Slow and steady wins the race

Hey guys, sorry about not posting yesterday, had other things on my mind.
But wanted to give you an update. Still on track with the diet! It's definitely easier this time around than over the summer. I have been feeling better physically and I feel more alert during the day, because I haven't been putting junk in my system. Also, I got invited to play on a volleyball team for Pittsburgh Sports League! It is once a week and I am so excited to play! I have always been looking for places to play volleyball and I definitely want to keep that going. I feel by doing this I can exercise by doing what I LOVE to do. I can also meet new people because I don't know anyone on my team. A friend of a friend needed an extra person to play with them so I'm so excited that she thought of me! But I see this as an opportunity to meet new people and maybe make some new friends that love to do what I love to do and hopefully make some volleyball connections.

But none the less, I have not been working out. I have just been out of the workout scene in the longest time that it's definitely hard to get back into the mental state of getting up, and putting my body through that. But just with the diet alone I have been fitting better in my clothes and jeans, something is happening and I am loving it. I just have to get that extra push to get myself out of bed in the morning and doing something, P90X or the treadmill, anything really. I need to tighten up my mid- section if you will.
I also got my mom into working out as well. She has her own diet to worry about though so we don't follow the same rules. For those of you who don't know, my mom has the disease Celiac Sprue, which is when your body has an allergic reaction to Gluten or wheat. She can't have bread, pasta, pizza, pretzels, anything with gluten in it. So she has to make up for some of the foods she can't eat. But at the same time, it's genetic and I have to be aware of the fact that I may develop this disease someday. Which if that day ever comes, I know there will be a mourning period for pizza. I miss pizza, even now I could go for some pizza or some chips and dip. Even if i have low fat sour cream and fat free ranch dip with light chips, it will NOT be the same as regular sour cream with regular ranch dip and ruffled chips. Ah chips.

But I do need to try new and healthy recipes and really make more of an effort to work out. At least get on the treadmill! I also need to keep up with my bedtime habits. Because sometimes I just get so lazy that I don't take my contacts out or wash my face and you know what that means, styes and zits. And no one wants that. But over all I am so happy to be back in with volleyball and I hope I can keep going to it. I miss it even more now than I did a year ago, and I'm so glad that I have this chance to do it again. And I am happy that I am feeling better than I was, I really feel like there is progress happening and I want it to keep going!

Keeping up with the diet and making more of an effort to exercise is all that I need to focus on right now and I hope I can get back on that track.