Excited:)!

I'm excited because my sister gave me an iTunes gift card for my birthday, and my ipod is loaded and ready for my run!!! I'm running FOUR times this week, so I'm so happy to have some great music to motivate me and get me on my way!

New habit 1 is sticking, no eating after 7pm. New habit 2 will be implemented this week: A big salad for lunch every day. I'm sure some of you reading this that's so incredibly BORING...but I am a creature of habit and routine, and I almost never get bored. Eating the same thing, at the same time day in and day out is the key to my success! When I look back on losing my weight after Kallie was born, I can probably list about 4 foods that I ate for breakfast and lunch...and it worked! (Actually, it was only ever 1 thing for breakfast--mini wheats--and I ate them for about 3 years straight, just changing it up now:) I am my father's daughter:)

So, a big salad every day for lunch, along with no eating after 7. Lyndon and I are both trying to eat as clean as possible (unprocessed, whole foods) and up our fruit and especially veggie intake. He's doing the salad thing too, so this should help us both reach those goals!:)

Basketball as my background for my ticker---the reason? I miss who I used to be. Gaining all this weight, has taken me away. I know our society often paints this picture of women 'losing themselves' in marriage and motherhood, but for me, I feel like I am the BEST me in both of those roles...wife and mom:) Except, I can't truly be the best me, b/c so many of the things I love to do are gone...because I'm fat. I am an athlete. I was an athlete, and a good one, my whole life. Until 21. And then I gained tons of weight, and I lost that part of myself. It just occurred to me recently, that people who have met me in the last 6 years (that's right, SIX years I have been overweight! Almost all of my twenties...we'll save the reflection for another post!) would never know that I am an athlete. And that makes me sad:( There are many other parts of myself that I've lost because of my weight gain, but for now, basketball will be the symbol and reminder of them...and motivate me to get the 'old me' back!! I'm looking forward to this week and to posting about how it goes!:)

See you in a week-ish!:)