Is it the turning point????

I think I'd like to start updating more often. Not as often as I was when I started. But more often. When I have stuff to talk about.

This year has started by seeing me at my heaviest ever. I've tipped 200, and even 210, but never 225, and that's where my poundage has been this past week.

January was a wash for losing weight, but I swore up down and sideways (again) that February would be the turn around.

Today, I was at 223.4, my reward for finally being good with my calorie count this week. I'm notorious for cheating (but who isn't), and paleo hasn't been very doable for me. Last week (or maybe it was the week before)(or both), I failed to prepare lunches for myself and had to eat lunch out. Hoo boy, was that bad. I've cut down on my adult beverages, but still let myself enjoy now and again. Like tonight! Tonight I'm celebrating. With wine.  I've hit all of my exercise and calorie goals for the week. I went cycling Monday, running, Tuesday, and made it to my cycling class again today, Wednesday.

I set a goal for myself, too, one that I hoped would be achievable. On monday, I clocked 11 miles. I log my cycling classes under the bicycling, divided by mph, in my calorie app. I really wanted to be able to log it under 12-14 mph today, so my goal was 12 mph. I did 13.5! Now, Wednesday's class is a little more endurance themed than Monday's, which does a lot of toning exercises, so it makes sense that I went above and beyond today! We shall have to see if I can do it again on Monday.

Something I wanted to blog about is my feet. My feet always hurt when I exercise! I have slightly flat feet, so I don't know if I should be using inserts or not. I'm not. So towards the middle or end of class the outer half of my feet start aching. Sometimes it fades, due to endorphins or what not, and sometimes I just muscle through it. I was going cycling fairly often for a while, and I think I noticed that the aching faded over the weeks, so hopefully now that I've got my butt broken in again, my feet will break themselves into shape, too.

Back to weight. My lowest weight in log in the past calendar year was 187.8 on August 21, 2015. I started logging my weight again on June 24, 2015, at 191 lbs, after seeing some weight gain those previous months from 180-185ish. That's a gain of approximately 35-40 lbs in 6-7 months. Not good. Boooooooooo. A number of factors in my life have contributed to this, one of which is living with my partner and indulging in yummy food wayyyyy too much. I have a portion control issue. If it tastes good, I want more. Oh well..... I'll get over it.

So, this time last year, my weight was healthier, though still not in my BMI target range, but I was not exercising AT ALL. I am now exercising, I have better endurance through out my life, and I'm still making improvements!

I've succeeded at something! Yay!