Today starts the school year here, and with that the summer is basically at an end. Yes, the warm weather may be here for a few more weeks and the pool isn't quite ready to be closed. I will hopefully be wearing shorts and sandals just a bit longer but the mostly carefree schedule of a stay-at-home mom with kids on no particular schedule are done.
I greet this change with very mixed feelings. Although I am grateful for what was probably the best summer ever for my family, I am happy to return to the structure of the school year and all the activities that go with it. The summer was full of fun, a lot of get togethers, cookouts, trips, etc. But with the carefree I also got a little careless. In my attempt to "go with the flow", I found myself not eating right and I discovered beer (I don't completely regret that). Even though I was still working out, it was not as often as I normally did and we all know you can not sweat away a bad diet.
I made some huge mistakes this summer and I am lucky that the only ill effects I suffered was gaining about ten pounds. With my history of stomach issues, I could've landed myself in the hospital. I had committed myself before to never letting myself get that sick again... It wouldn't be fair to my family.... So the mistakes have got to stop!
So now my routine is back. The kids got on the bus this morning and I got my butt over to the gym. I did my meal planning and grocery shopping yesterday to make sure we would all be eating clean more regularly. With the kids back in school it is time to get back to taking care of me, and now I have a little more time to do it. I am also motivated by the fact that, with the unhealthy state of school lunches these days, I have to work super extra hard to make sure I am planning and packing healthy meals my kids can take to school, and more importantly, will enjoy!
I will still have my cheat meal or wine once a week...because deprivation never works (and football season is upon us!). I will, however, try to be better about not rewarding myself with food. I will set my goals and think of a prize to get when I reach it... perhaps those new boots I have been wanting :)
My blogs should be more regular now, because, as I have written before, one of the most effective tools we have is accountability. I will use my accountability to you the reader as one of my motivators to stay on track.
So, no more excuses...who is with me? Who else is committed to living a healthy lifestyle with clean meals and exercise? I'm back baby!!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment