Back on track

School is back in session here. Yahoo! Now maybe life can start to get a little more "routine." A big goal for me this year is to get my rump up before the kids every day instead of waking up to the sound of the door shutting as they head out to catch the bus. In order to do this though I am going to have to change my schedule up a bit so that I am not getting home from work at midnight or later during the week. I really think that getting up with them is going to help me get motivated and get moving!

I no longer have internet when my husband is gone. This would be thanks to me having "wetted my phone in the ocean." It is amazing how much housework can get done when the giant time vacuum is no longer available! I am now forced to get everything done on the pc first thing in the morning and that is it. This may be very helpful. I actually found myself getting slightly...dare I say it....bored!

As I was going through my list of foods yesterday I was appalled by how incredibly long it was. My total calories were 1,657 but the list was so long! If I could cut out a few of those snacks it would've been substantially lower. Although, I guess I should give myself credit for at least choosing foods that are low in calories. That is one step up! I was reading somewhere yesterday that eating a breakfast higher in fat will help you to metabolize fats during the day. It's like revving up your metabolism to burn fat. This also helps to fill you up and keep you from eating too many....you guessed it...SNACKS! I suppose I should try to have eggs and toast this morning and see how it goes! I did manage to get back down to 255 today. It dawned on my yesterday that I have to loose 2 pounds per week to make my goal by the end of July. Wow, the pressure is on!

Another tidbit of information I read yesterday in 2 different articles (yea I had time to read since there was no internet...) when you work out you should mix things up to increase the fat and calories burned. There was a good work out plan in the Better Homes and Gardens magazine from this month that outlined it. You start with 5 minutes of cardio, do weights and sit ups, then finish up with at least 5 minutes of cardio again. I managed to do 10 minutes of cardio, weights and sit ups then finished with 10 more minutes of cardio. I can feel it today! It amazes me how out of shape you can get!

Here is to a great day!