Yea, I'm Late! (Day 1)

Ok, so... I said I would post daily about my progress for Body for Life and I'm fucking up already, lol. Nah, just a little extra busy. I'll do better.

My meals consisted of:
Breakfast (Special K, 2% milk, a green apple and water)
Snack (vanilla yogurt, mandarin oranges)
Lunch (1/2 turkey wrap, small garden salad with oil and vinegar, and a banana)
Snack (1/2 cup almonds and handful of baby carrots)
Dinner (shrimp stir fry, brown rice, a orange)

I downed all the water I could yesterday (3 24 oz bottles)

When I woke up I did my hip hop abs video. I also went to the gym that evening an did some upper body weight training.

Yesterday was a good day...and I feel as if I can stick with it.

New New...

Once again the New Year is upon us...and people are telling lies and making up shit (aka resolutions). I don't do it...WILL NOT! But I do have a to do list of things. Things to complete before 2010.

1. Finish repairing credit. Luckily, I don't have that much to repair. Pay down some student loans, pay off a credit card and a medical bill. Then continue to pay on the card I currently use and my credit score will continue to rise. I have to do this because I said I WILL buy a house before 25, I turn 22 in 2009.

2. Pay off my car...my baby has 7 more months of payments.

3. Maintain a budget....seriously I would have so much more money now if I had a budget and accounted for where my money was going.

4. Travel, travel, travel...it is my favorite thing to do, but for some reason this past year I didn't go ANYWHERE. I have already put a down payment on my trip to Negril...and have a timeshare in Florida I need to visit.


5. Stop allowing people to take advantage of my kindness...I have the hardest time telling people NO. So, this year I will be using the word more often.

6. Make sure I take care of ME! I continuously buy things for other...my parents, my son, my friends...but rarely me. I will make sure to treat myself to a shopping spree every now and then, along with a few pampering sessions.

Well that is about it. No resolutions...just things I know I should be implementing in my life. Trying to improve myself one day at a time.

Let's GET IT!

I told myself, when I first begun this blog I would be documenting my transition to a healthier lifestyle. Well...I still haven't started, lol. Mostly because after a few weeks of doing right...I stopped going to the gym everyday (I did work out at least 3-4 times a week...just stop going as hard), and started to mess up my meal plans. My biggest problem: I don't eat much...but when I do it's BAD!. I have become so accustomed to eating one meal a day and it is usually LATE. Which is weird because since I am a WAHM I make 3 meals everyday (plus 2 snacks) for my son...but I never eat when he eats.

Now when I told my family that I was about to start eating better and exercising everday...they laughed. Which is understandable...I can be the LAZIEST person ever, and I am also the biggest procrastinator. BUT I have never wahnted to be healthier until NOW. Not because I am so adamant about loosing weight, or looking good in a certain outfit. I want this because I want to break the cycle in my family. Almost all of my family is overweight/obese (hate that fucking word...I rather be called fat, lol). My dad's side has a history of hypertension and diabetes, and my mom's side has a history of hypertension and heart disease. My mother and father BOTH must take at least 4 pills a day to keep them going, and are continuously in and out of hospitals and doctor offices.

I am 21 now...and 2 months ago I was at my biggest. at the rate I am going I could end up like my parents by my thirties. I do not want that life. I do not want my son to see my like that or worry about me like I worry about my parents.

So TOMORROW...I am starting a new 12 week program (Body for Life). I heard about it while reading Jia's daily progress blogs on MySpace. I have read up on it, and have been trying to educate myself on all aspects of it. Needless, to say...I am excited. Luckily, I don't have to take a lot of stuff out of my diet. I ust have to adjust it in order to cut calories and get the nutrients out of food I need. For example, rather than eating my turkey sandwich on white bread, I can use a multi-grain or wheat. I hate plans that make me exclude certain food...just sets you up for failure.

Anyway, wish me luck...this blog will be like my food/excercise journal. So I can remain accountable. Knowing that I have a few people looking makes me want to stay on the path to completion.