Day 1

     Today was a good day. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night, not just the baby but a headache too. We were up bright and early this morning to head to CC (our home school group). Charlotte asked why we needed to go to CC at night, poor girl! The kids did great and learned lots.  Unfortunately by mid morning I had my headache again (crazy hormones, I blame mostly everything on them these days).  Jake went home with his best friend JT after CC and is spending the night. We will get him tomorrow, Charley keeps telling me how much she misses him. 
     I did my weight this morning so that I have a base line to use for my weight loss adventure. It was less than my pre pregnancy weight so I was super excited about that and feel like I have some great motivation heading forward.  I did find out some great news today from my friend Lisa.  Because I am nursing Its fine to eat past 8pm, I just need to be smart about my choices. So I got a couple of recipes to try.  I haven't done great with my water today, I usually catch up on that in the evening though. 
     I didn't do any exercise today, I am only 2 weeks post partum so I am giving that a couple more weeks so my legs don't just fall off of my body when I start working out! There is an app on my iPod called Loseit that tracks your exercise and food intake , I used to last year sometime and liked it so I fired it up again today. I have a friend (Teri) who said she has had great success with it and we are going to motivate each other to push through.  
     I feel good about today and good about moving forward. The only thing that I feel that I need now is more food spiritually. I am involved in a couple of different studies. One starts this Thursday and I am really excited about it. The other one I haven't been to in a few weeks but am hoping to pick it up again next week.
     I hope that everyone has had a great day. I know that this isn't of interest to everyone but it has helped me to just be able to write everything down!
     Finishing the last of the John Adams HBO series with my hunny goodnight!
    

It's a new day!

I have been inspired to start a blog (Thank you Mindy Sherin, Jill Hughes, Amber Farmer). There are things in my life that I want to change and I am hoping that writing them down will give me some sort of accountability.
     I am 2 weeks to the day, post partum from our 5th baby.  I have been thinking about loosing weight since I was about 8 months pregnant/.  During this pregnancy I hit my highest weight ever. Although, I only gained about 22 pounds total.  I really want to get into a healthy weight before our next baby. (yes, I said NEXT baby, the McMichaels having kids really shouldn't surprise anyone anymore).
     I am wanting to start this weight loss thing slowly so that I can make sure I keep my momentum by not implementing to much at once.
     Tomorrow I will start with a food journal and not eating after 8 pm. That one is hard for me right now. Especially with having the baby, he doesn't go to bed till about 11 anyway so to not eat for those few hours will be a test! WATER WATER WATER!
     Tomorrow I will do my starting weight, I am already back to my pre-pregnancy weight which is a nice head start! I am hoping that doing this will also inspire others (my husband) to start their own journey. There are a couple of goals that I have for myself this year. I am not going to post them, they are for me only right now.  If you are reading this and you have any advice or something that has worked specifically for you in a fitness/weight loss journey please feel free to share. I would love to know what has worked for you!
    Here's to better health and a long life!