Yikes!!! I got on the scale a couple of days ago and found that I have gained half of the weight back that I had originally lost. Darn food!!!  What can I say, I love food! That number on the scale did scare me. As I said before, I don't need a certain number on the scale but I just want to be healthy. I have been avoiding the scale for a long time but I realised that not looking at the magic number doesn't change what it really is and I mine as well know. I am a healthy eater and I think I lost sight of portion size. I think I felt that I am eating healthy, I can have more. Especially in the last 2-3 weeks I have become even more strict with my eating. I am really limiting my grain carbs and eating even more veggies. I am going to try to significantly reduce my coffee intake. Even though I drink decaf, I am going to try to reduce to 3 times a week or less because I love the cream I put in the coffee. Empty calories. I need to make sure all the calories that go in my body count for something nutritous. Sooooo exercise......I am so bad with exercise. In my head I do want to find the love for exercise that I used to have but my body has such a hard time cooperating with my head. I did part of a Jillian Michaels DVD the other day and was surprised how hard it was. It was a beginner dvd. Today I decided to go for a walk/run. It was hard but I enjoyed it. I like running. That is what I always have to remember. I loved running. So this is where I am going to start. I am going to build up my endurance with running and I will keep working at the Jillian Michaels dvd. I can do it.

Okay, so I have to admit that I haven't done any form of exercise since I started this blog. Not a surprise because it is so hard to take that first step. Not only that but I am right in the middle of the busiest time at work right now and have so much I should be doing. I have so much I should be doing, but instead of doing it, I am constantly on Pinterest finding new things to add to my work PinBoard, my fitness PinBoard and my food PinBoard. It is safe to say that I am a Pin-addict. Well in my search of fitness pins, I have found one that the original Pinner said to do right when you wake up. It is a quick workout that looks like it should take maybe 15 mins. It has jumping jacks, crunches, pushups, Russian twists, squats, calf-raises, high knees, plank and side plank. I am actually going to give it a go tomorrow morning. I can give up 15 minutes in the morning. I also found a pin where it starts with get off the couch and has the couch potato work up to a run. I am going to come home from work and do that too. So these are my two goals tomorrow. I am going to set my clock 15 minutes earlier and see how it goes. I am almost excited....no I am excited. I really do want to have a positive relationship with excercising again. I do know that once I get back into it, I really do enjoy it. I will let you know how it goes.

Source: backonpointe.tumblr.com via Jodi on Pinterest

This is the workout that I found on Pinterest that I am planning on doing tomorrow. It was from backonpointe.tumblr.com

Like many other people I have ridden the up and down roller coaster of weight loss, weight gain, fitness fanatic to couch potato. Two years ago I lost a large amount of weight, 70 pounds. Mostly I lost the weight due to a major change in my eating habits and then I lost the last pounds through exercise. Slowly the weight is coming back on. For me, it isn't about a magic number on the scale, or having to fit a certain size clothes, it is about being healthy and being able to fit in the clothes in my closet. I do not want to have to go out and buy a new set of clothes because I no longer fit in the clothes in my closet. I still eat mostly healthy, however I am eating too much right now and need to get back in control over how much I am eating. I have also completely fallen off the exercise wagon, which is my bigger problem. I am hoping that by creating a plan and writing it down for all the world to see, I will motivate myself to get back into exercise.

Recently I joined Pinterest and have pinned so many different exercises that I can do at home. Now I just need to write them down and create a weekly plan. I need to set goals and work towards achieving them. I can't tell you how many exercise videos I have sitting on my floor waiting for me to take them on. I am not ready for the videos yet, as I am completely starting over with exercise. I noticed when walking up my long steep hill the other day, a hill that used to be easy for me, that I was huffing and puffing this time. I am going to start small and set goals that are achievable. All going well, I will slowly increase my endurance and my strength. I would like to get into running again. I really enjoyed running. There are so many things I want to do and this is going to be the start. It isn't going to be easy but it will get easier.