amy can in 2010's blog

I recently read a quote that really had me thinking.  "Happy people plan actions, they do not plan results".  I know where I want to be but I have to be realistic about it.  You don't go from the very bottom to the top with one leap.  People say keep your eye on the prize and keep looking to your goal, but when it comes to weight loss and health management sometimes this is insurmountable.  Sometimes it seems too far off.  What I have learned is that for me, I need to take the things I know and use them to make the actions that w

I know that I should have not eaten like I did in November/December.  I know that I should have tried harder to work out.  I know that I should be a better team member and I know that I should just be trying harder. 

I am a stress eater.  I live by the motto, “When life has you down, have a cookie”.  I came to this realization when my life started getting the best of me and so did the cookies.  Since July my work life has been stressful to say the least and unfulfilling.  I have felt defeated and demoralized by multiple contributing factors.    Feeling under appreciated can be one of the most demoralizing feelings that a person can endure.

What am I doing? Have you ever been in the middle of something that you know is not a great choice, thought to yourself, what are you doing, and then come to the conclusion that you’re going to do it anyway? This is the complete story of my life. I thought I had been very good about it lately. I WAS WRONG! When you combine a lack of time with a lack of will power what do you get? About an extra 3 pounds smack dab back on the place that you just worked a month and a half to get it off of.

I don’t know about you but I had never thought of a scale in a positive light. This small trim little box that I step on from time to time so that it would spit out a number that helped me determine myself worth for the day.

I knew that there would come a point where changing what I eat was not going to be enough to lose weight.  I also knew that I was going to need to be in much better physical condition to even host the idea of The Great Race.  Boy I had no idea how far I had to go.

Each person has a different reason for losing weight.  Some for health reasons, some for vanity.  The list is endless.  We each work with a specific goal in mind.  My goal is to lose enough weight to at least what I weighed when my husband and I started dating.  145 lbs.   Only 50lbs to go more or less.  The first week I was elated with my 2lbs.  Then the next

All summer long the children were around the house, doing the things that kids do on summer vacation.   EAT.  They eat anything!  My 15 year old daughter with the metabolism of gazelle can eat a dozen eggs at a sitting and still complain that she is hungry.  The 7 y

There are days when you wake up and the world just seems gray. Today is one of those days. Work is crazy, kids are crazy, I have million things to do today and it seems like they are never going to get done. And what makes it so much more frustrating is that I have no time to do the things that I need to do for me. I want to excercise but is seems like there is never anytime. How can you eat healthy when you spend 40% of your time in the car? These are the things that I am trying to work out.

I am the type of person who dreams big. I just never dreamed I would be what was big. I am heavier than I have ever been in my life. I am 34 years old, the mother of 3 beautiful children, and not comfortable in my own skin. I amd 5'4" and 180lbs. I want to be healthier. I want to be stronger. I want to be more like me than I have been in a long time. I just recently lost my mother unexpectedly and reality walked up and slapped me right in the face. I want to be here for my kids. I want to see them grow up to strong, healthy, wealthy and wise.