Health

I'm not going to jinx myself and call this thing I'm on a diet, but my "lifestyle change" or "live-it" so far is going amazingly well. Granted, it's been 3 days, but usually those are the hardest, and I find myself not struggling with food at all. :D I have cut down my calories so much. I eat about 600-700 for breakfast/lunch and then come home and eat whatever Kevin makes for dinner (usually about 300-1000 cal depending on what he makes). Dieting is kind of like a science. To lose 1 lb, you have to burn 3500 calories. That means you have to eat 3500 calories less than what you normally would. I think I was eating about 2500/day and now I'm down to 1600 or less. That means I will lose about 2 lbs/wk. WOOT!! Oh, and I'm refusing to use the scale. I'm not going to step on the scale until I'm done with my diet. Why, well, I don't want to be discouraged. I also don't want to get the notion that if I lose weight rapidly, that means I can go have a box of Twinkies. That's not the way this works hehe. So, I'm going to avoid the scale for 2 months. I should just pitch that thing all together. Who really gives a f*ck, you know? :)

So.. I haven't had a beer in 4 days and I barely even care. I am going to get those Miller MGD 64's though and drink one every now and then as a snack. I don't believe in omitting things entirely from a diet because you end up going crazy and will go on a pig-out rampage. It's better to cut back and allow yourself a treat every now and then. My weekends will be my relaxation time where I can eat whatever I want - the only caveat is that I must monitor what I eat. Kevin said he would help me, so I have tons of support already! I'm already on my way to feeling better about myself and my body!!

My ingredients for success: support from others, determination (where being stubborn is a good thing hehe), and a positive attitude. Believe in yourself and good things will happen to you.

I think I weigh 165-170 lbs last time I checked, but I'm not entirely certain. When I moved here 3 years ago I was 135-140 lbs but I had just gotten out of the Air Force.. so unlikely I will ever be that weight again lol. Realisticly I'm thinking I should be about 145-155. I still want to keep my curves because being a toothpick is not my idea of beautiful (to some it is, but not me). And yep I don't have much weight to lose - even better!! :)

I'm drinking 8 glasses of water a day too, something I haven't done in years. Water is so vital to good health because it flushes out all the toxins in your body and hydrates your cells/skin. It's the best vitamin!!

I haven't touched a cigarette in 6 months as of tomorrow. I feel amazing. I can't stand the smell anymore and I feel sorry for people when I see them smoking or hear a raspy voice. I think, "yeah I was there once." Quitting smoking has been the best decision for my health I have ever made, and I am never, Never, NEVER going back to that lifestyle. I am better than that, and I want to live until I'm an old wrinkled woman. I work in a heart hospital and most of our patients have or were former smokers - about 70% of them. Most of them are in their 50-60's. It doesn't take that long before all those toxins in cigarettes destroy your heart and lungs. Death is possible from heart surgery too because it's such a complicated procedure (about 4-8 hrs) and puts a huge strain on the heart and body. Most of these surgeries/deaths could be prevented if they never decided to smoke. It's just so sad. See.. I think about that whenever I gaze behind the counter at the packs of cigarettes. Never want to touch those stupid things again.

So that's my thoughts for today - health. Next on my list is exercising but I will do one thing at a time, thank you very much (my excuse for procrastinating) hehe. I think I'm going to take up jogging again. ;P