Well . . .

I did do yoga this morning, first thing--only half of the program but it's a start. Then I ate a chocolate cookie left over from FHE last night. Oh well! I ate some last night, too, truth to tell. Chocolate is definitely my nemesis. My divine, delectable, delightful, daily nemesis ; ) I simply can't seem to pass it up. So, while I ate relatively healthily the rest of the day, I did have chocolate. Again.

First Day

Ok... so maybe if we were thinking we wouldn't have chosen the first Monday of daylight savings to begin this. haha I set my alarm a half hour earlier with the intention of doing some yoga and getting my workout bag packed for after work. Well since I was so tired... I just hit snooze and ended up waking up 45 minutes later! I did some crazy lunges when I got home... and then I ran off to see my Johnny. I turned down birthday cake today... it didn't look that good anyway. 

I really have to do better at eating tomorrow. Today I did really good on healthy snacks. I got these apple rings from Trader Joes and these perfect little bags of almonds. I just need to do better on my main courses. 

John and I went and saw Paul Blart, Mall Cop tonight. It was cute, but the main character was overweight and there were several references to his weight. Things like this usually make me feel a little uncomfortable because I feel like everyone looks at me like that. They probably do... but it just doesn't matter. My weight does not define me. One of the society issues it did remind me of is that its perfectly acceptable for an overweight male to end up with a beautiful woman... but a "fat" chick would never get the guy. This makes me sad and also a little mad. We really live in a sick world that has taught us all to judge women purely on their outer beauty. I don't want to be fat for many reasons... most of them are health related, but I am also tired of being judged by my fat butt. 

Well... speaking of my fat butt.. it is burning from the lunges I did. I found a great little thing on the Internet. Its called Hulu. They have all sorts of tv shows... but if you go to the Health and Fitness section on it... you can see Jillian from The Biggest Loser showing you some target toning moves. They are really good. As she said... I'll be cracking walnuts with my butt soon. YIKES! 

For tomorrow... I need to find some cheap ways to eat healthy. It really bothers me how expensive and elitist healthy food is. Trader Joes seems to be the most reasonable... but I'd rather shop at Whole Foods. Oh well! haha 

It sounds like you are off to a good start. I'm going to take a walk tomorrow on my lunch break and then go to the gym after work. I'm also going to apply to be a dog walker on my lunch break... that way I'll have to walk! :) Good luck! Think Thin! 

Sorry this is late

I have been trying to figure this out! Started to last night, and I was just too tired to do it. Today I have been so busy!

In fact, I found myself in town at 2pm today, having not had anything to eat yet! I know, that's a lousy way to start a fitness program. So, I stopped at the grocery store, Fred Meyer Deli, actually, and what I picked up and really wanted--even took to the counter--was a chocolate mousse parfait!! However, I thought about writing on this blog, and actually put back the parfait and picked up a cup of vegetable soup and a small piece of foccacia bread instead!

I still had two Reeses fun size when I got home, but they were the small Easter size, and now they are gone ; )

I loved your blog entry, Jess. That is so important. We all need to be loved unconditionally, and we deserve to be. Your dad meant well, and I'm glad you realize it, but he was wrong ; )

So, I meant to get up early and do Yoga today but didn't, what with stupid daylight savings time I was lucky to get up when I did! I think I will do the relaxation section before bed, though.

This is kind of a dorky post, but hopefully I will get better at that, too ; )