I need to get myself more organized and start doing some things I’ve been putting off. A lot of this is going to be going on over in the “oh hell I’m gonna diet” blog, but honestly it’s not about dieting, it’s about getting my life organized and taking care of myself and my family.
We are very much a typical family in that we all grab food as we want it and aren’t really eating what we should. I’m sitting down today and working out menus and, for myself, activity plans to get us all in gear. One thing I’ve learned is that I tend to put other people before myself, it goes with being a mom I guess. So I’m going to twist that around and make eating better and doing more away from the computer a family thing. I’m helping them and myself at the same time. It gets around my mental issues and accomplishes the goals. I’m going to be working out a structured plan for all this, and it’s going up at the other site. I just have to remember to post every day.
I’ve been doing the diet thing for over a month with not much to show for it. I know it’s the whole get off yer ass and exercise part that is smacking me around the head and shoulders right now, so I’m going to say it here so I have people who will poke me if I screw it up and don’t do it. It’s a stupid thing really. I know what healthy eating is and while I don’t always make the right choices, I know when I’m doing something wrong. Lately that’s been easy to deal with, even with going to the Cheesecake Factory Monday night. I didn’t even eat half of the desert and stuck to a salad for dinner (granted caesar isn’t the lowfat option in salads, but it was better than a bowl of pasta that would have held a small child)
I will warn that I’m serious about this, this time around. I’ve screwed off too much over the past two years and there’s no one to blame but myself. I’m probably going to be bitching here until I get my ass in some kind of routine that I do without thinking about it…please bare with me while I poke myself with figurative pointy sticks and see if it helps.
Yesterday went well, despite the fact that my back decided to twinge out on me early in the morning. I dislike the whole traditional family crap that goes along with this part of the year. Is your tree up yet? Are you going shopping tomorrow? I asked for a list from you back in July… You get the idea.
I have a hard time with stress when it comes to dealing with my parents sometimes, and yesterday it was my back reminding me that I was waiting for something to go wrong. I managed to get through the day without drinking or reverting to smoking again, which I count as a major accomplishment. I quit smoking two years ago, and the holidays are the only time that I really really want a cig, but I’m managing to not fall back on that for now.
On other fronts, I’ve restarted the whole diet/exercise thing and was trying my best not to over do it yesterday and failed miserably, so I’m off to get some extra biking in today to make up for being a cow and grazing all afternoon.
I’ll throw some pics up later.
