My Biggest Supporter

Sometimes it's the smallest things that mean the most to us moms, right? 

We have one son, Col - our 'miracle baby' - who just happens to be seven years old, going on thirty!  There are days he really tries my patience, sure, but he is mostly well-behaved, very intelligent, and is the most caring 7-year-old I know! And I'm not just saying that because he's my son!  :-) 

I've been wearing a pedometer to work the last few weeks, not really making a big deal about it - especially with Col.  I mean, I worry a lot about how what he sees will affect him later on in life and I don't want my child to look back on his childhood and wind up have weight issues because of what he's learned from his parents, you know?

Well, as kids will do, Col has picked up on the efforts I've been making of late.  Earlier this week, when I got into the car after work, Col asked (before he even said 'hello', mind you!) "Mommy, how many steps did you get today?" 

Since I didn't even know he knew I was wearing a pedometer, I have to say this mama was absolutely flattered that my son was observant enough to catch on to what I was doing, and cared enough to ask!  My heart absolutly melted!!

Then, a couple days later as I was walking on the treadmill, he came into the room after he finished his bath.  When he saw me on the treadmill (normally I'm on the treadmill long after his bedtime), he stopped short, cocked his head to one side and kind of raised one eyebrow at me, gave me a half-smile and thumbs-up as if to say "you go, mom!" 

Again, another heart-melt moment!  I can't tell you how blessed I feel to have a little boy who so obviously cares about others, you know?

And, just to brag a little more, his progress report came in last week and the LOWEST score he had was a 97! Not bad at all, my little one!

Lesson Learned...

This has been an exceptional week so far - and it's only Tuesday!!  I've been the only one working in my office the last two days, and (at least in property management) month-end is just as busy as the beginning of the month!  But today, I was very purposeful in choosing NOT to stress out as I'd normally do.  It was still very busy, but very productive.

Maybe it's because I lost another pound this week! lol  When I weighed this morning, I was actually disappointed that I'd lost only one pound, but then on the way to work it hit me that I've lost a total of 6 lbs in about 2 weeks!  What the mess! :-)  That's still a pretty good average, I'd say.

I did really well with my calorie intake today.  (Being broke will help with that.)  But I had really healthy food in addition to low-calorie food.  When I left work, I still had 570 calories to reach my goal.  And that's after having two snacks!!  My husband was having a horrible day, and he wanted to go out to eat.  I suggested Subway or somewhere with a salad, but left the decision up to him - after all, I was OK with going home...he's the one that wanted to stop & get something.  So, my usually supportive (and, I'll admit, SPOILING) husband chose the fine cuisine of Krystals for dinner. 

Really??

And he didn't even ask what I wanted. He chose the family 12-pack of Krystals.  So for dinner we had Krystals and fries.  I didn't eat too many fries, but I at 720 calories worth of Krystal cheeseburgers!  grrrrrr...So here's what I learned today:

1.  choose to be positive
2.  make your own choices
3.  make your own choices known to others
4.  even when I want to give in because it's just easier (or because he lets me do/say/choose so much, I "should" let him choose once in a while), stand my ground for what I want...DH can still do what he wants, but I don't need to use this as an excuse to do poorly...and maybe I can influence him to choose healthier options.

Now, I don't want you to get the idea that my husband is one of those arrogant, uncaring, selfish guys, because he's not!  He really does spoil me!  Just ask anyone! lol  And today was such a hard day for him I didn't want to make a big deal about what I wanted to eat, you know?

Tomorrow is sure to be another stress-prone day, so I hope I can take that whole "choose to be positive" thing with me tomorrow, too.

At least it's another opportunity to 'live like I'm fit'!

Livin' Like I'm Fit

I've been on this particular leg of my journey for just a few weeks now, but somehow, I've managed to lose 5.1 lbs! The only real changes I've made are being deliberate about drinking water vs. Mountain Dews and cutting out (most) snacks. I say "most" because I still have at least a banana or crackers, etc. for a snack. I only *really* exercised one time all this week, and made smarter choices for my food options.

The deeper you get into this, the easier it becomes, for sure. I've been listening to the "Fat2Fit" podcast today (check 'em out here), and one of those episodes mentioned that if you live your life like you will "when I'm fit" right now (instead of waiting till you're "FIT" to start living that way), then after you lose your weight, you won't have too hard a time trying to maintain, etc. And most of the battle of losing weight will be taken care of.  I mean, let's face it, if I had 'lived like I were fit' before now, I wouldn't be in this predicament, now would I?

So, that's my mantra - I'm gonna "live like I'm fit"!