One Month In

I'm still here.  Still reporting. Slowly moving toward my goal, or at least still staring it down.

I haven't weighed myself in a few days, but at last check, I'd gone from 213 in late December to 206 last week.  

My adherence to being meat-free is going well, save 'taste testing' a bite of bacon I made for Grady earlier this week.  Mostly, it's the cheating w/ a processed granola bar, some Cheez-Its, or going for the higher fat Whole Foods, such as nuts, peanut butter, and avocados.

Exercise has been sporadic.  Two gym visits, a short yoga session, and a walk this week.  Work and refusal to work around my work schedule conspired against me.  I have a free weekend, in terms of hard commitments.  I need to exercise both days.

I am determined to stay with this.   I want to hit my goal weight, but I also just want to feel like I'm making good choices.  I think a lot of my depression and anxiety stems from feeling bad about the choices I make.  This is a place I can get some traction, and maybe it will bleed into other areas of my life, such as time management, internet addiction, and apathy.

One month down, a life time to go.

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