Getting back on track

What a rut I am in! No matter how hard I try, I cannot seem to get into a good exercise schedule and maintain a healthy diet. I do this every year and each summer and fall I tell myself I will not gain the winter weight and lose my wagon completely. It is dangerous to gain as much weight as I do (ten pounds!!!!) and I can’t imagine what my insides must look like with all the crap I force feed myself! I totally get it when people start going to the gym like maniacs on January first every year. My January first is today.

Because I do work out a few days a week, I can’t say I am in a terrible state. My goal is to kick up the strengthening a little bit and be much more mindful of what I put in my body. It is so hard to only eat for fuel. I am a social eater, emotional eater, boredom eater and any other excuse I can find for food, eater.

Part of my new outlook for myself is to hold myself accountable for all of my calories, good and empty. I started today with a 6am spin class with my friend Cassie and it felt awesome to start my Friday with a good sweat! When I got to work, I made myself a whole wheat English muffin with peanut butter and banana. I want to digress and tell you how much I love waaaaaayyy overripe bananas! People in the office get a kick out of how much I love bad bananas! The blacker, the better!

These are today's delivery!

Another goal of mine is to be better about taking my vitamins. I am deficient in my vitamin D and calcium. What girl isn’t? I have a history of stress fractures and my bone density test revealed I do have low bone density. Thanks mom! I recently found these Adora calcium supplements and they taste like little Dove chocolates! So yummy! I have to remind myself it is not a snack food!