Awakening

Hopefully this is going to work or maybe I need a new brain ?  Maybe it is because I just don' have enough computer experience. Hopfully that is it.
Now to get on with the real issue. Yesterday was a real awaking to just how out of shape I am.  You talk about feeling  old  well  did I really feel it . However  Brenda had to hear all my compling. Next time Iwill have to keep my complaints to myself .  Eating hasn't been to bad so far  however it is just the beginning .
Trying to Rember it is a long process  meaning life style change and not just temporey this is along term process
I must Rember to keep a smile on my face and hope in my spirit.

Can You Say Sore?

Okay, so today I am feeling everyone of the muscles I worked on yesterday. It is a good feeling though.

Post First Workout

That was harder than I expected. I am really out of shape. I feel both good and tired and I know that with each day this will become a little easier as my body adjusts.

Good job mom. Thanks for working out with me. Hopefully we won't have as large an audience in the days to come.

Today is the Start of a Whole New Me

Are you ready? Today is the day we start to add daily exercise to our lives. We will start out slow and add more as we are able.

I am excited and scared at the same time.

Get ready, get set, let's go!

Numbers Say a Lot

I don't think I was ready for the measurements that came up tonight. I mean mine, not anyone else's. I am bigger than I thought or ever expected to be. I realize this is going to be a day to day challenge for me and sometimes moment by moment.

I need to do this in a way that is going to be doable for the rest of my life. Not some drastic changes that I cannot follow through on. I am thankful that my mom and sister have joined me in this, because I don't think I could do it alone. I also don't think I can do it without depending on the Lord each day for endurance and strength to make the right choices each day.  This is a team effort.

Gearing Up

I spent much of today trying to mentally prepare myself for the change that is coming. We decided that we would start with our first weigh in on Wednesday evening. Hannah has decided to join us as well.

So today, I thought about how I plan to tackle my weight and came up with this list of things -

• Cutting pop and sugar drinks out of my diet and choosing to drink water
• Increasing my intake of vegetables and fruits
• Decreasing my portion sizes
• Not having anything to eat after 7p.m.
• Begin work out routine and increase number of sets as time goes on.

We have all agreed that we will not be joining a gym, so whatever exercise we do will have to be done with what we have available to us in our homes. I cannot lie, my husband and I went and looked at a treadmill this afternoon. He has wanted one for a long time and I think that it would be safer for us as we live on a dirt road in the jungle and it is not very level. We will see as they are pretty pricy. 

I am looking forward to our weigh in on Wednesday and getting started.

Brenda

A New Beginning

Looking back at old family photos you can see a history of women in our family struggling with their weight. Whether they were just slightly overweight to obese as I am. I now see this history about to repeat itself for a fifth generation in my daughter. It breaks my heart to think that not only genetics, but choices I have made have placed her in this position.

I think for a long time I have had a warped opinion of my appearance. At fourteen I began to gain weight and though I was not obese that is how I saw myself. Now looking back at those photos I think if only I looked like I did then. "How could I have thought that I was so fat, I was skinny!"

So today along with my mom and my sister we have decided to take control and begin working together to live a healthier lifestyle. This presents a few challenges as we live in two different continents. Yet with the development of technology we have many ways to communicate and encourage each other.

I cannot fool myself. This is not going to be an easy task. We have all tried to lose weight before and put it back on. This is going to be a battle. Many times I have started well and once I get off track for a day or two I fail. This is going to take daily commitment to eat healthy, exercise and drink water. Coca Cola is my biggest weakness.

So here begins our journey, day to day and week to week we will get healthy together.

Brenda