Progress

One of the things I have decided is to say to hell with the damned scale. I've been using my weight as a crutch. If I wasn't doing "good" (ie losing weight,) I would work hard that day. But as soon as I lost a pound or two, I would say "Awesome! Now I can do whatever I want! " Um... not quite a recipe for improvement. Instead I just constantly assess myself. "What did I do for my health today?" It helps me stay on track a bit more.

I've made some advances. I've started some small amounts of at-home strength exercises with the help of the Back on Pointe tumblr. I want to use this blog as a sort of workout journal so that I can look back on my progress and what I've been doing.

Monday, I walked to and from work (1.4 miles,) and then went for a walk with the kids and my mother to DD for an iced coffee, (1.2 miles.)

Tuesday the kids and I walked to the grocery store, (1.8 miles), and then even went for a jog later that night with my daughter, (just a mile.)

Yesterday I did the "Wednesday" work out from the daily exercise plan on Back on Pointe, walked to work, and walked to a local convenience store for milk (.8 mile.)

Today I did the "Thursday" work out from the daily exercise plan again... Hoping to walk somewhere with the kids this afternoon and go for a run again this evening.

It seems crazy but really my change in focus has helped so much. Once you start making a few adjustments you want to continue to change. Maybe this whole time I had been asking myself the wrong questions... Looking at the wrong goal (to lose weight) instead of the right one (to be healthy.) I don't know if I'll really look at the scale for a long time... but I do know this: what I am doing is actually making a positive difference in my life.