Diet blog up and running

Well I finally did it - I built that diet blog I've been wanting to write. If you want to follow this chubby chick getting skinny, then you can hop out to My Diet, Health and Fitness Blog for my thoughts, progress, etc. Why Chris-diet.com? Because this diet plan originates with him, and he and I are jointly working on exercising and losing the weight. But the blog posts are all me :)

Hopefully as I get healthier my attitude will improve - and isn't that important? It's easier to handle life's curve balls when you feel well.

Did somebody say Thin Mints?

Seriously, I totally overate today. I don't know what it is with me, why I feel the need to eat not until I'm full, but OVERfull. Tonight I had a nice small bowl of pasta with sauce.. and then polished off an entire sleeve of Girl Scout cookies watching TV (Battlestar Galactica, of course.)

Actually, now that I think about it, that's the problem. I'm an automatic eater - put it in front of me while watching TV and it's gone before I even know it's there. Hell, I'm not sure if I even really REMEMBER eating the cookies.

Although they WERE thin mints, which are yummy normally.

If I'm ever going to start making progress on losing weight, I have to figure out the eating thing. Problem is, I sit in front of a computer all day working on code for my clients, and then when I finish working I park in front of the TV or worse, play video games. It seems so easy when I write out goals and so HARD to actually DO them. I have so many things pulling at me - promises and commitments for other people, and so forth - that theres no time to take care of me!

Wah wah wah. Wow I'm whiny. Must be the sugar from the Thin Mints kicking in.

I wonder if we have any more cookies?

Just kidding ;)

Health and fitness is on my mind

With everything that's been happening it might not surprise you to know that health has been on my mind lately. Since I spend a lot of my time sitting, I've gained some weight - and with all the things I'm trying to juggle I eat far more fast food than I'd like. Well with the New Year fast approaching I'm beginning to think about fitness - specifically fitness women, and any advice they might be able to give. So I was glad to run into this blog from a woman's point of view discussing fitness, diet and exercise. Marcela is a certified personal trainer with a Master's degree in physical education , so she really speaks from experience when it comes to helping people get (and stay) fit.

One post I found really helpful was 10 Tips to Starting a Fitness Program in 2007. I always seem to self destruct when it comes to getting started (guess I'm only a self starter when it comes to technology!) so the advice she gives in this post really hits home. The most useful tip I took from her site is not to set my standards based on others. In other words, my family tends to be heavy, so trying to look like a supermodel isn't very realistic! Instead I should set a realistic goal, and then work slowly and steadily towards it. I think that's pretty good advice! With a bit of planning and some determination, I bet this year I can hit my new, more realistic goal of losing 40 pounds :)