Sigh...

Failure, once again. I'll start with the positives though. I kept my promise and I worked out on Thanksgiving morning! I felt great! I knew I'd take Friday off, but we worked out Saturday and Monday. I was sticking to my goals and I was proud of myself.

And then I weighed myself. I gained 2 pounds. I haven't worked out since. It's so easy for me to get discouraged and I think that frustrates me more than anything. I've been trying to lose 10 pounds since August and I've accomplished nothing. Nothing.

Maybe I need to stop obsessing about the numbers. I don't really know what else to do. I hate my body. I can't look in a mirror without criticizing what I see. Even with all my unhappiness with my weight...I still walk to the pantry and eat the junior mints that were meant for Hadley's teachers at school. It's frustrating.

So...once again I've got a new plan. I am tired of running. It takes a whole hour and half to get ready, get Teagan ready, drive there, run for 30 minutes, and come home. In all honesty, that's a crappy excuse because it's not as if my life is soooo busy that I can't spare the free time, but in my head it just seems to be an annoyance. So for the next 10 days I will work out to Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. It's 20 minutes a day. How can I honestly tell myself that I don't have time for that?

I don't want to gain weight while in England so this 10 day plan will hopefully give me the jump start I need to get back into my healthy mindset. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it.

Mid-Week Update

So far this week is going okay. I did Day 2 of Week 6 of C25K on Monday. It had been over a week since I ran so I did better than expected. I was supposed to run for 10 minutes, walk for 3, and run for 10. I had to walk for 2 minutes during the last run, but I was still happy with my progress.

Tuesday my mom was over all day and I opted to spend time with her rather than do 30Day Shred. I could have snuck away for 20 minutes, but I didn't.

Wednesday(Today) I was scheduled to run but I wasn't up to leaving the house. Instead I did 30DayShred since I missed out on Tuesday. I have to stop for a 5 second break several times through out the video and I am exhausted at the end.

I was under on calories on Monday, 100 over on Tuesday, and even though I've had THREE pieces of strawberry cake, I will be on track for calories if I have a healthy dinner tonight. I know that is not healthy, but that's what happens when my mom makes the most.awesome.cake.ever. We're having healthy Taco Burgers with baked sweet potato fries tonight!

Tomorrow is Turkey Day and even though I plan to eat as I like, I'm still set to work out in the morning. I'll update in a few days to confirm that I stuck to my plan.

Do-Over

I'm gonna need a do-over. Last week I was a mess. I was really down for a few days and even though I know that exercise actually helps improve my mood, I was too low to care. My eating habits weren't terrible but they weren't great either. I'm back on track today.

My major goal this week is to work out Thanksgiving morning. I know I probably won't have time Friday so it's really important that I start the day right. I still plan to eat what I want on turkey day, but I will take moderation into account.

I ran this morning and I'm creating a healthy meal plan for the week. Here's to a better week and a better me!

1st Day Madness

Well my 1st day on the new plan didn't go as planned, but such is life.

We had the giant dining room table moved out of the house we lease so that we could turn that area into a big playroom for the girls. So I spent a large part of my day cleaning and organizing. I also hadn't done laundry or bought groceries in 2 weeks, because I'm an awesome housewife. Anyway, between cleaning, switching rooms, grocery shopping, laundry, and the ORANGE crayon in the dryer which took over an hour to scrub off, I didn't stop moving until 10:00 p.m.

Technically I didn't get my run in, but I didn't go up and down the stairs at least 20 times and broke a sweat scrubbing out that dryer. I went to bed with sore legs and feet so I'm confident I still burned plenty of calories.

I consumed 1212 calories and burned 295 (at least) doing housework. (In case you are wondering, I use the Lose It app for iPhone to log my calories.

The Unfit Mommy

So I decided to stick with my rather unwise chose of name, The Unfit Mommy. Of course, I'm not a perfect mom, but I'd like to think I'm a pretty good one. This blog is not about my ability as a mother, but my ability...or perhaps inability...to become physically fit. I really want to change my relationship with food and exercise and I hope that logging my progress on this blog will guide me in that endeavor!

My Goals

My 1st goal is to lose 10 pounds. This has been my goal for the last 2-3 months. I keep losing 3-4 pounds and then gaining it right back. One thing I have been doing consistently is the Couch to 5K program. I am finally starting to enjoy running! However, I don’t run as often as I should and while I’m seeing results fitness wise, I’m not getting far in terms of weight loss. So I’m starting a new fitness plan today.

Here’s my plan:

Monday: Run

Tuesday: 30 Day Shred

Wednesday: Run

Thursday: 30 Day Shred

Friday: Run

Saturday: Run or 30 Day Shred

I’m sure there are more intense programs but I need to be realistic too. Working out 6 days a week is going to be a big adjustment for me. Once I get used to that, I will increase the length of my runs and add in sit ups and push ups on my running days.

I am currently on week 6 of the C25K program. I’m going to continue to follow that and hopefully run a 5K soon.

I will also be logging my daily food intake and calories. I’m going to have to limit my calories to 1300 if I don’t exercise and 1400-1500 if I do exercise. You would think that would be motivation to work out, but sometimes it still doesn’t work!

Each week I will post how much weight I have lost or gained. And for the first time ever, I’m going to track my measurements.

Wish me luck!