Exercising

Exercising is my strongest point. I actually LOVE to exercise. I love the way it makes me feel. I love becoming stronger and lengthening my endurance.

My favorite thing?

It's over in less than 90 minutes.

See, with eating you have to be committed all day, every day, at every single moment.

With exercising, I make a choice first thing in the morning to go exercise, I work my butt off, and then it's done by 9am.

And I seriously work my butt of. I LOVE a good workout. I have to sweat, be out of breath and feel like I need a break in order for it to feel like a good workout for me. I never feel like walks are effective, I need to work on jogging.

The rest of my life is fairly active. I chase after a quick little 8 month old, I usually spend a lot of time cleaning which requires bending and lifting, although I have long stretches of sitting down.

For me, I think the trick is that when I'm exercising, I'm NOT eating. So, I exercise in the morning, but maybe if I go for a walk in the evening I won't binge on ice cream or something.

My lastest problem with exercising is that my weight it getting in the way. I've been working on the Couch to 5k program (I got out of shape after having a baby), and I"m stuck on week three. I can hardly get myself to run for three minutes strait, and it's extremely frustrating. I do it almost everyday, and I really honestly push myself, but I can't seem to break this barrier. The next step on couch to 5k is running for 2 1/2 minutes, walking for 2 minutes, running for 5 minutes, walking for 2 1/2 minutes. How can I do this if I'm still struggling to walk for 3 run for 3?

I've begun a strength training regime to help strengthen my body to be able to handle the extra weight (and I hope eventually lose it) so that I can continue building my endurance.

The First Post

I have a goal, and it's to be healthier.

I have made this goal over and over throughout my life, and I'm never able to stick with it.

Well, I'm done. I'm done making this goal over and over, so this is going to be the last time.


Here's the biggest problem I face: I KNOW how I should be eating. I know how I should be exercising. I know these things. I have read over and over again the best way to eat. But why is it that I know these things, yet I find I can not implement them? Because I am a serious emotional eater.

So, I"ll be focusing on three things:
-Food journals
-Exercise journals
-Discussing my feelings about eating

A lot of this will probably be boring. And that's ok. This is more a way for me to be honest with myself than anything else.