Health, Health, Health!!!

Thank you so much for inviting me to this little fitness team! I guess my first entry should be a sort of introduction to what I am doing. I don't get to share this very often since I assume most people are not really interested in hearing about this sort of thing. I talk my husband's ear off about it... maybe this will give him a much deserved break?

I am breaking my entry down into three parts- 1) my goal 2)my plan 3) my obstacles.

1) MY GOAL- I let my 20s get the better of me physically. At the age of 20 I was a buxom size 10 who could out-run/out-lift/out-last all of my male friends. At 30 I was... well.. beyond 'buxom' tired out housewife. After a blood pressure scare and hearing the news that three of my old classmates had already died of heart attacks I decided that I would finally get to the place I always meant to go and do the work I always hated doing.

I have already fixed my vitals and got back in the swing of healthy living. Now I am working on the thing I never dared do: look as good as I want to look! My goal? One size below the one I was happiest at. I want to be a size 8. Can it happen? I don't know, but I should try! Baby steps. I am already partway there!

My more immediate goal is to be comfortable in a bathing suit this summer. My husband and I spend a lot of time at the beach with our toddler and I REALLY WANT to stop feeling like a freak in layers as I chase my little tot around!

2.) I am currently on the New Mediterranean Diet. I eat 1200-1500 calories a day and workout four or five days a week. I was on a running program but an old skating/soccer knee injury is keeping me from the long distance training I have been working on. To date I have lost between 30 and 40 lbs and am at 10 lbs less than I was before I got pregnant.

3.) My obstacles? Hahahahahaha. My husband loves food. He loves my healthy cooking but every night at 8pm he starts searching the house for cookies. Another obstacle is that bad knee. Running has really been all I know in terms of a fitness plan. I am also trying to get in more workout time at home.


So. That is me and my little fitness story. Today I planning on doing some belly dancing. Seriously. I try to keep my non-gym days interesting with things I actually feel like doing. I take a 60 minute walk in the morning (with the added challenge of a 30lb tot affixed to my back) and then try something like yoga or dance or pilates
Pilates has not gone well.

Anyway- that's it for me.

I want to end with a question for the other two of you. I have not been a coffee drinker but lately I have had a cup or two and it has (unintentionally) been quite an appetite suppressor. Is this perk temporary or does coffee indeed keep one's hunger down?