I don't have time for a heart attack.

Hi friends!

I hope the holiday season is treating you well and you are enjoying some down time and time with family. I am thankful we got enough snow for the kids to go out and play and take them sledding. We have all been too plugged in lately, time to go out and have some fun!!

After several months of neglecting myself, I am back on the nutrition and exercise band wagon. I had the most horrific case of heart burn on Christmas Day, so bad that I thought I was having a heart attack. In those moments of sitting in my room, in absolute pain, with Husband sitting next to me, I had that moment of clarity. That moment of "NO!! I will not go back to having heartburn and feeling crappy all the time. And NO! I will not die so Husband can marry someone younger and hotter to raise our kids". Ok, you think weird things when you are sobbing in your pink fuzzy jammies.

And as if a sign from above, at Aldi's the other day, they had a scale that measures weight, body fat, body water, and muscle mass. It was super cheap so I have no doubt it won't last long, but I thought "What the heck" and I bought it. You can save up to 16 people's profiles on it so Husband and I set ours up and I am going to post my progress on my blog.

I am giving myself until the end of February to get to my goal weight of 143. Kind of an odd number, I know, but it feels like an attainable goal and a maintainable one as well. I am not going to do anything drastic or try any new fads. I know I have to eat well, exercise more, and plan for those times when I want to eat everything in the fridge. I do really well making sure I prep food on Sunday for Youngest's lunches but I realized that I eat the same stuff he does (a lot of ground turkey or turkey burgers) so I am going to make sure my lunches are packed for the week. I have slacked on eating breakfast but I know I need to to start my day off with a bang. Going to hard boil a whole bunch of eggs for a quick breakfast or snack. 

I know what to do, I need to make me priority again (I hear all you parents out there cheering!).

I have a couple days off when the kids go back to school and am going to research some good, quick new recipes. My kids are getting more adventurous with eating (They have GOT to be over pizza and mac and cheese!). Youngest devoured a bunch of the ham I bought, claiming "It is really hammy!". Middle child will try anything at the neighbors house so I am going to start getting a little more creative with meals.

Ok, so down to the nitty to the gritty. Here is what my stats should look like:

Weight: between 119-149 lbs. Ideal would be 134 lbs (hahahah.oohhh that's not a joke??)

My BMI is 25, a little over the normal. My scale measures FAT not BMI (I track my BMI on sparkpeople.com)

Body fat between: 23-34 %

I won't bore you with the water stats bcz who cares??

Muscle mass: 30-38%

I am 150.6 lbs, goal 143

Body fat is at 31.6 %. This freaks me out that 1/3 of me is fat. My goal is 25% (please know that I know there is a huge margin of error in this number on this cheap scale but A number is better than NO number)

My muscle mass is at 36.5%. Hey!! On track with that one!

I know most of us resolve to get our crap together in the New Year but I can honestly say that I feel like I have most of my crap together NOW, so once this last piece is in place, I am good to go for the New Year.

I will weigh in on Saturday's and Wednesday's and post a blog about my progress. If anyone else is really committing to it, let me know. I am a really good cheerleader!!

Cat