Getting Healthy Update!

It has been a couple of weeks since I kicked off my "Getting Healthy" attitude and I am proud to say that I am now starting week 3 with NO Diet Coke...seriously (and no one has died!)  I have had a couple of times when I almost caved (I just wanted a Route 44 from Sonic tiny sip...) but I didn't! As silly as it sounds, this is pretty huge for me!!!   Now, I have no stories about how much better I feel and all that jazz, but I do feel positive that I am breaking that addiction, uh, habit!  This week, I am trying to fine tune my diet and really get into the groove with the Low Carb eating and increasing my activity.

Wish me luck! 
I need all the encouragement I can get!!!!

Getting Healthy!

I know a lot of bloggers who have had great luck (and I am sure found great motivation) by blogging about their attempts at losing weight and/or getting healthy, but I have always been a bit hesitant to put it out there a whole lot.  It just wasn’t something I wanted to blog about because quite frankly I was (AM) more afraid of failing in this very public forum than anything else!  But in recent months an old friend has taken control of his health in a very inspiring way and with the great success I have seen in his life and the life of my youngest son with the diet he is on for his seizure disorder it has started to tug at me and the way I am taking care of myself. 

Actually, I am in reasonably good health and I am not feeling motivated by a desire to lose weight (…though, that would be a big, old plus if I lost a few pounds!) but I am motivated by wanting to get healthier and stronger.  The only issue health wise that I struggle with is PCOS/insulin resistance and it can only be helped by taking control of my diet and exercise.

I am finding motivation in the upward creep of that number I get assigned on each birthday and by watching family members who are not taking care of themselves and how it has affected their quality of life at what I consider too early an age.   I want to be strong and full of energy to enjoy this great place in life that I find myself!

So….I am doing away with this….

Source: dietcoke.com via Mary on Pinterest

It probably sounds silly but it will be my biggest challenge.  Fortunately, I am not addicted to caffeine as I gave that up a few months ago but I am pretty addicted to my beloved Diet Coke…

I am also jumping on the low carb bandwagon with my youngest son (who is on the Modified Atkins version of the Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy.)  I have had good luck losing weight in the past with the Atkins Diet and after seeing so much evidence of how carbohydrates (SUGAR) damage our mind and bodies I feel it is right for me.  Not to mention, low carb diets are the best diets for combating the issues related to PCOS and insulin resistance!

So there you have it…I am putting my health out there…publically (gulp) and hope to find the motivation and commitment I need to carry it though!

Question for you Sporty Girls...

OK, so I have been thinking about this exercise thing. My DH, who is up and out the door at 0: dark-thirty to the gym every morning before work, has casually mentioned me exercising. Now he hasn’t come out and said “Hey, why don’t you move that thing once in a while?” or anything (he loves me too much for that!), but since he is now convinced of the whole this-makes-me-feel-great line about exercise he wants to share the love.

So, that brings me to my first thought…exercise outfits. Now, I do peek at those exercise/sporty girls at the gym occasionally to see what they are wearing, as I head to the pool, but I am not overly excited about what I see most of the time (and we can discuss the whole hair/make-up at the gym another time). Whereas, I do kind of get excited when I see those cute exercise outfits in the store. And, as a nod to DH and to make him feel like I am listening (and an all around great wife), I have bought a couple of those cute outfits as of late. But, I have a question: do you sporty girls wear your Spanx under your outfits? As far as I can tell, there is a clingy quality to most of these cute sporty outfits and I am just thinking that my unsporty-bod won’t be fairing well without the trusty Spanx. I mean lycra and giggle just don’t seem to have that look I am after. It really seems like I would look even sportier if I was all sucked in and tight.

Come on girls…lets dish…tell it to me straight…Spanx at the gym? http://www.spanx.com/

*photo courtesy of some really skinny, sporty girl and does not resemble or represent anyone living or dead in this household and any similarities are only a mirage.