Losing weight - the hard way

It's been nearly a year since I last blogged.
That's a bit awkward.
So, um, ya . . .
Moving swiftly on.

Since I hit 30 I've had a bit of a battle with my weight. I am by no means overweight, but simply not happy with the weight I am. It has nothing to do with BMI or ODI's or any other acronym. I simply do not fit into my clothes too well anymore. I also HATE my flabby belly. HATE IT.

So, last year I lost some weight by simply cutting out the sugary snacking (I love snacking - LOVE IT.) But I was still smoking then, so it was easy to replace the sweets with cigarettes.

I have since quit that filthy habit, and resumed the sugary snacking, and subsequently gained back the weight.

I don't currently know how much I used to weigh, how much weight I lost or how much I now weigh, but I feel it in my clothes!

So, I've been sincerely hoping not to gain all the weight back, but that did not work (just an FYI for anyone trying to lose weight - hope and prayer aren't enough, who knew?)

So my weakness for sugary snacks, plus my desire not to have to buy bigger pants (God help me) has led to only one conclusion . . . . I have to start exercising.
My biggest problem is that there are simply not enough hours in the day. I work from 7:30am to 5:00 pm, and often do not have time for a lunch break. I already get up at 5:00am on school days so there is simply no time before work. I have to get home to my Ciara after work, and I don't have enough time in the evenings to actually go to a gym. I do have time to exercise though.
Ciara and I are going to start running when I get home. From today. Eeek. I haven't run since high school. Eventually we will run and swim (in the indoor pool), but I don't think I am even going to make it to the pool (which is 1km from my house) today, or even this week in our allotted 45 mins. Eventually I want to be able to do the 1km run in about 10 minutes or less hopefully, so we have 20 minutes to swim as well.

I'm going to document weight loss (if any) with this endeavour. Not daily. That would be dumb. But weekly. Every Monday. After naughty, snacking, sugary weekends. Hopefully if I see it in writing I will stick to it / quit snacking (did I mention I LOVE snacking?).

I've also (from today) decided that I can no longer shove food into my face all day at work. Crises, I feel like I'm eating ALL THE TIME. So I had a small bunch of grapes, an apple, a nectarine and a peach to eat today, as well as my small bowl of Cheerios this morning. That's a decent amount of food, hey?

Okay, so since I did not weigh myself this morning, I will do it tonight before the run and post tomorrow.

Hopefully I do not perish tonight!!!