Life enters in...

Update:

Weight: 252.6 lbs
Net Cal: No idea
Exercise:  walk the dogs 10 min x2, grocery shopping x 120 min

Life has butted in to my blogging time.  It has been a busy but wonderful weekend.  We went to the Enchanted Forest, outside of Salem.  We walked for a couple of hours around the park.  Enjoyed playing with the kids and just having family time.  On the way home, we stopped to buy the girls their cleats for soccer.  Had dinner at Chang's Mongolian Grill; went to Target and finished their school supply shopping.  Finally got home and all 4 of us were tired.  Today was seeing the in-laws, grocery shopping, and house cleaning.  This is the first time I felt like I could take time for me and write.

It was a great weekend.  I am feeling hopeful, energized to keep working on myself, and looking forward to fall and all that comes with it (sorry Christy).  I have been feeling out what goals I'd like to work on over the next couple of months.  Feeling where the barriers are, what I can do to remove those barriers, and also looking at what baby step I can take to success.  A woman on the KP walk wall posted that over 18 yrs she had lost 75 lbs.  I KNOW that it takes years to put on the weight, so it will take years to take it off.  I FEEL as though I should be able to do it overnight.

So here is a few things I am feeling will be goals:

Using smaller plates/bowls and one serving:  I have already started to do this, but am finding that I am still hungry so I go back for more.  In the end, I am eating the same amount or more. 

Leaving food on your plate at the end of a meal: I tried this last night.  We went to Chang's and I rarely get a lot of food anyway, but at the end of the meal, I was able to leave some on my plate.  I was sated.  Now to be clear, I use one bowl, all veggies and tofu with a small helping of noodles and the bowl is not overflowing.

Getting to bed and going to sleep by 9:30:  My goal is to get to bed earlier so that I can begin to get up earlier and work on the Wii.  Fatigue is what keeps me in bed, but also, I try to wait for Kat and she is a night owl.  So most nights, I go to bed at 11:30 or midnight.  Which getting up at 6:30 works, but if I want to start getting up at 5:30, I need to really change my sleeping habits.  So this is a baby step to my ultimate goal of an earlier rise time.

Find time to make foods that are good for me:  In the evening I am tired.  On the weekends, I'm busy.  So I need to begin to find time to make a salad for lunch the next day, bake gluten free bread, to really take the time to take care of me.  This will be a challenge, finding time period is difficult, but I need to keep in mind, its for me.

Taking care of me is so hard when I am so fatigued and life goes careening out of control.  I need more time in the day and more energy.  Once I sit down at night, that's all there is, I'm done.  I've caught myself watching more TV lately and not really sure how I feel about it.  What I do know, is I need to put down Angry Birds at night, pick up a book, and sleep.

Successes: Lots of walking, left food on my plate after dinner Saturday night
Barriers: slept late, fatigued, just finding time for me

There are a few things that I have been trying over the weekend.