Welcome to the Highway to Health!

Welcome to my new place y'all!

First off, thanks to my BFF Kellie for getting it in order for me!

I know most of you have been following me for the last 5ish weeks but for those of you who may be new to the scene here's a little recap...

I blog every week day. I weigh myself in every Monday morning. I post my actual weight in numbers no matter what the results are. I have lost, gained, maintained, and lost again.

Here's where I'm at right now...


Goal: Lose baby weight + 30 lbs

Achieved so far: Baby weight is gone!

Pre-pregnancy weight: 221.0

Current weight: 212.8

TOTAL WEIGHT LOST (not including baby weight): -8.2

I am keeping this blog to help me...

• Keep myself on track
  
• Keep myself honest


• Provide a healthy home with healthy habits for my girls


• Inspire the people I care about to get or stay healthy

So far, on my old blog I have typed candidly about a lot of different things these last five weeks including food, wanting to exercise, not wanting to exercise, food, cereal addiction, postpartum depression, food, gluttony, vanity, encouragement, food, support, stress, sex, sleep, temptation, and food.

The support and encouragement I have received since I started this journey have been absolutely wonderful. I hope that moving my blog's home will not change that!

You don't have to have a blogger account here in order to leave me comments, you can leave them anonymously, just don't forget to sign your name so I know who you are!

Now that the recap/update is over, let's get back to bidness...


Yesterday started off as a bad day emotionally but ended up being a great day overall.

When I met with my doctor she didn't seem to hear my concerns. There are a couple of doctors at this practice that are absolutely wonderful but the one who was on call when Jocelynn was born is not very compassionate and somewhat of a man-hater. At first she dismissed my concerns, then when I thought I finally got my points across, she made me feel worse about myself than when I got there.

When I left I was an emotional wreck and we all know I am among many other types of eaters, an emotional eater. Thankfully I seem to have disengaged the device that used to automatically drive me to McD's when I am in a mood...


*side story alert*


While talking to my friend yesterday I realized and stated that workers at my local drive thru probably wouldn't recognize me on a good day. Usually, when I am going through a drive through it's because I am either sad, upset, frustrated, or tired. On my "good days" I don't need or want the crap!


*back to topic*


Thankfully I have a great new friend who just so happens to have gone through much of what I am going through right now as far as the postpartum baby stuff goes. She also happens to be a licensed clinical social worker :) She was truly a Godsend yesterday. She listened and really showed the concern for me that I was hoping my doctor would. Why in the world I would expect someone who doesn't truly know me to be kind and loving, I'm not sure.


Yesterday was just a day for realizations I guess...


Another thing I realized was that I wasn't making my exercise time about me. I had gotten quite a few emails from friends while I was pregnant saying "so and so has a jogging stroller for sale". I always thanked the friend or family member who sent the email and then thought "Yeah right! Exercise is going to be MY time for ME! I ain't takin' no babies!"

But what have I been doing these last few weeks? Trying to hurry up and get my exercise out of the way with a baby crying in her bouncy seat because she can't pick her pacifier up and put it back in her own mouth (although she has already mastered spitting it farther than last years top ranked seed spitter) and a three and a half year old who must have IBS that only flares up when mommy is on the treadmill.

I haven't been making it about me. That is why Monday's run felt so good and probably why Monday was a relatively good day overall. I waited until Octavio got home and I ran away from the house! I have gotten out with friends a few times to run and those runs were great too but they were too few and too far between! I am allowed to be selfish in this area and I am going to be.

Challenge:
(For the newbies - I post a challenge every day for you to try. It could be something physical, or a lifestyle change, or a commitment.)

Get Ur Freak On!

Have a little dance party! Find a good tune and boogie down!

Get your kids to expel some energy before nap time or wake yourself up from your boring desk job by shaking your booty.

Need some inspiration? Check this out (thanks Heather!) Cupid Shuffle