Fit and healthy by 40?!

OK tomorrow is May 1st. In 2 1/2 months I will be 39 years old. So that means I only have 14.5 months to reach my goal of fit and healthy by 40. Ok so that would be on average... 9.5 pounds per month left to lose (ok I know some of you are doing the math now... not a very pretty number huh?)
But if I break that down a little more that's less than 2 1/2 pounds a week... that's reasonable! That I can do! I need to remember to stop looking at the big picture because that just overwhelms me and makes me want to give up, instead I need to look at the here and now - what I am doing right now to reach my final goal? What are my small goals along the way that I can set that I can reach? I think I will set a goal of losing 10 pounds. and when I reach that goal I will set another goal of losing 10 pounds. and when I reach that goal.... you get the picture! So I believe I will accomplish my goal to be fit and healthy by 40... 10 pounds at a time!! :)
Good luck to all of you in doing what you can to succeed in reaching your goals!

I want to leave a legacy

How will they remember me?
I was thinking about that the other day as I was driving back to work after leaving Culvers. It was a frustrating, stressful day at work and Culvers fries are one of my comfort foods of choice.
As I am leaving the parking lot at Culvers I grab a small handful of fries and stuff them in my mouth. I know, doesn't paint a pretty picture in your mind does it? I'm sure it looked as bad as it sounds.

So now with this mouthful of fries I pull out of the parking lot and come up to a stop sign. I stop (because that is what you do at stop signs). The woman behind me on the phone wasn't paying attention and wasn't planning on stoping (even though she would have to go through me and the car in front of me). I braced for impact with my mouth full of fries cause there was nothing else I can do. And at the last second she must have decided to pay attention and swerved to the oncoming traffic lane, ran the stop sign and probably merrily went on with her conversation.

When I get back to my office I am working, eating my fries and grilled cheese sandwich and thinking... what would happen if I am driving down the road stuffin' my face with Culvers french fries and I get in an accident? A bad accident that kills me (please God don't let that happen)... the newspaper article could read... morbidly obese woman dies in car accident with mouth stuffed with french fries. What an example I would be!!!! But not the kind of example I want to be. Not how I would want to be remembered.

Yes I do want to be an example to others... I would love that my example helped others become happier and healthier. But I want my example to be that I lost a lot of weight... that I kept that weight off... that I am an inspiration to others and encourage others through my words and actions and life to eat healthier, exercise and lose weight. That's the legacy I want to have in my life!

Reflection Perception

The other day I walked into my office. It was was still dark outside when I got there because of the storms. The back wall of our office is all windows. So as I am walking down the aisle to my cubical I see a reflection in the window and a very large lady... not sure if I recognize her. Weird thing is I don't see myself so she must be walking in front of me. However, I am alone in the aisle. Maybe it's not a reflection and she's actually outside. No it's raining pretty good outside, don't think anyone would be just walking around out there.
Then the reality hit me... that person in the reflection IS ME! How can that be? I'm surely not that big!
My weight perception must be so off!! Weird! I don't see this person when I look in the mirror! Maybe if I did see this person the desire for weight loss would be more urgent, more focused!
Guess I need to try to see the reality more than the perceived, and work to make the perceived a reality!

Saturday: April 3rd

This day has just flown by. This morning we were up and out the door early. Went to breakfast at IHOP... choices made... could be better! After leaving went to Home Depot and bought some Easter Lily's for the table... very pretty, some tulips to plant outside... yellow... they are such a beautiful flower and we decided to buy 3 bushes to plant outside the diningroom window.
Then off to fight the crowds at Walmart... on a Saturday at 10:00am? What was I thinking!!!
PLUS on top of everything else they changed everything around - how am I suppose to find anything. Tom waited in the car, after about 45 minutes he called and asked if he should send in the search party!!!

Bought 5 Easter Baskets and lots of stuff to fill (some chocolate, but a lot of stickers and temp tattoos) the 200+ eggs. Bought ingredients to make some deviled eggs for tomorrow. Got home and filled all the eggs including 48 eggs each with a quarter (our 5 year old nephew told uncle Tom this year we should use paper money and not quarters).

Looking forward to tomorrow watching 4 of the 5 kids search for them... our youngest great nephew is only 6 months and won't care too much about finding eggs.

Now to the task at hang... Losing weight, getting healthy. Didn't make the best choices eating today. Did better at portion control, but chose loaded hashbrowns at IHOP for breakfast and did go to Subway for a late lunch/early dinner, but got a meatball sub.
Exercise... walked a lot around Home Depot and especially Walmart, worked around the house, laundry, cleaning, and before I go to bed tonight I will spend some time actually doing exercise on the Gazelle.. probably while Tom is watching basketball.

Hope you all are having a great day!!!

Good Friday!

Having some tummy problems this morning so I am going to be a little late for work... frustrating! So I thought while I was letting my tummy calm down I would sit and figure out this blog thing.
So something about the weightloss journey... hhmmmm... I'm looking forward to Saturday so I can sit down and make a menu plan and actually plan on shopping to help us be on track. Although meals shouldn't be too hard for the 1st couple days of the week... ham and eggs, ham sandwiches, ham for dinner... LOL!! Just kidding - I'm hoping we don't have too mucch ham left over from Sunday. Hope everyone has a good Good Friday