You think I would learn!

So, I have been endeavoring to eat relatively clean now for about 4 weeks. I have been doing pretty well with my meals. It's the snacks that get me! Well, last night, I was craving carbs big time. (It's that Special week for me and this usually happens.) So, there is a box of bacon and ranch pasta salad on the pantry shelf. So, what the heck. I make it for dinner because my 2 year old will eat it along with me. I put in a can of chicken, like that will make it all healthy with some protein. I then proceeded to take a bite of it. It tasted horrible! Needless to say, I only got about 4 bites of it down before I had to switch to a bowl of cereal. I don't know how my husband can eat that stuff for lunch on purpose. Needless to say, this was a good thing for me because it means that my body is starting to not like the junky stuff that I would eat regularly. I am starting to notice more and more that eating junk has begun to not sit well with me anymore. But, you think I would learn this lesson instead of constantly going back for the junk!

Serious pondering

So I have been doing some serious pondering the last few days. More and more I keep hearing about the Paleo Diet and I must say, I am intrigued. The testimonials are all wonderful. That's true of a lot of diets also, but I really agree with most of what they say about that way of eating. We definitely eat way too many processed foods. I agree that our bodies were never meant to run on large amounts of grains. Fruits and veggies have way more nutrients than whole wheat bread. I also know that for the past couple of weeks, since I have started incorporating more veggies into my eating that I have noticed a difference when I don't eat them. When I eat a truly unhealthy meal it just does not sit right with me anymore. I am really considering giving this paleo thing a try. I know I will definitely miss some things, like my Greek yogurt. But, if it can help jump start my weight loss it may just be the kick in the pants I need right now.

Time for an update

So here we are 3 months into my Year of Fitness. So far, I don't know how much weight I have lost. I am afraid to get on the scale! The last time I did, I weighed 3 pounds MORE than when I started. Didn't quite understand that one, because all of my clothes are getting looser. Needless to say, I don't really want to get on a scale again for a while. I am just going by the way my clothes fit. I can definitely tell that I have lost some inches. I am losing my weight from the "top down" as they say. My bras are looser, and not just in the circumference. I can definitely tell that my boobies are shrinking. I was hoping to keep them after all of the hard work I went through to get them (3 pregnancies). Oh well, if that's the price I have to pay to fit into my old clothes again then so be it. I finally got an android phone and loaded it up with a couple of apps to help me track my caloric intake. That's the reason why my weight loss is not coming along as fast as I would like. I just take in too many calories! So my goal for the rest of March is to track my eating as accurately as possible and try to cut my calories down to what they should be. I definitely like the workout program I am doing. It's not always feasible for me to do it 5 days a week. I usually average 3-4 days. I don't miss my strength training workouts if I can help it, but I have no qualms about skipping my cardio workouts. I really need to get those in. I know that I need both to get this weight off. That's most likely another reason that I am not seeing the weight loss I want to see. Skipping my workouts. Sometimes it just can't be helped. With 3 small kids, one of them is inevitably always sick or coming down with something. So I inevitably end up fighting off some type of sickness like every other week.