I am freaking sore...already. Not a good sign. I spent an hour and 10 minutes at the gym today. I did a mile run/walk on the treadmill and burnt a little over 100 calories. Then I switched over to the elliptical and burnt another 100+ calories. I did weights afterward and I can already feel it. I feel like I get a much better workout when I go to the gym, but I hate taking my kids with me. I hate that I have to constantly watch them and get off the machines to break up fights or take them to the bathroom. It's sooo frustrating! We use the free "family gym" area on base. It's basically a raquetball court that they have sectioned off. One side is where you stick your kids and there are toys & a huge flat-screen TV for them to watch. The other side is full of equipment. It's really nice that they have it, but I wish I could find a free gym that offered child care. Now THAT would be awesome!

As far as weight goes, I am back up to 207 lbs. Time to get serious again with this weight loss thing! This is my 2nd time being at the gym and I always feel so great after a workout. I wish it didn't take so darn long to burn all those calories though. I'd say I probably burnt a little over 300 caloires between the cardio and weights. That's a measly candy bar's worth of calories! Ugh. It's not fair how this works!!!

I'm still going to try to get down to 175 lbs by June. That means I have to lose 32 lbs. I have roughly 3 months to lose the weight. I will need to lose about 10 lbs per month, which is really only 2.5 lbs per week. I think that's doable, but I am not going to go insane over it. I just want to try my best and workout hard and eat what is good for me. I got some healthy snack food today (apples, oranges, pineapple, grapes, low-fat string cheese, etc.). I need to get back into the habit of making healthier choices. Before I "fell off the wagon", I was making smart decisions with my eating. I was getting the 6 inch sub at Subway instead of the foot long. I was getting a salad as my side instead of fries at Wendy's. Just stuff like that was making a difference! So, today I start back on my routine! Wish me luck...