OK...I'm in...but not a good day to start a diet with company coming for dinner tonight, and faculty pot luck tomrrow afternoon! Still......I tend to lose weight at the beginning of the school year as my focus shifts from eating to school! The trick is keeping it off once the holidays hit! So I will blog here just to try and stay committed! I do have to say I have had 5 eating out events in the last week as school fires up, and I have tried to stay with salads. That is a big step for me! (Does it count if you have fried chicken on your salad? Still.........it could have been worse!!!!!)

Hi Everyone!

I don't have a ton of weight to lose, but I would like to exercise more, and this would be a good way to stay motivated. I'm down to a weight where I'm content, and I'd like to maintain it, or maybe lose just a few more pounds. I guess I could lose more, but if I'm honest with myself, I like to eat, and I don't want to stop enjoying it just to be super skinny. But I could stand to be healthier about eating.

I don't really love to exercise, so finding ways that I enjoy using my body has been a challenge in my life. I do like to hike, play volleyball, and do Wii Fit, but I should do it more often. I play volleyball every Monday with women from church. I could go hiking more often and do Wii Fit more often.

At the beginning of the year I started a 100 pushups program, found here. I got about halfway through and came down with viral pneumonia and haven't gone back to it. I think I'll start that up again. It only took like 5 minutes a day, but I really felt my body getting stronger. Plus, it was my New Years' goal, and I want to finished it before the end of the year.

I'm going to post whenever I exercise. Even the little things, because every little bit counts. I haven't decided whether or not to post about weight. Do you think I should?

So for today:

Wii Fit
20 minutes

Hurray!

Also, I've never done a blog before so you have any comments, tips or advice, let me know!

So here we have the family biggest loser blog. Really it should be the biggest winner. I am really hoping this will help to motivate me back into healthy eating and exercise. Last week I went running for the first time since Kiley's wedding. I ran 1.5 miles without stopping. Certainly not where I would like to be but I thought not bad considering I haven't been running in about 6 months. Before the wedding I had lost almost 10 lbs. Since the wedding, I have gained it all back. So it's time to get moving. Anyone want to join me?