Yesterday was a hungry day

So I am sort of feeling like there are going to be days where I am hungrier than others. I think a lot of yesterday's hunger had to do with the way I started the day. Yesterday I had a instant oatmeal for breakfast and then had hunger pangs most of the day, despite eating all the other meals the same as prior days. So today, I started the day with eggs, as I was doing prior to yesterday and it has been a different feeling day completely. I am not as hungry at all. I think I will stick with a protein at breakfast, in some form or another. I walked for about an hour today. I made the mistake of taking off my bandaids too soon from my blisters, and then reapplied new ones, but I must have pulled on one too much and the whole walk was a bit on the torturous side! I am hoping by tomorrow's walk my foot will feel much better. So I thought I would mention one of the things that motivates me to walk each day. A way I find that works well for me is to use the IPad, which hooks up through the MP3 port on my treadmill and I watch t.v. shows, movies, what have you. Recently I have been on a big documentary kick, so I find having something interesting to watch really helps me to be able to stay on the treadmill for much longer than I would be able to otherwise. My sister mentioned something a few days ago, about maybe a trip to England next year! I really hope that it happens. We had such a great time on our trip to Italy that I really look forward to another travel adventure. And this time I refuse to be overweight and out of shape for it! It will be tough to plan for it now, not knowing about Josh's potential future work schedules. But at least I know that by this time next year all of the kids will be in school! Although Isaac, my oldest, 8 year old has been begging to be homeschooled, he doesn't like how the teacher goes over things that he already knows and he hates traveling to and from school. Which in his defense does take a really long time. But I have been putting him off, I just am relishing the idea of having an empty house for once! Can you blame me? It's been 8 plus years of always having a child at home. I don't think I can hardly remember what it is to spend the entire day at my home alone! :) Oh the freedom of it! Other things on my mind lately have been motivation and all those factors. I recently read on another blog, by an amazing woman who has lost a lot of weight and did it in a very healthy way, her name is katie, and her blog is, Runs for Cookies, well she had this post about the difference between Motivation and Determination. It was such a great post and really made me think about how I am feeling mentally this time. She says that for her motivation can come and go but determination is what sticks with her day in and day out. And that having the determination to change never left her throughout her entire time losing weight. I think that this is a very good point. I think that there is a large mental component to weight loss and finding that state of mind where you are absolutely determined to get to your goal is the key to getting there. I know that there have been many times in the past where I was feeling motivated to do something but lacked the determination to get it done. Now I think I am there and this blog is going to help me. And all I have to do is remember my recent trip to italy with my sister, and remember the times I felt so tired and sore, and wanted to stop. I will not be that way anymore! I am determined to change and become and more active person! And here is a motivation picture, of a dress I'd like to wear some day!