My Challenges to Weight Loss

This week I've thought a lot about my goal to lose weight, but just thinking about it doesn't mean its going to happen. Here are some of the challenges (maybe I should just call them excuses) I face meeting my goal:

1. My Work Schedule. I'm scheduled to work 1pm to 10pm Sunday through Thursday, which means I start getting ready at 11am, leave the house at 12pm and on a good day I'm home by 10:30pm. Normally I'm not in bed before 1am, which means I tell myself I'm too tired to work out before work and then I tell myself I'm too tired to work out after work. Being overly tired and stressed contributes to poor eating and limits weight loss--lucky me.
2. Work Itself. While I limit my caloric intake at work and do a good job avoiding overeating while there, sometimes my caloric intake is so restricted at work (because I get too busy to have snacks) that when I get home I'm overly hungry and therefore overeat. What's worse, it's late at night and I go to bed soon after eating.
3. Days Off. I overeat on my days off. While at work not only am I busy but I'm also not 50ft from food. To make up for stressful, long days at work, I'm extra lazy and you guessed it, don't work out.
4. Abbey. I know its mean to blame a child for lack of weight loss, but having Abbey around is a challenge. First of all, its difficult to work out when she's crying and wants attention--Eric is already at work and there is no one to get her things or pay attention to her. And second, I find it harder to keep track of what I eat when I make her food she then gives me to eat for her. I know she's not out to sabotage me because she's just so dang cute, but a girls gotta wonder...J/K.

So here are a some of things I'm going to do to overcome these challenges:

1. Make a plan to workout before work. This will mean going to bed earlier so instead of snoozing on the couch I can get on the treadmill. If I tell myself 10am that gives me time to get a quick walk on the treadmill in before I have to start getting ready for work.
2. I'm going to plan my day better, keeping snacks at work I can eat at my desk.
3. On my days off, move activities farther away from the kitchen where I'm tempted to graze.
4. Use more self-control and put Abbey's leftover food away instead of finishing it up for her.