Operation Get Right

Welp, the family left me for the beautiful island of Okinawa today.  I miss them so much already.  It's crazy, I couldn't wait to be alone, and now that I am, I don't want to be.  It's so stressful when you are a single parent, you can't think of anything else but sleep and peace, and now that I have it, IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE!  Since there is nothing I can do about it, I am kicking the workouts up a notch!  I told my skinny for no reason husband that I would lose some weight not for his sake, but for mine.  It's hilarious that I can workout daily when I was a single parent, but when he was here, I didn't workout once.  What is it about companions that make you extra lazy and lax on your eating habits?  Oh, well, I have at least one month... wish me luck!  As an incentive for you to do some workouts also, I will be posting some workouts to the blog as well.

The Beginning

So today I was watching one of those weight loss shows for the super obese, and started thinking, if this 433 pound girl can lose over 200 pounds in a year, I can lose a measly 40 pounds.  Then I started thinking, out of all the attempts that I have made, why have I failed?  Is it because I don't have some workout master to push me everyday? Because I don't have a personal chef to make me healthy meals?  No, it's because of me and only me.  I like to blame my husband, who can lose 10 pounds thinking about it, for enabling the horrible eating habits, and attributing to my laziness. But it's not his fault, oh no, it's all mine.  Since we are both in the military, we are gone a lot, and I am often left alone with two busy children that demand all my attention and energy.  I eat emotionally, and a lot.  I eat because I am happy, sad, lonely, and bored.  I have done this  noticeably for the past 8 years.  So my daily struggle is to control my emotional eating and get serious about my health.  What's your daily struggle?