New Attitude

Hi. I'm on a new pathway in life too. My goal is to be healthy and fit because I don't want to have a heart attack or die early. Plus, like you, I knocking at the door of 300 pounds. That is not acceptable to me anymore. I weigh in at 295. My goal to start out is walk the treadmill for 30 minutes 3 times a week while maintaining a 1200 calorie diet. My target start date is August 1. Currently I am tracking all my food so I can see where my problem areas are because I know I have horrible eating habits. I've joined a group for a 30 day challenge starting August 1. Hopefully by the end of the month I'll be ready to increase my time on the treadmill and weigh in somewhere in the mid to low 280's. Time will tell. That's my story. Good luck to you on your new journey.

Good luck both of you!

Excellent work in tracking food so you can evaluate what can be improved. Knowledge is Power!

Ok I weighed in yesterday at 285.6. I started out the month at 288.? so I'm moving in the right direction.

I'm walking 1.07 miles at 2.2 mph on the treadmill now. I started out the month at 1.01 miles and 2 mph. Making some slow but steady progress.

artbyrachelh wrote: »

How's it going Bonnie?

Slow but steady. I increased my time on the treadmill by 15 minutes Friday, still at 2.2 mph though.

So far this week I have managed to stay within my calorie allotment even though we ate Mexican Friday night. If I stay on track today and tomorrow it will be my first full week of not going over at all.

Snacks: I'm doing much better with my snacks. We don't really have any junk food left in the house so that really helps! And I'm making an effort to to eat a better lunch in an attempt to cut out afternoon snacking. It's not that I'm hungry that I usually snack but just that I'm bored.

Sugar: still struggling with cutting back on that one but I have quit using it in my coffee, I'm using Equal instead. Mini steps but eventually I'll get there.

Dinner: still working on timing and calorie overload but I'm doing much better, especially with the calories.

I'll continue to work on snacks, sugar, and dinner this month. Hopefully by the end of the month I'll have all three under control.

Overall I'm doing much better than I was at the first of the month. Changes have been slow and small but that's ok because I feel good overall about them.

How are things going with you? What have you been working on this month?

Wow that all sounds fantastic! I really like the way you reflect on different catagories in your life. It's really interesting and fun to follow your success. Especially I like how your making big changes gradually.

I'm doing well. I definitely would benefit from organizing target areas purposefully. I have 6 kids (youngest is infant), so I often feel like life is a cyclone! But I'm teaching this fall, so I MUST get organized!

Adding protein shake to my diet before and after a work out has been shockily beneficial. I was never a belieber, but now I am. Now I make myself a very small serving, because I look at it as a "snack". 1/2 scoop in 6oz of water, rather than two scoops. But the way it's been helpful for me, is that my appetite always spikes when I exercise more, and the protein shake seems to give my body what it's craving and then I am able to eat normally while exercising more.

What I hope to work on? Fall sports schedule for my kids is looming big on horizon and it cuts directly into my workout time. I need to be disciplined and commit to an early morning workout if I am to have ANY workout. This is scary to me because less sleep makes me mean! What to do?!