Muscles, Mimosas, and Misery

I always have so much in my head that I never know where to start.  I do know I have a pattern of saying I fell off my diet and now I'm back.  Its true every time too!  I always feel pretty bad about it too.  Honestly, I'm human and I'm a pretty average human at that.  Eating healthy is hard and making time to exercise is hard.  Losing weight is hard.  I know I'm not going to be perfect all the time, and that's okay.  I think if I can start being on my healthy eating kicks for longer between my diet collapse I will have made progress.  The fact that I'm still interested in doing it and still interested in working out is progress.  I'm proud of myself for continuing to do this even though I'm not seeing results on the scale.  I am feeling the results.  When I first started I struggled to get through 10 biceps curls with 10 pound weights, and now they are easier.  I'm not quite ready to up weight or repetition, but there has...

This week's motivation I'm making a motivation wall.  I know there are several different versions of this out there, but I'm making one that works for me.  I thought about making it completely electronic and maybe even just post the motivation on here, but I really need something that is in my face because I get lazy and want to give up.  I've only been doing this for a short time and I already can't stop thinking about ice cream and chicken wings.  I also get discouraged when I don't see massive results very quickly.  This last part is especially difficult for me right now since I can't do super intense exercise.  I'm hoping a more in your face motivation board will help keep me on track. First I decided where I wanted to place it.  I chose it the wall between my living room and dining room.  It is also directly across from my kitchen.  I walk by it about a million times a day. Next I chose a medium.  I kept it simple and ju...