It is Mamavation Monday time again!Last week was another week of travel for me including the worst night possible … alone in freezing cold Logan Airport in Boston. I sat there reading most of the night. I walked for awhile but my carry-on personal item was a book bag and that sucker easily weighed 30 lbs. It was a work out lugging that around but it was worth it when I got stuck there for sure. While I sat there thinking about if I would get back my Earth Footwear shoes and pillow that were packed in my luggage that went to Philly without me, I thought about other stuff too. I had been eating fairly well but I wasn’t on a vegan or even vegetarian routine at that point either.
While my vegan and vegetarian eating of late has really opened my eyes to the yummy foods in those areas, I am not ready to commit to either of those eating lifestyles right now. If I watch what I eat and mainly monitor my snacks then I do good most of the time. Now those pieces of chocolate cake will always and forever tempt me but I accept that and am now happy with a small piece of that slice of heaven.
Where the heck is all of this going? It is going to the point where I realized that what I am doing is broken. I have adjusted my plans, my eating, my workouts, several times this year already. As a result I am down several clothing sizes but my weight is not changing. My plan is broken.
So yesterday I sat down and thought about what I really loved when I was in the groove of losing weight after college. The huge difference is that I have a family and then I was single. I also had more time and I controlled what I ate (i.e., I ate boring Beth-cooked meals.) I worked out on a schedule though. One of my main work outs was the balance ball. I loved it. So yesterday I ordered three new balance ball workout DVDs! I am hoping that I can find a new routine that works with these because I honestly think that is what I need more than anything else and my plan up until now has been a fit it in plan.
I don’t know where this will take me but I am hoping for good things and that in the coming weeks I will have a better defined plan. I’ll keep you updated!
Until then, if you have any healthy dinner … meat, vegetarian, vegan, whatever recipes, let me know. I am trying to meal plan for the end of this week and next week!
You know, Beth, I've thought about taking the plunge, not to live a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle, but just to dabble in them too, to see what works for us.
Vegan is actually a wonderful way of life, that I'm not sure my family is 100% ready for yet, thoug.
I'm going to start by just offering vegetarian dishes… and going from there..
I hope you have a fab week! 🙂
Lisa
I love that you are thinking about doing something that YOU love and working it in your personal plan! It will work if YOU enjoy doing it! 🙂
If you need any help staying motivated, or even with coming up with a game plan… please let me know if I can help you! 🙂
Have a fantastic week!! 🙂
A plan that fits you sounds perfect. It will help you stay motivated and happy. If you get bored, it's not going to work. Good luck this week.
Good luck this week! I hope you enjoy your new work out dvd's!
Have you tried journalling your food, exercise and sleep (sleep greatly influences our eating choices and motivation). You could try that and you might figure out why you're plateauing. Good luck and have a great week!
The way I see it, as a mom wanting to do something for herself… you need to be all about adaptive management. Start with a plan and keep making it evolve with your life until you are happy with the plan. And then make it evolve again since life is not stagnant. Have a great week Beth.
I hear you on the broken plans. As soon as we have kids, it's like all planning goes out the window. Good luck with your new videos, I hope they help yo uget back on track and doing exercises that you love.
Hang in there Beth!!!! Be the rock star we know you are. Good luck this week.
im glad that when things got rough you didn't get up but instead took a different route and are going to keep trying to improving
have a great week