Neck problems

I'm starting to see a pattern. Whenever I go for a long walk or take a short jog, I experience great neck pain & horrible headaches later in the day. Yesterday, I jogged up a short hill when I went on my walk. Mind you, I wasn't dressed for running; I was just in my normal clothes, ie no sports bra. I'm beginning to think that my chest is really giving my neck some problems, especially when I run/jog/walk quickly. Last night, I was in horrible pain. My head hurt so back I wanted to barf. I literally was tossing and turning for 3 1/2 hours in my bed before taking another dose of Tylenol & finally falling asleep. So, I've got a chiropractic appointment this afternoon. I'm guessing my neck is out. I really, really, really hope I get a good neck massage because my muscles are so tense. About running: I know I should make sure I wear multiple sports bras when I go (which I haven't been doing), but really, what should I do??? I'm thinking breast reduction surgery might be in my future...

Unfortunate update

Just thought I'd give an update. As far as my weight goes, I haven't made any progress...I think. I haven't weighed myself in a week or two, but I am afraid it would be higher than it was last time. My biggest struggle this week is eating when I'm not hungry. The past two days, I've found myself eating when I wasn't hungry at all. I've been using food to relax, which just isn't right. Now that I'm acutely aware of it, I'm going to work on it and do better.

I haven't been exercising much, either. This morning I did take a walk, though. I dropped Sydney off at our preschool co-op, and continued along the trail with Jenna. I ended up walking for an hour & probably did about 2.5 miles. Next time: put on some real shoes to go walking & not flip-flops! I feel good and sweaty after my walk today. It's a start...again.

Less 2

I had a really good day of eating yesterday--perfect if I can say that. All of my meals and snacks were healthy, and I even had dessert! I made Zonya's "Blueberry Buckle", a dessert she says is healthy enough to eat for breakfast. It felt really good to do so well. This morning, I was down 2 of the 4.5 lbs I was up, so that's a good start.

Monday

My weekly weigh-ins are planned for Mondays. Since going out of town this weekend, I didn't eat as healthy as I should have. I ate out a few times and ate more treats than usual. And the day or two before going out of town weren't great eating ones for me, either. I stepped on the scale clothed this morning & I was at 142.5. Yikes! I haven't seen those kind of numbers since being pregnant! Yesterday I felt like I was retaining water, which is rare for me. I'm going to re-weigh myself tomorrow in hopes that it will be a more accurate measure of this past week. I know I'll probably still be up.

But you know, I'm trying. I had a super healthy & delicious breakfast this morning. (scrambled egg w/ yellow squash & potatoes & a blueberry smoothie with all sorts of nutritous ingredients...yum!) I also flipped to FitTV and did 10 minutes of a workout before getting breakfast. I think I'll check that channel out more often, even if I only get a few minutes in at a time. That's better than nothing & quite doable. So, that's my story this Monday morning. Now I'd better go get some meat marinading for dinner & go bathe the girls...Jenna's got blueberry smoothie all over herself.

Try, try again...

It's been a while since I've posted anything here. I've decided I'm going to give another honest shot at getting my weight down. It's so easy to not try & just eat whatever I want. I've developed some not-great habits lately: staying up too late, sleeping in, eating breakfast late, etc., all of which can and will affect weight. My breakfast and dinner meals are typically quite healthy. Eating corn dogs for lunch isn't, however, so I'm going to focus on making my lunches more healthy. I'm also going to plan on making desserts--healthy ones that I won't have to feel guilty about. I still need to figure out what I want to do with exercise--when, what, where, etc.

So...this morning, I remeasured myself. I did my BMI. I'm only going to measure myself every other week & I'll weigh weekly. I'll evaluate my BMI monthly. My goal is to have my weight down to where I'm happy with it by my birthday. What a great gift! I honestly don't know if I have to get my weight down to 112-114 to be happy. Anything under 120 would be great! So, here goes again.

Overcast & cool(er)

I took the girls to the park yesterday. Sydney rode her bike & I pushed Jenna in the stroller. All told, I think we did 2.5 to 3 miles. We are blessed to have a wonderful trail here along the river that takes us to the park. I love to do it when we get the chance!

Morning Walk

Karen and I walked 3.1 miles this morning. Along the way, we met up with Tammy. It was such an enjoyable early morning walk. Beautiful morning, wonderful conversation...and exercise!