To the gym, to the gym to the gym, gym, gym!

Ok so I have not been the best at keeping up on this blog but today is the day to write! I made a goal for the month of April to exercise more. Not just to help with my weight but to help me feel better mentally. Sometimes in life you hit a road block, sometimes it is major and sometimes not so much but being 40 has not been my favorite and has made me think of life and where I am and what I am doing. I have not been happy with my body image for a very long time. I have put taking care of myself on the back burner and not tried to conquer what I like least about myself. During the last few week though I have decided that enough is enough and tried to become addicted to exercise.

I really have felt a difference in how I look at things and how I have felt. For the month of April I only missed 5 days of exercise. I found that on the days that I did not exercise I could feel a difference in my attitude and how I felt about that day and life. Not so great. For the month of May I decided that I would exercise every day for 1 hour!!! I have only missed 1 day but have tried to make up the hour for that day a little bit at a time. I am finding that I have a need to get there and exercise. I feel better and I am feeling a difference in my clothes. In the last 6 weeks of me going on a regular basis I have lost 12lbs. That is great for me. Now working on my diet is the next thing I want to do. Putting the both together in the past has been a challenge for me, but I have shown myself that if I can get out of been early in the morning and go to the gym everyday or exercise at home on my bike I can certainly watch what I put in my mouth.

Best reward of this whole thing. I have some jeans that I stopped wearing a year ago, because they were to tight. With my exercise I am back in those jeans. That has helped me also to keep going!