Gettin back in the swing of things...

Fall is definitely my most favorite season of all. There's something about the crisp cool air, and the leaves falling and changing on the trees. It makes me feel good!

TODAY, was my last festivity for quite sometime. It was the weekend of the local Lewiston Peach Festival, and needless to say I indulged in a corndog, a fresh squeezed lemonade with way too much sugar, an italian sausage with peppers and onions, and then a delicious peach shortcake.... sigh. It was delicious I can't deny it, buuuut now that all these festivals, carnivals and etc are over, there's really not much reason for many more cheat days in the days and months to come. I can't even say I look forward to the holiday meals at Thanksgiving and Christmas because it's always the same. Who knows, maybe it's just because I'm a sucker for JUNK... Oh well.

School is finally back in session, so my days of watching my youngest brother all day long are over, I can't say that I'm too sad about it either! lol I enjoy my alone time, way too much, and having him all summer long can be a pain in my butt, so I am looking forward to having some days to myself until I start this new FT job at the clinic. I'm waiting for my fingerprints and all that jazz to go through, so I should be hearing back this week for a start date. Can't wait to get to it!

I've been tossing around the decision to join a gym, or save my money and do workouts at home, and continue to walk like I occasionally do. The gym I've been considering joining is conveniently located right across the street from where my new job is located. I guess I just wonder how often I will actually go. My schedule is going to be 4 days a week, so I know I may go 4 days. It's not so much that I'm lazy-well maybe a part of me is, but it's more so in that I'm generally in a rush to get home or get someplace to help my mom out with my brother. I'm going to be 28 years old in December, and I'm kind of thinking that I need to put a stop to rushing for everyone else, and be selfish and put myself first.

So, since I was up at weigh in, this means I have to work double extra hard to work off all this festival food I've eaten. It honestly was a pretty bad week, and weekend in general. It was completely controlled by eating out, margaritas, and wine. All delicious of course, but not on the regimen of healthy living and eating.

First things first, I need to workout everyday, twice a day. I have nothing else to do since I'm awaiting clearance for this new job, and I have no children to watch since they will all be in school, so I have no reason not to. PUT AN END TO EXCUSES, and do it!

Without a doubt, I have to lose what I gained for weigh in, plus what I'm up from over the weekend, and hopefully I'll be able to shed an extra pound or 2 in the process.

As for eating, I haven't really been eating the greatest, so I may step back into my Visalus replacement shakes for breakfast and lunch. I'll have to work it out to rid my body of the junk...definitely kick the carbs and get back into fat burning mode, and I plan to keep track of the carbs and calories. Just for this week at least. And With as bad as I was this weekend, I'm thinking about skipping Fridays usual cheat day and going healthy straight through. I can do this!