One Month Down

So, I am coming up on the end of the first month of the new me and I feel pretty good about my success. I have received one of the best complements, my husband is proud of me for taking this new me so seriously. :) It has been pretty rough being on time though. I am just not used to it, but I will be soon.

This is what I learned:

Being on time requires planning ahead which I have never really been very good at planning ahead. So that was an important thing to know. I realized the days that I did not plan ahead I was late or racing to be on time. No good, as I could have been pulled over. Thank goodness I was not, however, I probably should have been.

Being on time requires wanting to be on time until it becomes habit. Not there yet but I will be one day.

Also, being on time makes my day start off a little bit easier because I am not rushing and completely out of breath by the time it comes to finally getting to work.

Finally, being early allows me to take the stairs at work. Six floors up, ten stairs per flight, two flights per floor = 120 stairs and that is good exercise.

Which leads me to my new task for the month of August: exercise and dieting

I have lost all of the baby weight now and my goal for month of August is to lose 5 pounds. 5 pounds is not an outrageous goal but the path to get there is going to be tough because I still have a tendency to eat like I did while I was pregnant. I was hungry all the time in between being nauseated. Now, I don't have the nausea just the large appetite which has caused me to retain the weight that I wanted to lose before I got pregnant. If I can get down those five pounds by eating right and exercising perhaps this time it will stay off a little while longer. We shall see.

Updates:
I have started a book recommended to me and sent to me by my bff Abby, Keys to the Kingdom.

I have started working on two craft projects and I am working on getting them done soon. I just need hot glue, sand paper, and spray paint. You are trying to guess what it is aren't you? you won't! I will show pics when I'm done. Promise.

Clipping coupons to help with saving rather than only spending.

What can I say...the new me is on a roll!