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November 6, 2007
Plateaus and Bad Habits
So I've been letting bad habits creep back into my life, slowly but surely, and I've let the good ones slip away. I haven't gained anything back, but I've stopped losing. So this needs to change. And since our doctor has told my darling hubby that he needs to lose weight, he gets to ride the river of change with me! Isn't he lucky?
Though the first change that I made, I made just for myself. I re-joined a gym. You see, we'd let our gym membership go as it was costing us nearly $100 a month for the both of us, and we weren't using it. (We're in a side battle against debt, but that's an entry for another day!) But L.A. Fitness opened a new gym RIGHT on my way to work and only about 5-7 minutes from the house. Our friends joined and were telling me that it was a nice gym and a LOT cheaper than the one we'd all belonged to before. So I joined! It really IS reasonable. I had to pay a $50 membership fee, and it's month-to-month for $29.99 a month, locked-in and guaranteed to never increase. I figure that if Shado wants to join, he can. I'm paying for this out of my "allowance", rather than our monthly joint budget money.
So I took that step. And I've found out how out of shape I've gotten in the interim. When I left the other gym I could do an hour on the treadmill at 3 mph, and I only managed a half an hour at 2.5 mph last night. Bleh. Ah well, it's better than when I started at the first gym and could only do ten minutes at 0.5 mph!
The next step is food. No more chips and cookies "just for lunches" in the house. Now it's fruit, baby carrots, celery, and cheese sticks. Dinner last night was whole wheat pasta with low sodium pasta sauce that I added sauteed onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms to. I also made enough that we both got lunch today out of it as well. I've also started cooking a pot of beans once a week or so, and incorporating them into various dishes to add fiber and protein to our meals.
There will still be splurges now and then. Thursday evening we're going to Buffalo Wild Wings for cheap boneless wings and Trivia Games with friends. But overall, I'm easing us back to healthy rather than take out and fast food type meals.
I figure, if we're going to be parents within the next year, we'd better get a move on with the whole health thing.
More updates later! I know I've let this journal slack, and I'm sorry! Remember, you can always check my livejournal account for updates too! (I think there's a link somewhere on this website to my journal.)
Posted by Lys on November 6, 2007 1:13 PM
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