Beginning of a Journey

Wow! It's been just over a year since my last post! 

Well, as the title of this post says, I've  embarked on a new journey. A journey to health and fitness. I've been unhappy with my weight and lack of fitness for quite a while now, and after trying several unsuccessful attempts over the past few years I decided enough was enough.

I think the main reason I failed before was because I didn't have any real motivation and I was trying to do too much. So this time, I'm just doing the basics: watching what I eat and exercising more. I found a great app for my phone that lets me keep track of what I eat and how much I exercise (Livestrong MyPlate) along with the main website, which has a lot of helpful articles and workout ideas. I think the key for me is variety: too much of one thing makes me get bored, so I quit. The internet is helpful in this regard! A quick search and I can find new ideas for workouts and for different interesting foods to try! (Pinterest is great! lol) It's rather difficult to work on my core muscles since most of my spine is fused because of surgery to correct scoliosis, but I've found some great exercises to work those hard-to-reach muscles (and believe me, they are so very out of shape because of that!) Today I discovered a way to do sit-ups in the pool (impossible otherwise) which is awesome! I love that I can do workouts in the pool! No sweat! :)

So, I began this journey about 2 weeks ago (15 days to be exact...) and so far I've lost 5 pounds! Which is a great start toward my goal of 30 pounds. I know this will definitely help with my occasional back pain (caused by spondylolisthesis). I want to increase my physical endurance (I can't even jog 1/10 of a mile right now...) and strength.

So here I go!