Reality Check

Well I guess this weekend was a reality check on my health.  I NEED to work out on a regular basis.

I  got my blood pressure taken for the first time since the Dr. took it and recommended I try the DASH diet to lower it about 2 months ago. I *thought* I was doing pretty good. I force myself to eat oatmeal every morning. I have really cut out red meat and eat mostly chicken, fish and occasionally buffalo (which I love and figure of all the red meat I could eat that is probably the best ) and I also cut my sodium down  A LOT. I love salt, but I totally don't use salt anymore on my food at all. I know there are still lots of foods that have a ton of salt, but I am trying to avoid them. Sugar... is my weakness. I LOVE sugar! Ha! So with all of that and the fact that I've been feeling ok... besides sleep deprived. I went and willingly got my blood pressure tested thinking it would be good. Lets just say it was an epic fail. 147/92  Ugh :(

The only part of the DASH diet that I am not doing (besides cutting out sugar) is exercising. I can give you a million excuses about why I don't exercise (Although I do think some are valid like how Ryan  does not get home in time for me to do anything or me not getting any sleep and being too exhausted.. ) BUT I really need to get my butt in gear so I don't end up on blood pressure meds...

Plus I saw some pictures of me this weekend that were not very flattering. Lol  For the past 6 months I have been taking pictures of Colin and am rarely in front of the camera. I felt like I have been doing pretty good at loosing weight, I am a pound below my pre-pregnancy weight and about 7lbs away from my goal weight. But really the numbers don't matter much when  I see a picture and think... AHHH I look huge! Lol  I do a million sit ups every morning and I try to walk about 3 times a week... but obviously that isn't cutting it and I need to step up my game.

I had a talk with Ryan about getting off of work a bit earlier so he can watch Colin so I can exercise. I really hate running and the gym, but I LOVE Zumba because you forget that you are exercising and it is a really good workout. I would love to go a couple days a week, but that requires Ryan getting off early. So I hope that works out. I also like having a friend to go with... but I don't know if I can convince anyone. Regardless I am going to try and so is Ryan and hopefully I can get back into the swing of things.  Wish me luck! I hope Zumba combined with walking several days a week and I started hiking a bit more at work will help me feel a bit better about myself and lower my blood pressure.  We will see...