Blog Entry #6:  Monday, Oct. 25, 2010

So the theme of the month--- baby steps and small achievements.

I was reading my fitness magazines this weekend and they all had the same thing--- don’t be so hard on yourself and celebrate the small achievements of life… you may enjoy it more.

It is so simple but so true. People celebrate promotions, major weight loss, a wedding, an engagement, a baby, a new home… but what about surviving the day without eating candy, or working out 5 days in a row. It is the small stuff that gets you to the big stuff.

In one of the magazines, it talked about how women are so hard on ourselves… we need to stop.

We need to stop living the life of should haves and start living the life of DOING.

Some of the best advise my dad ever gave me was in reference to my scorecard after a golf match. Katie, you can’t fit should haves or what ifs on the score card, you only have room for what happened.  I have been living my life of should have done this or some day it will be like this--- well what about today.

Help me live in the moment.... with that said--- I did an awesome job this weekend with food and exercise… lets keep it going.

Blog Entry #5:  Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010

Blog for a BLAH day.

So over the weekend I was looking at old “skinny” pictures and going through my old emails/journals and I realized something…

All the cliques people tell you are so true-

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Mind over matter

You need to be beautiful on the inside first

The reason I realized this was in the old “skinny” pictures, I was actually fit and did look good BUT I remember I never thought that when I was smaller. It was never good enough, I still saw the big Katie in the mirror. So maybe I wasn’t ready for the transformation of life yet. It didn’t sink in, I was still walking around like the 190lb woman.  I have 2 ½ months before my 30^th birthday and I would really like to enter my 4^th  decade of life to be the best yet. I want to look in the mirror and see a beautiful, healthy (i.e. fit) person that loves herself.

Blog Entry #4:  Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010

What does one do when they got in a fight with someone close to them at 10:00pm at night - so it is too late to go for a walk and all you want to do is either drink a whole bottle of wine, smoke a pack of cigarettes (even if you don’t smoke) or you want to order a pizza?

Have you noticed how food becomes a friend when you are all alone at your apartment and it is too late to call your mom or best friend. One of the most difficult things for me is my time spent in my apartment alone. I have been doing pretty good with my food intake, especially since I don’t have anything unhealthy in my kitchen, but it is still hard. I want to try to stop eating after 7 pm but I also have been trying to keep myself busy after work and I haven’t been getting home until after 8:00. So do I just not eat dinner?

The last time I lost weight, I did it with a friend/roommate.

So the question becomes- is it possible to overcome all obstacles and hit your weight loss goal alone?

So it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting but I am still relieved the weekend is over and I have one whole month to hit the mat without having to travel. WHAT A RELIEF.

I didn’t workout as much as I would have liked to and I ended up drinking more than I wanted to. It usually goes that way- drinking and exercising are not friends like they should be. It is hard to motivate yourself to workout when  you stayed out way past your bedtime.

Smarter choices next time. The best line I have heard yet from Liv- you never feel bad for eating right. Lets add to that--- but you do feel like crap if you drink too muchJ

I did eat pretty clean on Thursday and Friday but when the drinks started flowing, so did my bad choices. I did have a great time with my family and friends though. Like most families- the love is truly unconditional, regardless of your weight.

So back to my playbook—a new month, a new season, and a new day. I am going to Pilates today- a great way to start your week.