Today we have been in 2015 for a week. I thought that would be good time to start my updates on my fitness journey. I really want to lose weight this year, and increase my energy as much as I am able to within the next year. So I started making a few changes.
In the past week things have gone well. I have not really had any cravings yet, I expect I will soon. I am praying I don't cave.
Are you working to lose weight in 2015? I would love for you to let me know. I would love to hear about our story and what you are doing. Please comment and tell me all about it.
- I got back on My Fitness Pal and I am logging my food each day. -- I had stopped this because I got discouraged and began eating just whatever, who wants to get on and log publicly all the bad stuff they are actually eating. I did try logging junk food for a while, felt a bit silly and stopped.
- I have been working hard to add fitness back into my daily routine. For that I am using a combination of apps. One is Map My Fitness. This has been fun because it has GPS tracking for walks and such. And it also links with both Google Fit, and MFP. I have logged exercise for the past 7 days.
- I am also trying to keep my phone on me as much as possible so that I can use Google Fit to track my steps. I don't know that I will hit the desired 10,000 steps anytime soon, but I do average about 4,000-6,000 each day just around my house. If I am out and about I can get a bit more in. That has been a helpful tool for me to really understand when I am having a flare up of the Fibromyalgia, I can see why I am so tired.
- I have been working hard at eating gluten free. I have learned that I have a gluten sensitivity and it tends to cause my health problems to flare up badly. I have felt much better as I have been reducing sugar and cutting back on gluten. I did have regular pasta tonight I don't know if that will cause me a problem or not.
- I have not stepped on a scale. I will at some point. I might tomorrow. I might wait longer. I have a tendency to get caught up with the numbers as they go up and down each day. Joyous over a 4lb loss, and devestated at a 3lb gain. In fact I have been known to have an ice cream pity party because the scale said I gained 2lbs. -- Not that is helpful!
In the past week things have gone well. I have not really had any cravings yet, I expect I will soon. I am praying I don't cave.
Are you working to lose weight in 2015? I would love for you to let me know. I would love to hear about our story and what you are doing. Please comment and tell me all about it.