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October 17, 2007

Sick but motivated

Despite feeling terrible I’ve been doing pretty well. I managed to get on my elliptical trainer twice since Monday and I’m shooting for no less than four times this (and every week). I’m keeping my goals manageable so that I don’t get discouraged (I’ve probably said that a hundred times now.)

I’m not concerning myself with my eating as much because that will throw me into the obsessive zone. For the most part I eat well and balanced, just too much (of everything, not junk in particular). In fact I’m happy that I rarely feel the need to binge. For example, my husband bought a bag of potato chips and they lasted forever. I would use a small dip bowl, fill it, and be satisfied and I really wasn’t even thinking about it. Aside from the rare chip bag, we don’t have any junk food in the house.

I think once I can stay on a roll with my exercising than the eating will follow.

I’m so happy with so much right at the moment, it’s really only my weight that’s a bummer. I wish I could take the weight off a little faster because of wanting to get pregnant and because I’m going to be commuting to an office in Connecticut for a little while starting next week. But I’m not losing sleep over it like I have in the past. Now a bunch of people have seen me at this weight and it can only get better from here. If I can maintain this attitude, that is. For now, I’m feeling like I can.

Posted by hopeful @ October 17, 2007 5:30 PM