a new love?

I tried swimming for 40 min this morning for my workout today and it was GREAT! I just LOVE to swim (minus my appearance) I really enjoy the water and I was actually excited to get up at 5:45 to go swimming! I got some earplugs last night, which really helped out today, now I just need some goggles, another jumbo towel and another swimsuit would be nice. I think I'll have to settle for goggles for now though. It was great! There were only like 10 people in the pool and I kept looking up at the people on the bikes and treadmills, thinking, "I'm SO glad I'm not up there, it's nice here in the pool." Hopefully, this will get me excited to exercise again! I've been doing rather well this month. Last week was the first week that I missed 2 days (not counting Sundays, that's my day off). Other than that, I've been doing well getting in at least 5 days a week and sometimes 6.
Eating...not so great! I guess I can't win, I can't control myself with both issues, so I guess I feel better making sure that I exercise if anything. When I lost weight right before I got married, I didn't consiously do anything with my diet, I just naturally shyed away from junk food as I got feeling healthier. Hopefully I can get to that point soon. I do need to be more careful with what I eat though. ugh!
Well, pat on the back for exercising so much better this month. And our vacation to Moab will be a great one for exercising too...I love to hike! (:

Out of the mouth of babes...

Kev just tucked Dallin in for the night and as he was shutting the door, Dallin says "Dad, when mom exercises her bum will get more tiny!" AWESOME! We did talk about that a little bit the other day...so glad he decided to share that with Kev!
Well, today I went to the gym twice!!! Yay me! It felt great, but now it's only 9:35 and I'm dead to the world! Early bedtime for me tonight!
Anyway.....

Progress?

As of today (starting last Tues) I've exercised every day, except Sunday, and I feel so pumped! I don't know how else to describe it! (:
We, as a family, have officially deemed Tuesday and Wednesday nights as "family work out nights" and so that should be helpful.
I've been doing the stationary bike and jogging/walking the track and abs. I'm feeling better that I'm trying again and I'm anxious to start seeing some results!
That's all for now. Let's cross our fingers!

At Last!

Well, I completely fell off the wagon there for awhile. I told ya, I'll do well for a couple of weeks then BAM, I fall right back down.
I am proud to say that we, as a family, went to the gym tonight. Kev and I got a great workout in while the kids played in the play area. We cycled for 1/2 an hour, then did walking and jogging intervals on the track. Can I just say how helpful it was to have Kev there with me? He can be brutally honest, when I come right out and ask him, or say something about my self image, but it doesn't upset me like it used to, b/c I KNOW that he loves me and is truly trying to help.
I don't know what I'm going to do about weight watchers anymore. I like the meetings, but I guess I just feel so alone in the program and it just about kills me to think of tracking every single dang thing that I eat. But I know that's what will work. Who knows...maybe I'm just a hopeless cause on my eating habits. I feel like eating makes me happy and gives me comfort (although many times I find myself feeling so guilty after making a poor food choice.) Perhaps if I can get some good exercise habits back into my life, the good eating will come. When I got in the best shape of my life (right before I got married) all I did was do tae bo every day and I just naturally turned away from fast food and junk food. I still think I definitely need to watch what I eat for optimal results but for me right now, I've just got to take one step at a time. "One choice at a time."