A New Me ?

Once upon a time I fancied myself an amateur blogger. I thought I had some stories to tell and a little bit of humor to share. That went away pretty quickly...

Now I find myself slowly sliding back into it. Wanting to get back at it as this endeavor gives me a space for accountability and it also gives my mind a bit of relief when I am able to put my thoughts out there.

The accountability? I joined a weight-loss challenge with 4 other staff members (on my team) at my school. We are the Titan Toners! In this challenge, we basically bet on ourselves to lose a certain percentage of weight during the allotted time (3 months ish). The team with the highest percentage of weight loss gets $10,000 and if you lose at least 10% you get your money back. I would really like to get my money back. This is where you, the reader, comes in. Life gets in the way. I always have grand plans of weight loss as I've always been a little overweight. Add in a toddler, losing both parents in a short amount of time, moving, and every day stressors and this plan goes by the wayside. I weighed in on Friday and my weight was north of 165. I haven't seen that amount on the scale since I was pregnant with Scout! I know I have made some unhealthful eating choices and haven't seen the gym in a while. I need the motivation! I need you to know what is going on so I have nowhere to hide. Hence the accountability.

Middle of week 1: I find myself easily partaking in my new eating plans. I have even measured the amounts of food I put in my lunches to make it easier to log on myfitnesspal (where I can count calories or rather see how much I eat and guilt myself into not snacking on that one little thing I want to snack on).
Pictured is this weeks lunch, Craisin Chicken Salad. I even made myself some peanut butter protein balls, and cinnamon banana pancakes for breakfast.  That is commitment, I just hope I can make it last.

In theory they sound great, tastes...okay...

Delicious but plenty of calories per ball. Limiting to 1 is hard!