Still getting it....

Ok, Ok...I KNOW!

My ass surely has not been updating my blog about my healthier lifestyle endeavors like I said I would. Off to a bad dammit start already, lol. BUT...I have been good I have worked out 5 times a day and sometimes twice a day. I eat well and do not drink sodas or indulge in junk any longer. I have even had to get on my self hard about eating 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. There has only been two days where I was off with my food (New Years Eve and New Years Day) and tat is because my wisdom tooth was being a bitch and I needed to get it cut out. So I couldn't eat AT ALL. I stayed in bed heavily medicated with the Anbesol at my bed side.

Other than that I have been doingvery well...and the Body for Life program really seems to fit me. I also bought a few new work out items for days I just can't make it to the gym. I hit up Ebay and bougt sets of dumbbells (3, 5, and 8 lbs) I also got ankle and wrist weights, an excercise ball and mat, and a Jillian Micheals workout DVD along with Mel B (from the spice girls, lol) workout video. I really like the Mel B video. I just like hearing her talk and her overall enthusiasm...PLUS, her body is the shit.

Anyway, I will try to keep this updated at least weekly. Simply because I hardly find time to step away from the Blackberry or some work I am doing to do a daily update. Soooo, lookout for me on Sundays with those updates.

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.

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.