New Beginnings

I have been low carbing over the last few weeks. I decided to keep a blog of this journey.. afterall this is an adventure that will take awhile. Five years ago I lost 100 pounds doing low carbs... but for several reasons, I have gained a lot of the weight back. Well... last time I started at 275. .. and I am back up to 236 as of today. Hopefully I will have as much success with weight loss as I was then. I will share on these blogs what I am doing now to lose the weight: exercise, diet and misc. ramblings.
I am sure the question comes to mind of why I gained this much weight back... you know the blame game... but I take responsibility for my current situation... I choose to own it and face it head on. Yes there are circumstances... which brought me to having to make choices.. but I was the one who made the wrong choices that resulted in my gaining weight back. Over the years I have come to realize that I am an emotional eater. This time I will have to face reality and look for other actions so I won't make the same mistake. I know this is a life choice for me... and it is not just a time to lose weight and then fall back into my other eating habits that got me here in the first place. We don't get different results unless we are willing to change, if I just continue to react the way I have been .... then nothing will change ... the weight will keep coming back on. This time I can't let what others say change my resolve to this commitment.... I can't let other people's judgement or acceptance affect my actions.. this time I am not doing this to be accepted by others or gain their respect.. this is something between me and God.... a commitment to just do what needs to be done to take care of myself. I know God gave me this body and I need to be the best me that I can be.... not to please others, or impress others, but because I need to be loyal to what is good and right for me.
I know this journey will be a long one.. somedays encouraging and exciting.. other days a struggle to keep going... but I am determined! LOL!!
I will share my steps along the way. As for today...

Exercise:
15 min exercise bike workout
7 min. cooldown, stretching on an exercise ball
crunches
1 set of each upper body weights using light 2 pound wts.
rebounding 5 min. (mini-trampoline)

Diet:
Breakfast was an Atkins shake.

Lunch was 4 low carb meatballs

Snack of Decaf coffee, cream, splenda and a low carb food bar.

Dinner is steak and tossed salad with smidge of Blue cheese dressing, evoo, splenda... some blue cheese chunks, boiled egg, and a few slices of cucumber.

Trying to increase my water intake.

Let the Journey begin!
Later,
Norene