Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sooooo ....

I've been eating like crap - no change there. What is it with me and food? I've been eating badly for so long it's a habit now, a hard one to break. But on a positive note, I've been walking. Yesterday and today, half an hour each after dropping the kids at school. Not huge, but a good start. I nearly wimped out today, I left home without my mp3 player and nearly put it off *til later*, but I realised I was making an excuse and that if I didn't do it right then it probably (almost certainly) wouldn't get done at all.

Haven't had dinner so I'm gonna make myself a poached egg, and try and do better tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Time to get back into it ...

Crashed and burned over Christmas and never really recovered after that. Now a third of the year has gone, and there's only about 15 months until I turn 40. I will NOT be 40 and fat!! Time to put the hard yards in.

I've got a book, appropriately named "Fit Not Fat at 40 Plus" - sounds like the deal, right? Obviously I have to do the work, but there are some good tools and guides in the book relating to diet, exercise and mind/body balance.

Plus, the other motivating factor I have is that the ex is due for his annual visit in the next school holidays. Noooooo, I am not harbouring a secret desire to lure him back into my arms. I just want to show him that I am NOT in the same place physically or mentally that I was when we last saw each other. Don't ask me why this is important to me, I can't really explain it. But it matters.

Sooooo, my goals for now are to update my blog regularly, get more exercise (I'm aiming for four walks per week and will build on that as I progress), and make some manageable changes to my diet. I can do this.