I Am Back

Am not quite sure how many followed along with me when I was blogging more frequently, but I am back again, and I hope you follow along again. I have lost 11 pounds so far, and am exercising daily, it is a great feeling! I leave for a walk when Jimmy leaves for work in the mornings, it is so nice to be able to do that again. Plus I have drastically lowered my calorie intake, keeping a food journal is a great motivator to eat better. I have recently read some information on calorie-shifting, has anyone tried this or heard about it? It is a process of tricking your metabolism, and it does make sense. I have read a lot about it in the past few days and it sounds like something I might try this summer since I have a little more flexibility. The idea is to discover a baseline of calorie intake for yourself and then increase or decrease that by 400-500 calories every few days. The following website has some pretty good information on it, but there are lots more also. http://www.calorie-shifting.net/ I hope everyone is moving more and eating less, this is going to be a great summer for weight loss, I hope everyone joins in!!!! :o)

Neglectful

Wow, it amazes me how fast time goes sometimes. I just realized how long it had been since I last blogged, I have been neglectful to myself. But it has been a busy few days, I had parent-teacher conferences for two days last week till 8 and then Jimmy and I spent the weekend in St. Louis. Other than our weekend in St. Louis Jimmy and I have been doing pretty good with eating, just not with exercising. We will get there, small steps! As of this morning, the scale said that I had gained back 2 pounds :o( That just means that I am going to need to work harder, show more will power and make better decisions. Although, when I think I am making a good choice, it turns out that really I am not. I did a little in the flower beds after supper, pulling weeds, that is a never ending job. But well worth it when all the flowers are blooming and all looks great. Hope everyone has a great week. :o)