Life Style Change Week #1 Day1

Hello my name is Elizabeth and I LOVE food. Wow that felt good to say...but unfortunately it has left me in a tight position. Literally tight. See a few months ago my WONDERFUL husband was laid off and he started to work a part time job which was awesome but the hours were 2nd shift. So there I was home along every night with me, my tv and all the junk food I wanted. This was a dark time in my life and our marriage and I am not proud of how I dealt with it but I did what I knew I could control- I ate. Alot. We did not have any friends in the place where we had moved a short time before, we were not involved in the church we were attending and with Denny gone every night I was extremely lonely....and depressed. This went on for about 3 months, that was at least 90 days of full bags of popcorn, bags of chips, m&ms, little debbie snacks and well you get the picture.

Over the last 2 or 3 weeks I have finally started to notice what I have done to myself. I don't have any energy, my brain felt like a fog and the worst- my jeans stopped fitting. I noticed my "pouch" in front and considering I am not with child this is not sexy nor funny and I knew SOMETHING needed to be done. If I would have noticed this about 100 days ago I would not have just spent a full paycheck on a new "fat wardrobe". BUT since I did not I am here starting my life style change.

My life style change was inspired by my awesome mom who is helping me through this time of change. Its not anything like stop eating for a week or spend 8 hours in the gym to look like the women on the cover of Body Builder USA. This is about eating what GOD himself gave us...not the factories and doing a little exercise. Its based around fruits, veggies and protein with about 20-30mins of physical activity. I know what your thinking "duh thats common senses"...well allow me to show you a usual day of food in my pre life style change life.

Breakfast- cherry pesi, ruffles cheddar and sour cream chips, and a reese.
Morning snack- a kit kat and some cheese its.
Lunch- a cheese burger or whatever was left over from the night before
afternoon snack- a little debbie snack and some more cheese its or chips
dinner-....could be anything...literally anything.
after dinner snack- a bag of popcorn and another little debbie snack, a pickle, some more cheese its and ice cream.

I wish I was making that up. But I'm not...not even exaggerating.

SOOOOO with all that being said here is to my new life style full of things green, red, orange and full of protein! Wish me luck :)

Healthy choice of the day: We all have our TV shows we are addicted too right? Instead of missing them due to a busy gym do continuous sit ups, push ups, lunges or jumping jacks during ever commercial break that way you wont miss anything but will get a 20mins work out in during an hour long show!