Almost three weeks and Give up soda??

I've thought everyday for almost three weeks what to write in this blog. Why did I start it to begin with?

So far so good honestly. I've been tracking what I eat diligently. If I believe my scale it's almost 3 pounds in 2 weeks. We'll see Tuesday if that trend has continued. Some days are better than others, but that's the way everyday is regardless of food right? My one major accomplishment right now is cutting back on my soda intake. I'm pretty much down to a single can every other day. For those that know me, I hate coffee, I don't like hot tea. I try and drink cold brewed tea but after awhile it just doesn't cut it. It's not soda, it's not bubbly and syrupy and sweet.  And soda is my source of caffeine. It hasn't been that hard actually. As a friend told me you have to ask yourself what you want more when it comes to getting healthy. So when I want a soda, an ice cream, a whatever unhealthy thing- I ask myself, what do I want more? That item or to get healthy and show my daughter a fun healthy lifestyle? It's a pretty effective thought process. The only thing that pisses me off is when I drank more soda, I still never went out of my calorie requirements for the day. Now I don't drink as much soda, but I'm still just in on my calorie requirements. Damn physiology.

I started walking with my little one. Shoot for 2-3 miles a few times a week. I don't even notice the hour it takes to walk the three miles. That's a good thing right? I just hope with every mile I get closer to maybe actually running one day.  In the here and now society, it kills me I'm having to... well... walk before I run. I've had many a seasoned runner I've chatted with here and there over the past 10 years tell me to start with walking. There's nothing wrong with walking, it clearly gets me where I need to go. But, I look around me at the other people on the trail running and I want that NOW. I just have to accept that it may take a while, I may never be very fast, but it will be, I know it.

Everyone has to start somewhere.