Running for my Life

I've recently discovered to my disgust and worry that when I wasn't paying attention I piled on nearly 10 pounds in a month. My family has a horrible history with cholesterol and various heart problems in addition to obesity and diabetes; thus the title: Running for my Life.

Today I decided to bring back the wight loss charts, buy a scale and hit the treadmill for the second bout at attempting to stay healthy this year. I'm a huge fan of "Lose It" an app I have had on my iPod for nearly 2 years. I don't always remember to use it but I'd be a lot better off if I did. It's basically a food diary, but it does calculations for you and tracks how many calories etc you should intake to lose your goal weight .

After 2 days of keeping up I realized that all my "healthy" snacks were probably the reason I'd put on so much weight. In my mind they are healthy food, but I guess I was just writing the calories off as not counting. I was taking in over 3,000 calories a day and I am supposed to be consuming only 1,123 calories a day. I was OVER DOUBLE.

I am adamant not to let myself do this to myself again... but I also know I'm a horrible yo-yo dieter. I need someone to hold me accountable.

But here we go, a valiant effort and a new pledge to be healthier... I walked/ran 2 miles tonight and now I'm so hyped up its crazy!