Skiing AND swimming this month!

A few tweaks this month and I'm down.  It's mainly because of working in the afternoons now.  If I snack, it's from my healthy stash at work.  Another big reason is that I'm not bringing the junk food home from the grocery store.  If it’s not in the house, I can't eat it.  I am also thinking before I just shove food aimlessly into my mouth (sometimes, not always, I'm far from perfect).  Making some of my portions smaller hasn't hurt either.  

I have added some workouts at work too.  In the past week, I have done an extra 20 minutes of cardio a day.  I think that will help.  It’s only 20 minutes because I am finding half an hour a few days a week is harder to work into my schedule.  A few girls at work and I are working together towards a healthier lifestyle and that's helping too.  I guess what I'm saying is that it's been a bunch of little things helping me this month.  I didn't get the eight pounds I was hoping for, but I did just get back on the wagon a few weeks ago, not the beginning of the month as I had planned.

My next goal is 8 pounds lost in February.  If I can maintain what I have been doing and add a few more tweaks, that shouldn't be a problem and that will keep me on track for the rest of my weight loss goals this year. 

I have noticed that I am more active in general these days.  My family and I went downhill skiing last week for the first time in about 15 years and while I have skied before, it's not something I'm good at. So, normally I would just go and watch, but I went and skied and had a great time.  I'm still just as bad as I remember, but it was fun!

This is definitely not me!

I’m also training to get my Bronze Medallion and Cross in the next two months, so I can take NLS and become a lifeguard by the end of April.  Me, a lifeguard?  This was one of my goals for 2013, but I was planning closer to the end of the year to give myself plenty of time to train.  My work has other plans though so it will be done sooner rather than later.