A Brand New Start

 I am back and ready to try yet again to get back on tack. I'm not going to lie, I've been struggling. But I'm starting to recognize a pattern and am beginning to think that the fact I am now in post menopause, could be part of my problem. With all the hormone changes and everything else going on in my life, I just have been having a really hard time finding motivation. 

This morning I weighed in at 206. I was out on a fun weekend and have allowed myself to just enjoy my carbs for a few days as I prepare to get serious tomorrow and try to get back into ketosis. I've tried a few times now and have failed. I thought maybe coming back to my blog would help motivate me to begin anew. 

I really want to get this extra weight off before my next doctor appointment which I beleive is in May. I am over 30 pounds over my lowest weight at this point. I hope to drop 10 of those pounds rather quickly if I can help it! 

My first goal is to get back into the 180's. Its been way too long since I was in that range and I know I have to get back on track before I end up gaining all my weight back. I can't allow that to happen!

My biggest motivating factors for this newest journey: 

1) I have been having a lot of joint pain lately. My knees, my hands, my elbows, the top of my thighs when I get up out of a chair, my hips and even my shins. My plantar fasciitis has also returned. I know we have had bitter cold weather lately. We've been spoiled the last couple of years, but I do feel the carbs contribute some as well.  I feel if I get bad carbs out of my diet I will feel so much better. I do remember feeling so much better and not nearly as much joint pain when I was on Keto.

2) Get my confidents back! I remember being so much happier and more confident when I had lost all the weight and kept my carbs low! I really do think it effects my mood.

3) Get my sex drive back. My sex drive has been in the tank since I've gained this weight back. I'm hoping when I feel better that will return as well. Keto can help in this department as well. 

4) Get motivated to exercise again. With the joint pain, the motivation for excercise has deminished. I am hopeful I can get motivated again as I begin to feel better. 

5) Fit back into my clothes. I'm starting to have to go back to xl shirts and larger size pants. I definately don't want to stay here for long. 

Tomorrow I will weigh in again after having my last "free" day today. I will work on trying to post daily my progess in hopes of creating some motivation for myself. I shall return tomorrow with my beginning weight during this new journey of recovering my healtheir self!