@LaurenRN85 Thank you for the tips! You are totally right, I need to commit to spending the time on myself. I started to realize that there are only so many hours of the day and really started to think about the choices I was making about how to spend my time. With the schedule I am on, I have very little time to myself. By the time I get off work, run errands, cook dinner, clean up, etc, I have maybe an hour or two to relax before I have to get to bed. Usually this time is spent in my recliner playing on my laptop. So I read your post the other day and it really resonated with me. I am doing great with watching my caloric intake but if I want to keep my weight loss momentum going, I need to ramp up my exercise time. I decided that I am going to reprioritize how I spend my time. Instead of spending that hour or two on the computer, I am going to the gym after work every day, then running errands, cook dinner, etc. I get heartburn really bad if I go to bed soon after eating, but I have been having big salads for dinner so that hasn't been an issue yet. I had been doing alot of your other suggestions (taking the stairs, parking further away, etc) but I really needed to make that committment to myself. It's been a few days now, and I am really tired and sore, but in a good way. I lost 3 pounds this week (Yay!) so I am really motivated to keep it up. Thank you for the great advice! You were spot-on!
