Oops

So.
Let's try this again, shall we?

I haven't done a good job of updating because I keep waiting to update with something good, instead of just tracking my fat days.
I spent a few weeks (about 3) on the Women's Health diet, where I was eating super healthy and feeling awesome. I was exercising 3-4 times a week, and although I felt great, I didn't see much progress in terms of my body looking or feeling different. Then, I had sort of a busy week and my diet fell apart.
And then I spent two weeks in Louisiana.

Louisiana food is the best food on the planet. Period. I spent two weeks straight eating my favorite things with my favorite people, and I don't regret any second of it. However, I did not exercise much, and now my body is totally out of whack. Of course, this makes me all realize in retrospect just how well I had been doing before my trip without realizing it.

Since coming back from the trip, I'm working hard to eat healthfully again (lean proteins, fresh fruits and veggies, light versions of everything else). I also had a pretty bad cold this last week, probably due to travel, and had almost no appetite thanks to all the antihistamines I was taking. Now, I'm finally feeling better, and ready to eat normally. I even went jogging in my (very hilly) neighborhood yesterday because the weather was gorgeous.

So, my goal for this week is to work out at least 3 times, and to eat sensibly every day. That's it. I'm read to ease back into a healthy routine. My long term goal is to lose 10lbs in the next three months. Pretty simple.

I also realized two things about my exercise self. One, is that I had exercising, and I need lots of variety to keep doing it. Two, exercise is freaking hard, and NOT FUN. I keep waiting thinking I will be in the mood or excited about getting down to it. But no, the truth is that working out is WORK. It is not fun. It's just a job, like everything else in life. Everyone has to do what they need to do to get themselves where they need to be, and I'm really freaking tired of looking fat in everything I own.