Choices

So I've been consciously been trying to make better choices.  I'm a soda fan so to totally cut out soda might just make me a very unpleasant person.  So I have cut myself back to one soda a day, so far so good!  I'm trying not to eat a lot of processed foods.  Which means I'm cooking more, which is fine by me as I love to cook.  I'm forcing myself to get up and use my elliptical for something other than collecting dust.

Today I think I did well.  I went out to lunch with a friend today and instead of ordering my usual soda I got water.  Plain ice cold water and it was good.  To go along with that water I ordered a salad! I use to hate salad but now I love it.  In fact, when I was pregnant I always craved a salad bar and grapes.  For dinner I had a piece of chicken with some mashed potatoes and for a snack I had some popcorn.  Now my popcorn wasn't any boring type, I'm a movie theater popcorn type of girl and I don't plan on changing that.

As for using my elliptical that is getting done too.  I got on it for the first time in months the other day.  After being on if for 10 minutes my legs felt like jelly.  So I have set up a schedule.  For the first week I'm getting on it for 10 minutes a day.  The following week I'll bump it up to 15 minutes then 20 minutes and just keep moving it up every week.  Today I didn't get on it, but I did get out and walked around for awhile and played outside with Colt.

So I think I'm doing good so far.  I'm hoping by writing about it I will be motivated to stay with it.