New Year, New Me?

Ugh, the fact that I put a question mark there makes me worry! I don't know why I struggle so much with this weight loss, eating healthier, working out thing. I do know that one of the biggest things is that I stress so easily. The last few months of 2010 were extremely stressful for me (for a handful of reasons). I was doing good over the summer and then started struggling a few weeks before my brother's wedding. It was just downhill after that. Oddly, I didn't gain any weight over those 3 months. You would think with all of he stress I was under that I would have. I tend to store most of my weight in my stomach and my face. The worst places to store it, in my opinion. I know I'm overweight. I'm sure I look even more overweight than what I really am because of where I store my fat. That aggravates me and puts a damper on my self esteem. It's harder to see results because your belly is usually the last place to slim down.

Anyway, one of my new year's resolutions is to lose weight. So cliche and kind of sad looking at when I started this blog and I havent really made any progress. This has to be the year for something good. 11 is one of my favorite numbers and the year is 2011! A week before the new year I started working out.......and then I stopped. This week I started back up again, slowly. I'm way out of shape so I'm just walking on the treadmill and doing some really great stretches. I did run a little today, but it wore me out so fast.

It's hard to find the motivation because I'm so tired all of the time. Most days I don't have any energy until the evening. Yesterday was the same way but I forced myself to workout before taking Allie to school. This morning I actually had the energy and motivation to do it. Probably helps that I'm going to bed earlier now too. My little bug is always up and READY to GO by 6 (sometimes earlier).