A beautiful windy day....

Today as I look out the windows I notice that it is such a beautiful day but it is so windy!! Usually I decide on days like today that we will go out for a few minutes and then spend most of our day inside with the doors open so we can see the beautiful sunshine without dealing with the wind.  Today however, we are going to brave the wind and go for a long walk.  I have finally decided that its past time to do something about my weight and get over all my insecurities and make myself happy for once.  Growing up I was always  super active I played softball all year around on multiple leagues, ran track, played tackle football (on the boy's team) and competed in powerlifting.  I was actually in good shape!  When I moved to Carbondale to start school I weighted in at 150lbs and was pretty muscular.  Now I would have to add quite a bit to that weight and I'm not very muscular.  When everyone asks me what happened I always say life happened.  I moved away from my coach and my mom and wasn't strict on what I ate.  I ate what I wanted when I wanted and didn't exercise if I didn't feel like it.  But now I've decided its time to do something about it! I don't want Carder growing up thinking that its ok to eat your emotions away and to watch TV all day. I want him to know what a healthy diet is and how fun exercise can be! 

I have two goals for myself pertaining to my exercise 1. I want to run a 5K this fall and 2. I want to wear a 2 piece bathing suit next year when we go on vacation and look good in it.  I made a deal with my older sister who is also trying to loose weight that we would run a 5K together and I plan on keeping up my end of the bargain.  Right now to work towards those goals I am walking once if not twice a day with Carder and logging my 1400 calorie diet into myfitnesspal.com to monitor my food intake.  I have also given up soda and sweet tea for water!! (If you know me well you know that its a huge step for me to give up sweet tea!!)  Then starting Sunday a friend and I are going to start the program From the Couch to a 5K.  I am super nervous but so ready to be healthy again!! So now after my rantings about my diet and exercise, my question to you is what about you do you miss that you wish you could get back??