The Challenge... again.

Well, here I am again... going through the Advocare 24 day Challenge. I feel a little silly because I just read my last post, which said "I have NO intention of going back to how I felt before." Whoops. I completely lost control and completely lost sight of my health. I stopped taking my medication, stopped eating right, stopped jogging, and worst of all I weigh more right now than I ever have (except when I was pregnant). So here we are, beginning of a new year, and I'm going to work on getting back to the new me.

A huge part of my motivation right now is our trip to Hawaii in 34 days. I'm really excited about a trip with my husband, with no kids, for 6 days, but I'm having a hard time getting TOO excited because I feel so unhealthy and unattractive. Who wants to go to Hawaii feeling unattractive!? Not me! So, although I plan to continue healthy living long after the Hawaii trip, I needed something to jump start my weight loss and boost my energy level. That's why I decided to do the challenge again.

Yesterday was Day 1 and it wasn't hard at all. I think the difference this time is that I knew what to expect and I was better at planning meals. The hard part is going to be curbing my cravings for the bad stuff, i.e. ice cream, cookies, pizza. I really wish that I craved healthy food, but I don't. I have to force myself to eat it. It gets better, I know. But the craving for Mexican food never goes away. I guess my problem is that I haven't figured out how to be healthy 95% of the time and splurge the other 5%. It usually ends up at an even 50-50 split... hence the weight gain. The holidays were especially hard on me. I just need to improve my will power. So, that's what 2012 is about. The year of WILL POWER... will power over food, will power of clutter, and will power over laziness!!!

Well, I'm not sure who's going to be reading this, but it makes me feel better just to write it down. Here's to a healthy new me!