Well.....
You can obviously see that I completely stopped blogging and dieting the week I returned to work full time. I would weigh every once in a while and it seemed like I was maintaining and even got back into the 240's so I didn't stress about it. Returning to teaching full time and caring for Amelia in the evenings alone (hubby still working in Chapel Hill, an hour and 15 min. away) has been incredibly difficult. By the time I get home (myself commuting 1 hour btw), feed, bathe, and put Amelia down for bed it was 7:30 or 8:00 and the last thing I wanted to do was exercise. So I didn't! Jillian Michaels is now coated with dust.
I am disappointed in myself, but also proud of myself for handling all of these life changes with a positive attitude. I did not get depressed, because the way I was living each day was hard and I deserved a little credit just for surviving.
But now things are changing again, and for the better:
1. School is out!
2. Hubby is getting moved to 1st shift and will be home in the evenings!
3. We are moving to our own home which will shorten both of our commutes!
Therefore, I am ready to hop back on the diet/exercise train!
I thought about weighing today, but did not (mostly because I already packed the scale- moving in 1.5 weeks). But I also wanted to give myself an adjustment week of just getting back into healthy eating so that *in case* I have gained back all 15 pounds that I lost in March I won't crush my spirit.
My goal is to start eating healthy for one full week, and then to slowly add back in my exercise goals of cardio 5 times a week. I really hope that having the hubby at home in the evenings starting July 2nd, will free me up to go out walking or to do a video. I want to badly to join a gym, but our finances are tight right now, so I will have to motivate myself in other ways (like making a kickass IPOD mix).
My goal is lose 15 pounds before the summer is over and I return back to work.
My bigger long term goal is to get out of the damn 200's forever, and to continue to eat well and exercise even once school starts back!
