Running Up Hill in Cement

OK so that is a little what dieting feels like lately. Yesterday was bad it was the Super Bowl and that is what I ate a Super Bowl of everything that did not get up and crawl away from me. I must say that this morning I got up with more hope, with a bloated belly from over indulging and retaining Lake Powell, I had courage to start once again.....so I decided to blog about it.

I got up and had a diet mountain dew and a weight watchers chocolate muffin for breakfast. For lunch I am going to have a diet dinner and a diet coke. I have felt a little tired lately, I am guessing that it is due to not drinking enough water so that is also my goal this week.

I did find a good treat for drinking though I must share. It is the Walmart brand cherry lime aide and if you put that in water it is great especially if you have ice in it. I am big on taste and not digging the whole NutraSweet after taste and this does not have that...so happy.

While I was at the grocery store this weekend I saw a friend of mine who loves to run and work out. Weight has not been a issue for her the whole time that I have known her but the last few times I have seen her, she just looks great. I talked to her about what she was doing and she told me running and biking, she went through what she was doing with me. The key to what she was saying was this; she works out an hour and a half a day, no matter what she says she makes time for HER to work out, even if that means getting up at 4:30am to do it. She inspired me. It helped me to shop healthy for the weeks meals.

Some things that I have found to help are cucumbers, snow peas and carrot chips not baby carrots. After doing weight watchers enough times to buy the founder of it a Mercedes I find it hard to eat baby carrots because I burned out on them very quickly. So even though it is still a carrot....it seems different. I am also dipping them in Jalapeno Ranch by Lite House, it has a little bit of a kick to it so I only dip a touch.

The other thing that I am trying this week is to try and cut out some of the bread I eat. SOME not all. I am going to prepare some salads with cut up lunch meat on them and also fat free string cheese. I have found if I add vinegar to my salad dressing I use less and it really tastes good.

I have also found a pretty good diet dinner, because trust me I have tried them all and some of them truly could gag a maggot. A couple that I have found are the Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers. GREAT! They are 6 points and worth it.

It really is about gaining control. I don't remember when I lost the balance of eating right and exercising, or maybe I never really had it and it has caught up to me. This I can tell you that enough is enough, food can not control my life forever, it will take me time but I will do it because I can and I am a strong minded red headed woman...and I will succeed.