I Draw The Line Here

I have drawn a line in the sand and reached a point of no return.  At least, I hope I don't return.  I think I mentioned last week that I have been sticking to my workout plan of Tuesday and Thursday after work workouts on a pretty regular basis for a while.  I think I also mentioned I hadn't really noticed a change in the way things were fitting and how I was feeling.  Today, for whatever reason, I decided to step on the scale in the locker room while no one was around just to see where things were at.  Holy Houston we have a problem.  I thought for sure that scale was busted, so I checked on ours at home.  I wish I could say both of them were busted, but I don't think that is the case. 

This past weekend, I started looking at some healthy smoothie recipes for some alternative snack options.  I'm still narrowing down some options, but hope to have a list of ingredients together before the weekend.  As much as I hate to say it, I also need to but my carbs down.  While I like bread, pasta, and potatoes, they like to cling to my thighs a little more than I would like.  Thank God for the Pinterest health and fitness category because I have been able to find all sorts of good things.  As much as I want to kick and scream over some of the things I know I need to do, enough is enough. 

I'm not happy where I am at with my health.  I would probably collapse if you asked me to climb anything more than a flight of stairs.  OK, that might be a slight exaggeration, but only slight.  I seriously need to get moving.  Thirty minute workouts twice per week aren't cutting it anymore.  I wish I liked to run, but I don't so that goes out the window.  I probably need to get my butt back in my sculpting class I was doing on Monday's at work with the teacher that is actually a body builder. 

Lucky for me in the food department, I actually enjoy most of the foods I "should" be eating.  I love fruits and veggies, yogurt, nuts, fish, squash, etc.  I love them all!  My goal for the remainder of the week is to come up with a diet that I can actually stick to; non of this unrealistic nonsense.  I will not be eating one slice of toast as a meal, sorry dudes.  I may even investigate some kind of detox or cleanse to get started.  Do any of you know of any good ones? 

My other goal is to add another day of workout to my routine and perhaps lengthen the ones I am already doing.  Normally, on Thursday after I do cardio I throw in some weight work.  I think I'm going to keep the weight work on Thursday and expand it as well as throw in weights on Tuesday. 

So, there you have it; it has come to me drawing a line in the sand.  No more buying clothes because the ones I have don't fit.  If I get off my butt, they will fit just fine.  I'm not sure how I got to this point other than a combination of a lot of bad things: stress, bad eating habits, being a lazy butt, stress, food...