Maybe Cardio?

Over the past couple of years I have talked about, and taken short lived action towards,  my desire to exercise regularly and eat healthily. As you may have gathered, my motivation and follow through have been fleeting at best. However,  the past three to four months I have been a bit more serious.  I have participated in several exercise classes and even worked out with a trainer. I experimented with green smoothies, transitioned to whole grains and moved more towards trying to prioritize minimizing processed foods. Even though I did not completely cut out any type of foods or exercise every day, I felt like I was living a much healthier lifestyle than I had previously. While I have seen progress in my strength and what I am physically capable of, I have not seen any real changes in weight, clothing fit or appearance,  which has been more than slightly frustrating.  While making excuses and beating myself up to my much more disciplined, healthy eating, physically fit sister (of course she shut all my excuses about the difficulty of eating healthy and exercising with a family down), she suggested that I probably need to increase my cardio if I want to see some results.  So, that is my new plan, in addition to jumping back on the wagon of planning and preparing healthy meals, I am hoping this may be the answer I have been needing.

So, "Will I run today? ",  yes. I spent 40 minutes alternating running and walking this morning.  It was hot, I was tired and I can't really say I liked it a lot,  but I did it.