Week 3 (April 9 - April 15) – The week must have paid off because I decided to weigh myself (secretly) and I lost 2 lbs since the beginning of the program. YAY! Of course I did not exercise at all for real except for playing wallyball one day and working out with my group, but I have good thoughts in my head. I have been concentrating on getting rid of bad foods in the house. I also have been keeping track of my water intake and also my fruit and veggie intake. I have tried to not go to anything with a drive thru, but failed 2 days and had breakfast from McDonalds. 

Becky Cohen talked with us about life and I really enjoyed it. I have made a wellness wheel before, but hers was a bit different because it already had the pieces of the pie there that had to be there.  I realize that I have a very good social/friend time in my life, but I do not feel very good about my physical well being as in my health. Health things I am concerned about would be my teeth and I need to go to the dentist and I also have high blood pressure which I take medication for. I know that if I were start exercising and eating right, I may even not have to take medication for this high blood pressure that I have. We shall see. I have to make an appointment to see my doctor. It has been over a year and I need to go. Now it is on the to-do list. She also told us to choose one thing to do in the area that we are not doing so well to help us do better. If we do this for 21 days, then it will become a habit. So I chose to walk every day. After our Monday meeting, I went outside right after and walked on the nature trail for 45 minutes. It was a little bit of exercise and a little bit of looking at birds.  

On Tuesday my husband and I did something that I hope my parents and his mom never find out we did. We threw away ALL the Easter candy that we got just 2 days before… YEP! IN THE GARBAGE! It just wouldn't work in our house. The kids don’t need it, my husband is diabetic and I surely don’t need it. Tuesday I also got my friend Michelle to walk with me after work at 8pm. We walked a good 45 minutes from my house to the Ellwood House and back. It was very social and fast, but good! 

The group workout this week I did not go to because I had to be at the Sycamore Library for a little reception for my photography display. I decided that I would make it up by going to Jessica’s on Saturday.  I had a party planned for my birthday on Friday and it was awesome. I ate pretty good, but I did have some alcohol. I did not go to Jessica’s workout on Saturday morning. L But I did go hiking at Fermi Lab that day and walked a great deal with some photography friends. I should really put a pedometer on because we walked a ton!

Sunday was very bad. It was my birthday which was great, but we had a BBQ for my step-son’s birthday. We also had chocolate pie and cheesecake. I ate too much.  I am realizing that I am not really going to win this thing if I keep eating anything I want as much as I want, but should I be thinking that? I need to stop thinking and just do it! Do it right! Tomorrow is a new day. Let’s do it!