I work out!

For the past two weeks or so I have been getting up at 4 am and meeting a health nut friend of mine at the gym at 5 am. I'm loving it! At first I really had to push myself to go. She would be like hey going to the gym are you coming? And my thought is "no I really would rather stay comfy at home" but instead I would reply with "sure". Now I feel like I'm becoming addicted! I was unable to go Sunday morning because my daughter was sick and it literally drove me
Insane that I didn't go to the gym. This is a big deal for me! So one day we will work out our upper body by using weights and some other machine things, the next day we do legs with weights, chest/back and then cardio. My favorite is legs for some reason, even though I hate squats. But I do them! We do 4-5 rounds of everything it generally takes about an hour. My friend is so supportive and motivating I don't know what I'd do without her (other than be a fat sloth). So I'm really excited I've went out an bought a really cute gym bag for mornings we work after the gym. ( we
Work at a hospital and have to be there at 645 so some mornings we shower at the gym).

Once I finish the workout and
I head home, or to work, I scramble and cook two eggs in the microwave and have whole wheat toast and a glass of orange juice. I've cut back on a lot of what I eat and how I eat. I'm trying to eat more veggies and fruit and I'm eventually hoping to cut
Out all red meat, since I have extrememly high cholesterol. So I've been cooking with turkey instead and the best part is my family hasn't even noticed the difference!

It's only been two weeks or so but I'm very happy and proud and I'm loving it so I'm pretty sure I will  be sticking to this. Life happens though and I am still in nursing school, although I'm nearly done. I've lost approximately three pounds already and I plan to reach my goal of losing 30 by the end of July.

I'm ready to make being healthy a part of my life and my family's. I need to do this not just for me but for them as well.

YAY!!