So I have finished week one and I’m finally feeling good.

I was sickly for the first 4 days but that could have been the jetlag (I just got back from Europe). Headaches and nausea and tiredness was no fun. When I looked at this pic compared to last week, I look less bloated. Great start - but now I need to get the exercise in so I can start getting back into shape (and lose some weight!)

It went really well food wise for my first week. I cooked all my food last week except for a few salads. I survived a birthday picnic and a boozy New York bunch (3 free drinks were included with the meal but I said no! I said no to free :))

The biggest worry for me was flying today. I brought a ton of food and pre-made salads. Some of the food was great for me but the main dish was pasta so salad it was! The steward commented that my salad looked better! Ha!

Dinner at the hotel was problematic. It was greasy and had globs of mayo on it and no real veggies. I picked my way around as best as poss but now I know not to eat here at night. Not necessarily a reflection of this place but after a week of eating super healthy, something not so good is really noticeable. Then again I wouldn’t have liked it even if I wasn’t trying to eat healthy!

The past week I rode my stationary bike at home a few times and today ran 2 miles as a kick start back into running. I have to get training as I have to run a half marathon in 16 weeks. And a huge thank you to everyone who said they would join me on fitness adventures. I’ll be reaching out and planning some things coming up soon!

It’s all in the head…

I know the hardest thing is going to be psychological. I was always the fat kid at school so I always have that image of myself in my head. It doesn’t matter how much I weigh, I feel the same. So it’s easy to be like - hey, I’m fat so it doesn’t matter.

But I’m trying to retrain myself to think that I want to be healthy and fit and live for a long time. So I have to treat my body that way. Then let the chips fall after that.

There are things that are problems for me. They keep creeping back. Alcohol is one - I don’t drink, I lose weight, feel better, and then I drink again and I eat too much and feel lousy. The other is using food and drink to celebrate/have a bad day. Those treats add up. And they add up fast.

What I guess I’m trying to say, is a lot of this is about how we think. We have to break those cycles. And that’s the hardest.

If we don’t break that, we’ll keep going back to how things were. And feel the same negative things about ourselves.

It’s only been a week but this is a battle I’ve been trying to win for the past 30+ years. And the battle has always been within me.

So here’s to week 2 - I’m on the road but I’ll not be deterred. Let’s do this!