September 1-
Goal, 10 lb loss- Moving more

Plan- walk more again. I was running a daycare and went back to work at my old job in radio- Love the job but it is a desk job. I can see a huge upswing in my weight even though I have been keep track.
Need more exercise since I am not chasing boys around the house-toddlers LOL

Switched gym membership to the YMCA from Aspen. I love the water workouts but was only getting 2 days a week at Aspen. They don't seem to offer it except in the morning for people that don't work or only work at night. The Y offers it almost every night of the week and they also have a gentle yoga class too. My co-worker, office mate is planning on joining the Y too so hoping to have a workout buddy sometimes.

A little introduction: I am 55 yrs old, mother, wife, grandmother. I am so very proud of my 3 children and my stepchildren. I pretty much raised my three children on my own until the kids were in high school, & Jr high school. I always had a job if not a couple jobs and was going to college. Fast forward to my life now I can look back and see that we ate a lot of fast food, and junk food. I can cook up a storm but always being on the go and a very limited budget I did not follow healthy eating.
My daughter does so much better choosing healthy meals for her kids. I am thankful for her and her wonderful examples that I am trying to follow.

I have 10 grandchildren now and two wonderful dogs. As I mentioned above I went back to working part-time outside the home in July. Love the job, glad to be back among adults and old friends. The bad part is when I get home I am drained and make excuses as why I am not working out. That is stopping this week. We are heading into the fall season in Iowa and the heat should be going away. I do not like it cold but the 70-80s would be nice. If I don't go to the gym, I should be walking my dogs or playing in the yard with them.

Now, I need to get off of the computer today and get to cleaning the house and organize the house. That is my husband's goal and mine get it done this holiday weekend. Next weekend we are putting a hot tub in our basement. My brother wanted to get rid of his 2 person tub and we are excited to put it in our house. The old hot tub outside we sold as it is to windy where we live and we have a hard time keeping the cover on when it does storm.

Everyone have a great day and fresh start!

Sept 2-
My mindset is doing well. Last night we went out to eat at a BBQ place and I think I did okay. I could not eat the sandwich as it was way to messy to pick up. I decided to just eat the smoked Turkey with my fork and left most of the bread. I did have some dill pickle chips but not to bad.

Working around the house this afternoon on this Labor Day holiday. We just got home from the grocery store and I bought some Chex Mix and the new Green Giant Veggie chips. With my trusty scale I am going to measure out snack bags today and mark the calories on them with the sharpie. This used to do me good when I did this when I followed WW points. Chips are a big trigger for me and I want to arm myself this month with good choices. I like to watch my Bold and Beautiful when I get home from work and chips always end up in my hand.
I know I should not eat them but if I am I am going to have them I am going to have them in individual bags, measured out.

Grilling out tonight and I am going to split my steak with my father-in-law, and we are making zucchini and squash and onions on the grill, stuffed Anaheim peppers, garlic bread and sweet corn. I am thinking I am track to have a delicious supper and it will fall into my calorie plan.