Striving for a healthier lifestyle

Everywhere you turn, someone's talking about diet and exercise being an essential part of healthier living. I'll readily admit that I lack the motivation to drag myself to the gym. I'm way too pooped after work to even entertain the thought. I'll also readily admit that I refuse to not eat things that I crave. But something's gotta give, otherwise I know I will continue to lose the battle against weight gain.

So my compromise was portion control, walking a few more steps every day, and uping my water intake. To incorporate these three steps, and see how it goes, was the little deal I made with myself. Veggies, proteins and good fats have now become a staple for my lunches and dinners. I also now have breakfast at home in the mornings, and when it comes to snack foods, my rule is that it's okay to eat whatever I want, as long as I watched how much of it I was consuming.

I started this little experiment back on June 16th and have seen enough positive results to keep me going. According to the scale, I've lost about 17lbs in two months, most of which I'm sure was water weight, but it's helped in the motivation dept. And I'm doing it the healthy way, by still maintaining a balanced diet.

My goal is a return to a weight that I'm happy with by the holidays. That might be a bit lofty, but we'll have to wait and see.

For now though my clothes fit better, and that's reward enough to keep me plugging away at this. :)