An ongoing journey

So I have been doing something good for myself the last couple of weeks. It is something I have been trying to get back in the habit of doing for months. I have been working out and losing weight. I've lost roughly 5lbs. I have never been super overweight, but at one point I got up near 170lbs. Now I am only 5'3" tall. I know exactly why I gained the weight and within a month of that discovery I magically lost nearly 20lbs. I say magically because I was not actively trying to lose weight in that month. This was nearly two years ago now. I want to get back to a healthy weight and just feel better about how I look.

For the last two weeks, I have been working out. I have been going for walks/runs and using the workout dvds I have. I have seen the scale move and I am excited, but lordy some days it is harder than ever to get the whole workout in. Today is one of those days. I did my walk and it flew by so fast I ended up doing an extra half hour without realizing it because I was listening to a highly amusing podcast. I had meant to run, but oh well. Now I need to get my dvd workouts in and I am struggling to find the motivation. I usually hit this 'wall' when I start working out, but I am trying very hard to push through these days.

I want to look beautiful and feel beautiful on my wedding day. I also want to enter into our marriage healthy and leading a healthy lifestyle. I have the healthy eating part down, just gotta get the workouts down. I can do it! I can do it! Right? Right. I wrote this blog hoping to get myself to buck up and get on with my workout and it is doing wonders. Not to mention I keep reading the message boards on my new favorite site http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ where I track my calories and my workouts. The folks over there are amazing and supportive.