Well Everyone,
I think the last time I actually seriously wrote in this blog was about the time I was making New Year's Resolutions... last year. I have a lot of really lame excuses that I won't even try to challenge your intelligence by mentioning. A lot of people have mentioned that they like this blog because it is honest. So I am going to be honest with you all:
I went off the deep end... again. I decided last year that I wanted to do a triathlon after reaching my post-baby fat-loss goal. That is a great idea if you aren't a crazy all-or-nothing person like myself. I decided to do an Olympic Triathlon right off the bat. I had never even attempted a triathlon. I typed and printed up a training schedule and I was going to follow it to a T with perfect nutrition and I wasn't even going to let my strength training suffer. Unfortunately, my training plans for the first week didn't go perfectly because my schedule was too rigid, I had a baby who was quickly transitioning to a toddler and the club I worked for went out of business.
I had to drive further to train my clients and didn't plan ahead. I started eating a lot of drive thru food. I told myself it was a phase. About every week or so I would tell myself that I still had time to train for the triathlon and that I was going to be perfect starting on Monday.
Well, suddenly the triathlon was only a few weeks away. I had to change my registration to a Sprint and bite the bullet. I did a very challenging sprint triathlon without proper training. It was AWESOME. I thought I could conquer the world! Surely I was ready to get my life in order and get back to my healthy habits... once we finished all of our summer plans. Summer came and went and right as we were about to get into a more normal fall routine, I found out we were pregnant with Moore baby #2. It is wonderful news and we are so happy to welcome our son in May but now I am as heavy as I was when I GAVE BIRTH to Lizzie, I have been officially diagnosed with a Food Addiction, and I still have a long way to go before this baby is born, and I recover enough to start a real fat-loss routine again.
So I could just sit back and enjoy the excuses. I could wait until mid-June when I can really work as hard as I need to to lose fat again but I have made a decision: Whether I can lose weight right now or not, this new baby deserves a healthy start to life with a mom who has done her best to be ready for him. So I have a new plan: I am turning 30 on July 28th, 2018 (I know it is 2 1/2 years away but that's probably how long it will take to actually make these behaviors into habits). By the time I turn 30, I would like to change my inclinations toward bad habits. I will be focusing on 4 main areas of my life during that time: Spirituality, Calorie Balance, Physical Activity and Quality Family Time. I have goals for a few habits I would like to have set in each of those areas by the time I turn 30. I need to record EVERY day in a diary what my daily plan is in each of those areas and the result at the end of the day. EVERY week I have a goal to write in this blog even if no one reads it just to check in and let the internet know how I am doing.
I turn 30 in 31 months. I am calling this new adventure 31 Going on 30! Month 1 Day 1... GO!
