Day One, or "Still Pumped!"

I hate breakfast.

Don't get me wrong. I like breakfast foods. I could kill a chicken biscuit or some bacon if you let me. But waking up early in the morning and actually sitting down to eat breakfast: not my thing.

This summer my wonderful mother bought me a blender. And it's basically a life saver. Everyone says you ought to start off with breakfast. It gets your metabolism going. I've heard this in every single weight loss program I've ever begun. So I know the importance, and now I know how I'll get some breakfast in.

Smoothies.

Throwing some ingredients into a blender: I can manage that.

I thought I'd be bummed this morning actually having to measure what I was throwing into the blender, but it really wasn't all that time consuming. I'll post my little recipe at the end of this.

At the end of day one, I'm not really hungry. I'm not starving myself, I'm just monitoring what I'm fueling up with a little better. Dividing up snacks and meals properly actually let me last a little longer between meal times today, so that's a very big plus.

I did notice that Starburst went on sale at my work today. Don't fret: I said no.

I did NOT work out. (For shame.) I figure if I can get 5 good workouts in this week I'll still be a step ahead of where I was, you know, yesterday.

I did have a quiet time. Just a few minutes. A couple of chapters in a few different books. It amazes me how one little thing out of what I read was just what I needed to hear. I'll have to find an actual devotional to follow. Help me focus a little.

Let's make today a "win" day, yes?
-Katy

RECIPE:

SMOOTHIE
1/2 Cup Nonfat Plain Yogurt - 60 calories
8 oz Orange Juice - 100 Calories
1 Medium Banana - 105 Calories
5 Strawberries - 18? Calories*
2 Sliced Pineapple - 60 Calories**
TOTAL: 343 Calories
* I had to google the calorie count for strawberries. Seems to get to be true but like 4 different websites fed me that info.
**I bought a can of pineapple rather than any kind of fresh pineapple. This can had the pineapple rings as opposed to the chunks or bits. I hate the word chunk and bits seemed to messy to measure. What can I say?

6 Whole Months?!

Hello, bloggosphere!

It, unfortunately, has been nearly six whole months since my last blog. Yikes!

And what a crazy six months it's been. There have been dates (or just one date but who is counting

?), there have been trips, there have been visits from amazing friends and cousins and man oh man have there been weddings.

In the past six months God has blessed me with a job closer to home, with new friends and closer relationships. He has opened my eyes to how wonderful His love for me feels and that's always amazing to remember.

Six months ago I blogged about how I was going to change. Physically, mostly. That... was a dud. The plan lasted for a hot minute or two and then I remembered how good Krystal Chicks' tasted and how awesome Mountain Dew was.

The past few weeks though I've really been working on getting back on track. It's been about three weeks since my last Mountain Dew. I did have one half a can of grape soda about a week ago and man did I feel crazy bloated afterward. Maybe that's a good reminder of how icky they are? I don't know.

I have tried Weight Watchers a few times in the past with little results each time. I always do good at first and then I just stop trying. I stop planning. This, my friends, is because I hate pre-planning when it comes to food. But today I made a trip to the grocery store and planned out my calorie intake for every day this upcoming week.

So here we go. Another week long experiment of sorts. And I will, I will, I WILL be bugging the bloggosphere every day this week with a short entry of how it's going. So heads up: look out for the ranting of a hungry girl.

I also picked a heck of a week to attempt to start working out. I already have two days where I'm subbing and then going to work at my night job. But I've got to find time to get it done. It's got to become a priority. The truth of the matter is, it's never been about looking good. It's about being healthy. Sometimes I forget that.

My other goal for the week is a little more personal, but probably more important to me than either of the other two. For a while now I've stepped away from having a daily relationship with God. Don't get me wrong: I'm in a relationship with God every single day. And I'm so thankful He loves me.

But the thing is: Relationships go two ways. And I simply haven't been putting in my share like I should. I worship a jealous God, and sometimes it's easy to overlook that crazy fact because He is so loving and so SO great to me. But, what kind of child am I when I'm not doing my part to speak to Him?

Trust: If I don't call my momma, I hear about it. I think, for a little while now, I've been hearing about it from God, but I've been using excuses of not having enough time or whatever to practice my selective hearing with that. Time to cut that out, right?

Three goals: Watch those calories. Walk that mile or two. Walk with Him.

I think I feel a good week coming on.

-Katy