WEEK 7

Just finished Week 7 on the journey to a new me. I am offically down 15. 2 lbs. (6.8 kg for you metric people). This last week I have been super busy. My house looks like I have been robbed, with things laying everywhere. (NOTE: This is so not me. I get messing but not to the extreme my house is in now.) I don't know if it was because I was so busy and exhausted but food just didn't taste as good this week. I didn't have time to switch it up so I was eating alot of the same things... all healthy. Now that I am not going to be as busy I am going to try to cook some more new reciepts.
I can see a difference in my body for the first time. The board shorts that I am wearing I bought after going back to Ca 3 years ago. At that time I had lost 45 lbs. (About 13 lbs lower than what I am now.) I haven't been able to wear these shorts for the last 2 1/2 years. I have been trying them on every week to see how close I am to wearing them again and today they finally fit. :)
The last time I lost weight it was because I was under a huge amount of stress... the decision to leave Taiwan after 6 years. Working and making all the plans to go back ... I would forget to eat or just didn't want to eat. We were going to the skate park everyday.
This time around I am doing it by sweat and tears. Last night it was raining again (the story of the last few months) so soccer was a no go. I wanted to be lazy and not exercise. I had one more day of Yoga this week so I "could" skip it and still be ok. But it was a battle in my head. "You should do this!" "I don't want to!" Back and forth till I got angry with myself. "FINE, I'll do it!" It was one of the best work out sessions yet. I am stronger than I have ever been before. I have muscle. :)
I don't know why it is so hard to motivate myself to exercise before I start. It is always a battle but lucky I am winning that battle so far.