Inspiration

I hope you are having a wonderful day today! I am so excited to actually see sunshine outside! There is something about the sunshine that just makes me all happy inside. I love to open my blinds and be able to see the beautiful creation that God has made! I don't understand people who never open their blinds or windows. Why even have those on your house if you never look outside? Oh well.....I don't know about you but I am so ready for the Spring time. Sooo ready to be able to open my windows and smell the fresh Spring air and see the flowers blooming and feel the cool wind blowing through the house! It's a season of newness and freshness! It's exhilarating! Don't get me wrong, I love the winter time. I love snow and I love the cold air. But after Christmas I'm kinda like...what's the point? Let's hurry up move into Spring! Spring is prettier anyway!! :)

I'm so encouraged by every one's response in this new change for me! Thank you! And thank you so much for the encouragement and kind words you have left either here or on Facebook. I have great friends!

Yesterday was so cold and rainy and dreary that I did NOT feel like getting on the treadmill, but I did! I did my Week 2 Day 1 of the Couch to 5K Running Plan. It went well. Total it was about 1.5 miles and let me tell you...it goes quick. I guess I'm focusing so much on the time that I don't really think about how far I'm going. After the initial 1.5 miles I decided to walk briskly to 2.5 miles. THEN, when I got to 2.5 miles, my treadmill said that I was at 494 calories burned and that bugged me. I wanted to get to 500 calories burned, soooo I continued walking until I reached 504 calories burned and a total of 2.8 miles on the treadmill. I was excited. Not that I haven't done 2 miles before because whenever I get on the treadmill, I usually just do a standard 2 miles with walking and running. But I felt good and felt like going on. After my time on the treadmill I decided to lift some weights. I did intermittent weight lifting with 10lb weights and also did some 25lb weights (I think that's what they were). After that (LOL) I ran steps. We have a split foyer so I ran the top steps up and down until I couldn't breath anymore. I was sweating and that felt good!

Eating: I am really trying to stay where I'm supposed to be. The good thing about Weight Watchers is that you can basically eat what you want as long as you stay in the range of points you are allotted. I have been trying to spread my points out for the whole day instead of eating a majority of points at one meal.

For example: Today, I had for breakfast: 1 cup of (GV version) Special K cereal with red berries with 1 cup of ff milk. The cereal was 2 points and the milk was 2 points. Total 4 points.

For Lunch, I had a Chargrilled Chick-fil-A sandwich with lettuce and tomato and a side salad with Lite Italian. The sandwich was only 5 points, the salad was 1 point, the dressing was 0 points and I did eat the croutons so that was 2 points. Total of 8 points.

So as of right now, I have only consumed 12 points. I am allotted (and if you've done WW before and know about the points, then I am kind of giving myself away here)... *Squinting my eyes*..... 29-31 points. From what I've been told, you are supposed to eat at least your allotted points for the day and when you get down into the next weight range, then you can lower your points.

I haven't thought about what we are doing for supper yet but I can probably have a snack between now and then to make up some of my points. I'll have to watch what I eat for supper to make sure I don't go over but I think I've been doing ok so far!

I read about this guy earlier today and thought his story was inspiring. Check out the link and then his website. If he can do it, so can I!!!

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=119531

Also, another person who has inspired me is a MOPS friend. She has been working so hard over the last year and a half, even in the midst of trauma of a house fire and having to move, she kept on. So Jfer, if your reading this.....thanks for being an inspiration even when you haven't known it.

Thank you again for the encouraging words! I can't tell you enough how much they mean to me!

Have a great day peeps! AND OPEN your blinds and enjoy the sunshine!!