10 Day Challenge

So last week I had my 2-month (give or take a week) follow up with Dr Abler, our family doctor, to discuss my progress regarding diet and exercise. Emma met with Dr Abler as well. You see, my daughter is beginning to look like a mirror of the person I am, and the person I do not want her to become...physically speaking.

Our frustration with Emma is that she really, truthfully, does not eat like the typical overweight child eats. We don't buy candy. In fact the only time it's in our house is after a parade (and Daddy takes most of that to work with him so the boys can eat it), and after a holiday in which unfortunately candy is the common gift received!

Pop, for Emma, is a treat. We simply do not keep it in the house for her. I grew up drinking pop. Any kind of pop. Really, it was whatever kind of pop Dad was drinking because he was my hero and I wanted to do whatever Dad was doing. Wow, that's an eye opener. Kids really do look at their parents and model them.

We are role models and I haven't been a good one. Yes, I think I'm a good mom and I hope I've done well in teaching my kids right and wrong, etc, but in the health department I have been a terrible example for my kids!! Time for a change!

So my doctor tells me that I, on the other hand, have had a great 2+ months. Lost 14 pounds (7 of which came while doing Weight Watchers, 7 on my own), and my blood pressure was the best it's been since before Joshua was born. So, given these results Dr Abler has decided that if I can keep up the hard work she is going to cut my dosage in half at my next visit in October. 2-3 months after that, if I'm still going strong, we are going to test my body and see if I can go off blood pressure medication!!! Next step, cholesterol meds!!!!

So, with that in mind, let's get back to the title of this post: 10 Day Challenge. For the next 10 days I am going to eat healthier, exercise every week day (and on the weekends if I can find the time), and I'm now taking a multi-vitamin and some supplements to "supplement" (duh) my new healthy habits! I've never been much of a pill taker, so we'll see how this goes! So far so good, but today is my first day!

I was going to start doing Zumba on the Wii this morning, but poor Emma didn't sleep well last night and ended up on the couch!! I didn't want to wake her so I walked on the treadmill during my lunch hour instead. And I can honestly say, that was the best workout I've put myself through in a long time! To the veteran health nut, it may not seem like much, but in a half hour I did 1-1/2 miles of circuit walking: 2 minute warm-up, 8 minute speed walk, 2 minute recovery walk, 8 minute speed walk, 2 minute recovery walk, 6 minute speed walk, 2 minute cool down. Simple, but hey...I was sweating my buns off and my legs were tingly. I'd say workout well done!!!!

I weigh in tomorrow night at Weight Watchers. Haven't been there in 2 weeks, so I'm a little nervous about stepping on the scale. But in order to start over, I have to, simply put, start over! So what do you say we get this party started??!!