Health

Josh has decided to start a diet and exercise plan for us. We've been eating healthy and keeping track of calories for about a week. According to my personal goal I can only eat 1250 calories a day in order for me to lose 1 lb per week. Of course that is assuming I don't work out. If I work out, the amount of calories I can eat goes up. I hate it! I hate eating healthy. I miss normal food...my spaghetti or burgers or tacos or anything yummy! So far I have not lost any weight at all even though I've been so good about not going over my calories each day. I do still allow myself one or two cups of coffee a day though and most of my calories come from breakfast. I eat a huge yummy breakfast on work days in order for me to work all day and not run out of steam or get hungry. Plus, a friend has bought me TONS of different kinds of syrups in all different flavors so I like to eat waffles and try out the different flavors.

This morning was the first day of working out for us and it SUCKED! I always hear everyone talk about the "runners high" but I'm not buying it. I hate running. First, it's boring. Second, it's just miserable. All I could think of was how much pain I was in the whole time and I didn't even run the whole time. We basically ran as much as we could and then if we needed to stop and walk for a bit did so. The point was just to get out there and run or walk for 30 minutes. I ran/walked 2 miles in 30 minutes. I'm pretty sure that's slower than  I ever ran in the Air Force. I ran two laps...1/2 a mile...without stopping but after 2 laps I was dying and had to walk for a bit and then fluctuated the rest of the time between running and walking. By the end my side hurt and my lungs burned and my nose wouldn't stop running. But...as much as I HATE working out and being healthy I am going to stick with it because I really want to lose weight in my belly area and get in shape so I can feel confident in my own skin again. As it is I'm embarrassed to wear any clothes that show any skin. The plan is for us to run Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and to ride bikes for 30 minutes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays but the bikes will have to wait because we can't afford to get the repairs done on ours until after August 1st.

Just so we can keep track of my progress...Right now I weigh 120 lbs. I apparently run a 14 minute mile. I can do 3 pushups, 18 situps, 3 squats and 3 dips. Yes, I know, I am super crazy out of shape but hopefully if I keep with it these numbers will eventually get less disappointing.