Back in the Saddle

I am back in NYC---home sweet home....and back in the saddle again.
I have been doing really well health wise. I have been going to the gym and eating healthy. I am down 5 pounds and seriously excited about it.
I think that having oatmeal for breakfast is proving to keep me feeling full all the way until lunch time. I top it with peanut butter, cranberries and almond slices, so it is higher in calories than one would expect, but none of them are empty calories.
After breakfast I feel rejuvenated and refreshed.
Its a whole new world to me.

I have not felt this good in a long time and I feel that my mind is finally in the right place to make and complete this journey to a healthier me.
I must admit, reading Dieting Battle and Angie All the Way I am very inspired. These girls are really doing it!

So I am sipping on my coffee, getting ready to hop on the subway to the Upper West Side and I feel like I can run a mile!
It can only get better from here and it is already good!

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BATTLE

I skipped the gym today and shopped up a storm at the Mall here in Minnesota. I am freezing here. It was 5 degrees today, I have windburn on my hands and what might be a mild frost bite.
Checked my blood pressure today and it was perfect, having it high the other day scared the crap out of me.
I am sodium sensitive and have to stop all processed foods, even diet meals and bars. I think this is a good thing and can only help me lose weight and be healthier in the long run.

I have a few days left until I head back home to NYC and the sales here in the Midwest just lured me in today. The good thing was that I walked the mall for about 3 hours. FUN FUN FUN.
I had an ok food day today, should not have had the soft serve, but am accountable for my actions. I skipped a full lunch because of it and know that it was not a good choice.

I am within my calories, even had a little less, but it is the junk I am trying to get rid of. I want to eventually be eating unprocessed fresh foods every meal, every day.
One step at a time. I know I can do this. Hope tomorrow will be even better.
I will make sure it is.

Breakfast:
Oatmeal with PB2 and Cranberries
Coffee with Fat Free Half and Half

Lunch
Coffee
Soft Serve
1 med Banana, 1 med Nectarine and a handful of Blueberries

Dinner
Meat Loaf
Asparagus
1 small serving plain pasta

I am losing weight, very slowly, but still losing.
Weighing myself everyday might not always be a good idea, and I think I might stop, but being here visiting my husbands family and being at the mercy of junk food...well, I need motivation with the scale on a daily basis.
Will not be weighing in every day when I get back to NYC on Monday night.

Tomorrow we are off to the lake house to visit his sister...should be fun, but I am taking my oatmeal with me. This way I can at least be sure that breakfast will be healthy every day. Might take some extra fruit with me for snacks. I know they will have fruit, but want to be prepared.

I AM THE MASTER OF MY OWN DESTINY!

Back, once again

I have done this so many times.
When this blog started I was 280lbs, then I went down a few and up a few and down some more. Then I took a trip to Africa and ate like crazy and came back and did not get back on the scale for a while. I know I went up and down and up and down.uuggghhhh
Realizing I was soooo heavy was horrible.
My blood pressure is sky high, I am unfit and so much else. BUT, back in November I started back at the healthy lifestyle. I have lost a few pounds, I joined a gym and I am actually doing it, but the weight is taking forever to come off.
I want to get back to blogging, making this my food diary of sorts.
I am on vacation right now and barely holding on, but I am trying.

I need to get some things done first.....
I need a proper digital scale that is strong, can handle a lot of weight and will be accurate.
I am using measuring spoons
I must exercise more self control
Go to the gym more
Make smarter choices and just get healthy.

I want to be healthy
I want to Live
I want a baby

I HAVE TO DO THIS...FOR ME!

UPDATE:

Food:

• Turkey Sandwich from Subway 600 calories or 12 points
• Diet Soda
• Water 4 glasses
• Steak and Fruit

Gym:

• treadmill 10 minutes walking fast
• elyptical 10 minutes
• circuit 5 minutes