Im trying to be more healthy and lose weight.  I work full time nights 8 hour shifts 4-5 days a week.  I sleep during the day and wake up by 5pm.  I make sure to eat my breakfast which is dinner with family about 7pm.

I pack my own healthy snacks and I take a daily multivitamin, calcium with vitamin D and fish oil.  When I'm sick I take extra vitamin c and zinc.  I take whey when I work out or don't eat enough during the night shift.  I avoid munching on unhealthy snacks.  

I work at 11pm.  I have 5-6 patients so im always running around hardly sitting down some days.  I drink one cup coffee no sugar non fat flavor cream.  I try to drink green tea and i always drink lots of water.

When im done with work I work out cardio/weight train 3-4x a week.   If i feel unmotivated i take Jac3d.  I feel like my work outs are efficient I don't waste time.  I usually feel accomplish.  After working out i take whey protein.

I usually go to bed by 1pm.  I avoid eating meals before beds.  That has helped a lot with my weight loss so far.  I lost 10 lbs in 6 months.  I was plateauing for 3 months so avoiding big meals before dinner has helped me.  

I have lost weight but I feel like im stuck again.  I admit on my days off i take a break from exercise and cheat.  I do love food.  Im always on Yelp trying new places.  Ive come a long way as to portion control and eating smaller meals.  I know in the food department i need to bucket down if i wanna lose weight.  I hate that word... Diet.  But I do believe in being healthy so gotta do what I gotta do right to be healthy.

I enlist the help of the iPhone app Lose It.  I never calorie count and meal plan all I did in the past was just eat healthy and work out.  In the 3 days of food journaling so far i never realized how much calories of food i take in.  Now I'm trying to be more thoughtful of the foods I'm taking  in to nourish my body.

So this will be interesting.  Hope I can loose a little more.

Was 186 lb in April 2010

Now 164 lb as of April 2011

Goal weight 150 lbs by December 2011

Celebrating Nursing

Thank you people for remembering me and my accomplishments...

Reassessing the need for a gym = continue to be healthy

Been having a dilemma on continuing my gym membership.  I paid $600 for a limited\one year membership at a super sport, 24 Hour Fitness. 

I struggle with working out since I never really been a physical
person.  I signed up for a gym during my divorce as a way to destress.  I
go in do my thing but never really had direction.  I enlisted the help
of a trainer and then started to do my thing on my own.  I got out of my
4 month plateau which was awesome.  I keep doing my thing.  Trying to
work out 3-4x a week.  I do interval-training cardio, classes like
Zumba, Will Power and Grace and Yoga and weight train 2-3 days moderately about 15-30lb weights.  I take in whey protein, multivitamins, fish oil, calcium.  I eat healthy, trying to cut back on the fatty foods and eating out.  It is definitely a lifestyle change!!!

As I come close to my membership ending, I comtemplated if it was worth it to renew.  I kept trying to find a better deal else where, threatning to cancel my membership. 

I lost track of my goals... ultimately in the end I forgot the whole reason why I decided to pay for a membership.  It was so I can start getting serious about my health, work out, do more cardio, eat healthy and be healthy!!! 

I figure if I try to cut of my membership now, I may be losing sight what is important.  Health and fitness is ME!!!  If I care about my health, then it doesn't matter how much I spend to be healthy right.  If it means spending $50, I better be using the services or it wont be worth it right...

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