Kicking butt

The last few days I'm been feeling triggers for snacking and have been trying really hard to be conscious of when I'm looking to eat. When I'm in 'snack mode' it has nothing to do with hunger and control is out the window. It's been getting me down a little, because I know 8 weeks and 19 pounds is not enough time or weight to change decades of not eating properly. It all still feels so fragile.

With that said, today, I made a huge change. I debated back and forth in my head about going to the gym on a Saturday. Thank goodness I finally have an inner voice that's getting stronger and demanded I go to the gym. I usually go on Monday and Wednesday and then a random 3rd day or make sure I go walking or something to get another activity in. But this next week I've got things going on that will change up my routine and needed to go today to get all of my exercise in for the week. I have to say a lot of motivation is coming from watching episodes of Extreme Makeover: Weight loss and seeing those people exercise when they are 100-200 pounds heavier than me. With that said, I went to the gym and took a body pump class at 9:00 this morning, AND it was awesome! It was taught by a different trainer that I haven't had before and enjoyed the change in instruction. It felt new and I was sweating my pants off. I had an ah ha moment. Not only do I need to work on exploring other healthy food, but I need to explore different work out routines and different instructors.


Today turned out to be a kick butt kind of day. One for working out on a Saturday morning (insert Chuck Norris roundhouse), another for my ah ha exercise moment (the importance of mixing up your exercise) (insert a Steven Seagal elbow move) and one more for some renewed motivation to stay focused (insert some crazy slow motion Jet Li fly through the air move).

Stayed focused and try for a simple walk today. Right now you can make a change to getting closer to be healthy and fit! At this very moment...