can!!!!! That is what I always tell my students when they start complaining that they can't do something......so I am going to practice what I preach.

So, I am walking almost everyday. I read somewhere that it takes 30days to create a new habit so even though I took today off....I feel that it is important that I do walk everyday so that it does become a habit. I want exercise and eating well to be my way of life and the only way for this to happen is by being consistentant. It is funny that I am saying that now because it is a lesson that I learned the hard way last year as a teacher. Consistency is the key to management......management of your life, management of your weight, management of you health, and management of your classroom!!!

I am excited about my progress and have so many aspirations as I continue to progress. I want to be able to ride a bike again. I would love to become a runner down the road.....I was always envious of those who could run since I have had asthma since childhood and running has always been difficult. However, it is not as bad as an adult as it was as a child so I feel with the weight loss that it would be a manageable thing to do. There is that word again....management. I am thinking that the theme of this post is management.

Management is a funny thing. You must have it to avoid choas but there are so many things in life that we mismanage such as our weight. The what happens when we mis-manage something is that it spirals out of control and most of the time you don't even realize it. One day I was a healthy 150 and then next day I woke up and out of the blue was 225lbs.......whoa what happened??? Mismanagement that's what happened.

Well, I have gotten completely off track with this post......The point was that I have been having success. I am on my way to meeting my first goal and on to the next.

May has a lot of great things to come. More weightloss, alot more work...yeah, and our trip to Disney World. I pray that a job will come or some kind of opportunity.

Sucess?!?!?!?!

I have been monitoring my calorie intake and reaching, for the most part, my 10000 steps goal and what do you know I am down 7lbs......half way to reaching my first goal!!!! I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale yesterday morning to see a 2lbs weightloss. I guess there may be something to this after all. I was initially wanting to do a low-gi food plan and I still try to monitor my carb intake but I haven't stuck to the low-gi thing. Ever since I got my bodybugg, which I love by the way, I have just been concentrating on calorie intake and how many calories I burn. I have been walking or using my wii just about everyday. I admit I have been slaking a little the last couple of days.....but my excuse.....I have been working everyday this week except yesterday because I had an exam to take, which I passed.

There is that word...excuse. We've all made them and we all have them. Why is it that we make excuses???? Well, they seem to give us a free pass to get out of things or not do the things we should be doing. But who are we really hurting with our....or my excuses??? I give my excuses to my wonderful husband or my adorable daughter but in the end I am only hurting myself. They are not the ones that need to lose weight.....I am. It doesn't hurt my husband if I don't go on my walk........He would love for me to lose weight......but my excuses don't hurt him. So, my goal for the remainder of this month is to stop the excuses and just get the walking done. I really want to meet this first goal and my second goal before we go to Disney world.

I have been having good success with my bodybugg because I have lost this 7 lbs in 2.5 weeks and I am well on my way to meeting my first goal, which is exciting.