My lunchtime walk today

This is an old road that winds up and up a canyon.  I went until it stopped and came back down (second picture).  I then came to a Y at the bottom and took that path and went by this house that is being built.  Talk about a huge, jaw dropping home!  This path took me to a road that leads back to the hill I walk at break time, about half way up, and so I finished up the hill and went around the loop and back down to work and changed back to work clothes.  Took me about 50 minutes.  :) I am happy!  Majority of the walk was at an incline and my behind is already feeling it.  I texted my husband the pictures cause he is always curious as to where I walk, and he said "so you had some quiet time to yourself, that's good!"  It dawned on me that this is the only time in a 24 hour period that I am totally alone.  Just my own thoughts.  WOW! So not only is this walking good for my physically, but mentally it is invigorating too.  I am giving myself a gift and I don't feel guilty because I am taking time away from family.  There is something I have never found before, balance. 

So any ideas on how to get rid of back fat??  Cause mine is grossing me out. Can I just walk it off?   I would think that lifting my baby in his car seat will help get rid of it eventually.  It is helping out my arms and shoulders! LOL! 

So I am only going to weigh in once a week and post a picture once a month.  I got some inspiration from a blog called Real Fat.  Seeing the difference was amazing to me.  I learn a lot from her blog.  There are other women who share their life changing journey's that I read regularly too.  One of the gals is a twitter follower of mine too!  It is like I have a celebrity on my follower list!  One day I left her a comment on her twitter and she responded, oh my goodness, my heart skipped a beat and I was just so freaking ecstatic!  Just her comment back to me got me going on the treadmill!  LOL!  I just love her blog and how much I can relate to her.  Really pictures say a thousand words! I will put links to their blogs on my blog roll shortly! 

Inspiration...

There is always the beginning.

And I want to get to the end!!!  :)  Losing weight, starting again is the easy part, it is making it to the finish line that is difficult.  I realize that I just had a baby 4 months ago via c-section but I wasn't fit and sexy to begin with! My husband and I get these western clothing magazines and I want so badly to get some new clothes but I want to feel good in them!  I want to look cute!  My husband is younger than me by a few (11) years, and I want to look good for me and him!  Of course he already thinks I'm sexy but I want to FEEL it!  Really I have a outlook, when I am not looking in the mirror or at pictures of myself, I feel thinner than I see myself.  I see pictures and go "wholy smokes, that is me? YIKES!" not at all how I feel like I look on the inside. So that is good right?  I guess that means, I am bigger than I think!!!!  Oh geeze, I better move on...

Seriously folks, I am obsessed with thinking about this.  I think I'm sick in the head, or maybe this is MY start to the end...finally!  To finally live happily ever after!!!  My fairytale! :)

So I figure I will start with just one thing and focus on that positive life change.  Exercise seems to be the first thing I want to do.  I walk.  I walk at my 10:00am break and at my 3:00pm break for 15 minutes at least.  I have been walking at my lunch breaks for at least a half an hour to 45 minutes.  I have to change my clothes and eat, so that cuts about 15 minutes into my time.  I walk around town as I don't have a gym membership.  I can't afford one, so I have to be creative.  I don't have time to go to the gym, I travel an hour a day total to work and back, I have the baby full time and a 9 year old every other week.  So I just have my lunch hours for now. I want to take a stab at jogging someday but I think I need to stick to walking right now.  I have a very old treadmill at home, it works though.  :)  it doesn't incline at all, just the straight and narrow.  So I am going to strap my baby on with the Moby wrap and take some steps.  I have done this in the past and with intentions to keep going but life happens, baby doesn't sleep well one night and I am screwed for the week!!!  No energy to function with life duties..and that always seems to happen when I am making changes like this.  But to look at it in a positive way, if I lose some weight, I may not be so tired and be able to handle the nights that go bad better!  Sounds good to me!  Also, my feet hurt a lot...probably because of my weight! 

I have an idea that I am toying with for motivation...a challenge.  :)  Keep ya posted!

I am just grateful my husband loves me for me and that no matter what, I have my family forever and always.