It's been a couple of days since I wrote anything. It's been busy around here, my daughter turns four on sunday so I've been trying to plan her party and today we had cake at her preschool. Also, I had some trouble with my dog yesterday escaping, but I won't talk about that. Anyway, I am happy to say that it is actually getting easier to eat healthier and easier to resist cravings although I have to say I don't get them as much as I used to. I did have a BK mocha drink the other day......

Here in Italy they don't have a starbucks (which I MISS) so, it was a nice change to drink this. I craved one today so I split it with my husband. Other than that, I have been eating well. I got my Easytone tennis shoes in the mail yesterday, I love them. It took a few minutes to get used to the extra height, and they hurt my feet a little when I walked on the treadmill, but I just have to get used to them. I was really busy today and didn't get a chance to use them, but I am looking forward to working out with them tomorrow and when I feel comfortable enough go to a class at the gym.

Today I started the day with a bowl of Special K with %2 milk, for mid morning snack I had about 20 grapes and water. I fought the temptation to get a cappuccino from post. Lunch was tuna melt and some grapes, and for dinner I wasn't very hungry so I had a bowl of Special K. I had to drop the car off at the car shop so I walked home, which was about a 30 min walk. At home I did yoga with the wii fit.

I have been reading a lot of blogs about health and fitness and weight loss success stories, I really like reading them it is inspiring and motivating. I can't wait to loose this weight, not just to be skinny again, but to be healthy, sleep through the night (I am in the beginning stage of sleep apnea), and to be a good example to my kids, I don't want them to see me as fat or overweight. Anyway, that is it for tonight, tomorrow I am going to try to go to Berico, and hopefully I will have my shoes in the mail.

Color of the week

The color of the week for Flickr's sixty-four colors is.......Sepia. I chose this plate because on the inside it's the color that the crayola website it's says sepia.

My workout buddy, sizzles♥

As I wrote in yesterday's post, I lost 3lbs, so this morning it was easier to start my day with a bowl of special K, and yogurt rather than my grilled cheese sandwich and hot chocolate with whipped cream that I used to have. I was really tiered as I didn't sleep very well last night, so I took a little nap after I dropped off my oldest daughter at the bus stop and before driving my youngest daughter to preschool (about an hour and a half) I got a cappuccino from my favorite place on post (the ciao cafe) I decided that I can still have one a week. I got home and went on a 45 min walk with my dog sizzles. It was a really good walk, I had my ipod blasting and I pretty much let sizzles pull me the whole way. We ran up a flight of stairs and two hills. It is almost 5pm and I am tiered! My hubby decided to loose weight also, so I am very excited about that, and hoping that tomorrow my walking shoes come in the mail so that I can go to the gym and try their workout classes. ♥

Starting the week motivated!

I really like my wii fit, but it is hard not to weigh yourself more that you should :/ I weighted my self today and in exactly one week I lost 3.3 lb!!!! I am so happy and very excited about this week coming up. I've been eating a lot of fruits and vegetables and yogurt as snacks and it is getting easier to beat the cravings.

Better today

Today was a better day as far as ignoring the cravings and eating right. I wrote down everything that I ate and I did pretty good. I haven't exercised, but I am going to wait for the girls to go to bed. I also had a lot of water to drink.

I have been meaning to write about the changes that I've made so far, so here it goes.

I don't eat the girls snacks anymore, or buy boxes of brownies, chocolate cake, or french bread ( I used to eat a loaf of bread in one sitting). Instead, I have been buying some of my favorite fruits and vegetables, wheat thins and yoplait light yogurt. I also haven't had any whoppers or taco bell, instead if I am out when it's time to eat I will get a sub from subway with one slice of meat, no cheese, and LOTS of veggies on wheat bread.

Trying to loose a lot of weight is very overwhelming, especially since my paxil makes me crave carbs, so, I am trying to take it one day at a time, one craving at a time and one workout at a time. ♡

I joined a group on Flickr called sixty-four colors. Every week they pick a color from the crayola 64 color box, and you take a picture of something of that color :) First week that I participated was magenta (my daughter's ds) and this week is sea green♥

Frustrating....

Today has been frustrating. It started out good, but after seeing my doctor about my paxil medication (for anxiety) I got anxious about my weight loss. I have been taking Paxil for about five years now. Well, recently my doctor informed me that Paxil makes you crave carbs, so, he decided to lower my dosage. That didn't work out, I tried the lower dosage for about a week but my anxiety was through the roof and I decided to go back up. Immediately I noticed the cravings he was talking about, but I did my best to ignore them. Today at my appointment he talked about how much harder it is going to be to loose weight with the higher dosage and how hard it is to ignore the cravings blah, blah, blah. Needless to say I could NOT stop thinking about the cravings.

I have read that writing down everything you eat helps, I didn't really see how. But I realized that at the end of the day I start to worry about how much I ate and what I ate. So, I decided that I am going to start writing down everything that I eat through out the day.

I had a good work out today, I walked/jogged on the treadmill. I could not find my ipod so I listened to music on the computer and it wasn't as fun, but regardless I still feel that I got a good work out. Tomorrow I think that I will go to Monte Berico to climb the stairs a few times. I don't have tennis shoes since my dog chewed my old ones, so I won't go to the gym until the new ones that my hubby bought me come in the mail (I can't wait)

Well, that is enough for today, hope that tomorrow it is better as far as my struggle with cravings go :)

So far, So good

So, as a New year resolution I had decided that I would finally loose this weight. Well, I feel like I need to write down my progress so that I can stay motivated. So far, I have done really good in sticking to my new way of eating, I don't want to say that I am on a diet, I just stopped stuffing my face with stuff that I know aren't good for me, and just making better choices when it comes to what to eat. ( I will write about my new eating later) I also have been working out. I had forgotten how good it feels to work out! I started on the 1st of Jan walking about 30 to 35 min on the treadmill, and yesterday I walked for an hour! I noticed that I will walk faster and longer if I am listening to music on my ipod vs on the computer. Something about the music blasting right in your ear just makes you work harder :) I also have been using my wii fit (after about a year of having it) I have been doing yoga and just playing the games on it I feel sore after, and my girls love to play the games too. Last week I went to Monte Berico, which is a big hill downtown, and climbed the 190 steps twice. I was So sore afterwards! I can't wait to do it again, my daughters been home from school this week so I haven't gotten the chance. Well that is it for now, it is 1am and my daughter is awake asking for water. I am going to start writting about the changes I make, my progress and goals as far as weight loss goes here so that I can keep track. Wish me luck:)