Well today was a not so fantastic day on the healthy front. It started off just fine, ate decent for breakfast and lunch with a protein bar and a healthy choice lunch. Went to the gym and did core exercises and ran for 3 miles. You would think this was the start to a grand fitness day.........
BUT.....it didn't finish that way. Went to Applebee's for dinner, then pigged out on snacks while we were playing cards later in the night.
I find that I have these struggling days at least once a week. Good starts and good intentions followed by not so decent nutritional finishes. The key for me so far has been not to give up no matter if my finish to the day is bad or good. It use to be that I would feel so guilty about not sticking to my nutritional goal for that day that I would just assume that the entire war was lost. Now, I just stop and take a second to realize that tomorrow is another day for me to accomplish another goal.
Ups and downs in trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle WILL happen. Don't give up and just pick up where you left off. The information you need to achieve the goals is still valid, just keep doing your best to follow it.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Start of a Journey
So this will be home base for my thoughts and progress with my fitness and training for my first half marathon.
To give a little background: On February 8th of 2010 I decided that I needed to make a lifestyle change for my health and to make sure I had a future where I was alive long enough to watch my family grow and I could play an active part. As of September 24th of 2010, I have lost 110 pounds and feel the best I have since graduating high school. During my transformation I had a conversation with a co-worker and we talked about how cool it would be to run a half marathon. I decided that completing a half marathon was a perfect goal that aligned rather well with my health and lifestyle goals. So on June 14th of 2010 I started to work toward that goal.
I wanted to establish this blog to go through some of the things I have done in terms of diet and exercise and the struggles and victories I have gone through. My hope is to motivate not only myself to stay on track (or get back on track depending on the day) but to possibly motivate others who read this to follow their own health and fitness goals.
Feel free to let me know what you think, let me know what is working for you, or just how you are doing.
Enjoy.
To give a little background: On February 8th of 2010 I decided that I needed to make a lifestyle change for my health and to make sure I had a future where I was alive long enough to watch my family grow and I could play an active part. As of September 24th of 2010, I have lost 110 pounds and feel the best I have since graduating high school. During my transformation I had a conversation with a co-worker and we talked about how cool it would be to run a half marathon. I decided that completing a half marathon was a perfect goal that aligned rather well with my health and lifestyle goals. So on June 14th of 2010 I started to work toward that goal.
I wanted to establish this blog to go through some of the things I have done in terms of diet and exercise and the struggles and victories I have gone through. My hope is to motivate not only myself to stay on track (or get back on track depending on the day) but to possibly motivate others who read this to follow their own health and fitness goals.
Feel free to let me know what you think, let me know what is working for you, or just how you are doing.
Enjoy.
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