My Leg Sucks!

So I know I said I wasn't going to be negative, but I just have to say that my leg sucks!  I have been dealing with a leg injury for about a month now.   I was working out hard core with Turbo Fire in January and I began to feel some pain shooting from my ankle to about halfway to my knee.  The pain is between the shin and calf so I know I didn't pull my calf muscle and I definitely don't have shin splints.  I have also been feeling some pain in my Achilles tendon.  Again, that pretty much sucks!  What else is there to say about it?  The pain comes and goes, but is a dull ache on good days even.  I've changed my workouts so most are lower intensity, however, I added a run/walk routine so I'm sure that's not helping.  I don't really want to go to the doctor because I don't think there is anything they can do for me.  I'll take it easy for a while and see if that helps. 

I do have some positive news to share though!  I joined the ranks of iPhone users and one of the first apps I downloaded was my fitness pal.  It's amazing!  I can easily track my food and calories for the day!  I think it will really help me to loose weight!  I hope I loose over a pound by the time Saturday rolls around!

0.6

Today I lost another 0.6!  Again, I'm hoping to start losing a little more each week, but slow and steady wins the race!  This is just a short snip-it for now.  More when I have time!

Going Down

I decided to weigh myself yesterday and record my weight on Saturdays from now on.  It puts less pressure on me over the weekend when people are more relaxed about food.  I lost 0.6 lbs.  since my last weigh-in.  (To be fair in was probably more, but then again I was probably up a pound too.)  I'm excited with that loss because it is a symbol of moving forward on this journey.  I have felt myself at a standstill with my weight over the last few weeks, hence the avoidance of a weigh-in.

Planning my meals for the week went well.  I still have to be extra careful when I get home from work.  That is a major trigger time for me!  I have to make sure I'm at least shoving my face with something healthy!  I will be planning my meals again for this upcoming week and I hope to have more self control.

On another note, I have not been reading Push as much as I need to.  It will take me about 60 days to finish rather than 30!  Oh well, I don't really need another thing to stress me out anyway!  I will just go at my own pace and improve myself as much as I can!

My exercise routines have had to change a bit recently due to my leg injury.  I have taken a step back from Turbo Fire and moved on to The Firm and 30 Day Shred.  I love both of those programs and I feel like the use of weights while working out will really help me!  I am still a huge fan on Turbo Fire though and I still plan on rotating those videos into my routine!

To Do...

One of this week's assignments from Push is to create a to do list for things from my goal list.  I'm going to sit down and get to that very shortly...that is if the baby stays asleep! :)  I am quite scatterbrained so creating a habit of making a to do list every day should really help me focus on what is important and what I should tackle first!  From glancing at my next assignment it seems that I need to get the hard stuff over with and stop my procrastination.  I have done an amazing job at putting some of my goals into motion, which makes me really proud of myself!  As I've said before, many of my goals have to do with organization and planning.  My push goal is to create a weekly food menu.  Check!  I made my menu throughout the day yesterday and it has helped me to not pick up random sacks throughout the day today!  I even added up all of my calories and I can tell that this is really going to help me with my weight loss!  I also came up with a weekly cleaning schedule so that there is just on small thing to get done each day and the house has looked great all week!  I'm checking off my goals one by one.  It will be difficult to keep them up but I'm staying positive and I know that I can do it! 

Weigh-in....I have not recorded my weight for this week or last due to the fact that I have not been very good with losing anything.  I haven't been able to work out as hard because of a leg injury that needs to heal.  My planned meals all week should really help with that problem though!  I will absolutely record my weight next week!

PUSH

I began "Push" on February 1st.  It's Chalene Johnson's 30 day life changing plan.  Day 1 began with a lesson about priorities.  I had to make a list of priorities in my life and then focus on my top 3 priorities. From that list of 3 I had to come up with sort of a mission statement for my number 1 priority.  The idea is that by creating and knowing what your number 1 priority in life is, you can make decisions that will positively affect that priority.  My number 1 priority is my family.  I also detailed ways to honor my priority and noted things that would go against that priority. (Wow, I think I just said "priority" 9 million times!)

Day2:  The assignment for Day 2 was to write out 10 goals.  Only one of the 10 had to relate to health, but other than that, these goals can be whatever you want to work on.  There is one more stipulation though.  Chalene wants the goals to be something "crazy cool" that can be accomplished in 12 months.  I didn't exactly feel like my goals that I wrote are "crazy cool" but they are things in my life that I really want to work on.  Most of my goals actually have to do with organization.  I'm a bit messy! :)

Day 3 was a day to determine a Push goal!  The goal that will make all of the other goals possible!  I had an especially hard time with this.  I wanted my push goal to be "be more positive," but there isn't a clear way to measure that goal.  So oddly enough, my push goal is to create a weekly menu for food!  I know that sounds trivial, but it will be really hard for me to create and follow.  It is also my goal that will help other goals, such as saving money, losing weight, and having more time with my family!  What a great push goal! 

You may be wondering how listing priorities and goals for all areas of your life will help you become healthy.  The answer is that by organizing your life and realizing what is really important will help you realize that health is important for all of those other things that you list.  If you aren't healthy, it will bite you in the ass!

Lazy days

This past week has been one of the most difficult weeks for working out since I began my journey in November.  I opted to sleep in on both Monday and Friday, thereofore, I missed those 2 workouts.  I ate horribly on Friday and Saturday followed with the same lack of willpower.  I also missed working out at all this weekend.  These 3 days off in a row have really showed me the differnce between eating well and working out and being lazy and and eating junk.  I feel tired, and basically like crap.  But even though I messed up this week, I'm not down on myself about it.  I am starting fresh tomorrow with Fire 55 and healthy eating all day long.  I'm a little behind on my 30 day push because I need to make sure my goals are right where they should be.  I can't wait to feel good tomorrow!

One, Two, Three, GO!

Tomorrow I get to start the 30 day push from Chalene Johnson's book, Push. I'm so excited to start this book because it doesn't seem to be just another diet book. It's about looking deep into yourself and making new habits in your life. I think that is just what I need! So often I throw in the towel and go on a eating binge all the while thinking of how fat I am. I've already started to change my thinking - from negative to positive - and there will be many more changes to come.

I want to get another "diet" book while I'm about all these changes. It's call Intuitive Eating and it seems to be about learning how to eat and be okay with food. I'm trying not to beat myself up for enjoying somehting, within reason anyway. Too much restrictions can lead to teh binges that I'm so familiar with.

For now, I will focus on Push!