So I was looking for something in my nightstand drawer Friday morning. I should actually consider it my junk drawer since I keep throwing in crap that I'll probably never use again. Anyway, when I finally found what I was looking for and closed the drawer, it wouldn't close, so I figured something must have fallen behind it to stop it. And there was. After checking behind the drawer, I find my not read very much South Beach Diet book. I took this as a sign from God, and decided right then and there to begin my South Beach journey on Saturday. Of course, you know I binged on Friday. I mean I went carb crazy, and enjoyed every minute!
Saturday, I started and finished the day with no problem at all. Same with Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday however, I blew it. Everything was going fine until we ordered lunch from Red Hot & Blue. And my meal came with a sandwich, greens and potato salad. I did good and didn't eat the bread. Then I decided to take maybe two bites of the potato salad and throw the rest away. But I didn't. It was sooooo gooooood! Next thing you know, I finished the whole thing. I felt so bad that I fell off the wagon, but I got back on right after lunch.
I also managed to still lose 3 pounds when I weighed myself this morning.
I know it's been about a month since I last blogged. But I'm still around and doing pretty okay. My weight has been up and down as usual, but I am still making more of an effort to eat right and exercise more. It's just that when I get into a rut, I turn to my kryptonite: JUNKFOOD. And for the past month, it's been kryptonite-city. Just a purely stressful period. But thankfully, I'm getting through it. I see a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not an oncoming train. I just need to get through the next few weeks or so and I'll be out of the tunnel.
My goals for next week are:
Exercise at least 4 times this week.
Get in my 64 oz of water every day (I've already done 32 oz today, so I'm halfway there).
I'm on a steady decline. And it feels good. I still get nervous when I get on that scale in the morning though. This morning, I weighed over and over and over and over again. Thankfully, the number never changed. Hopefully I can keep this up.
Well gotta get back to work. Been super busy here lately. Just wanted to drop a quick note.
Ok, so for the past few days I've been noticing my knees whenever I sit. I never noticed them before. Probably because they've been surrounded by fat. But one day, I happened to see that my knee caps are starting to reappear! I know it's a little thing, but it made me happy. So happy in fact that I think I'll try to for 40 min. on the elliptical today.
I need to decide what small gift I can give myself for reaching my 5 pound goal. Suggestions are welcome. I can be something as small as a manicure or pedicure but not both.
ME. That's right, V-day is my birthday! The anniversary of my 29th birthday. I had such a great day which is good considering the fact that that's not how the week started.
On Tuesday, I decided to leave work early to go and vote. Since it was raining and sleeting I decided to stop at the bank on the way to save myself an extra trip later. Everything was going fine until I left the bank, and was almost at my car. That's when I came across the only piece of ice in the whole parking lot, slipped, fell in a puddle, and hit my head on a car. To top all of that off, because of the rain and sleet, what should have taken 10 minutes, took an hour and a half.
So yesterday was a great day! My DH and made me a very tasty dinner. My son made me brownies (yes I did have one), and my daughter designed a pillow case for me. It was really cute.
My other good news is Wednesday I put on a pair of jeans that I couldn't even button up this time last year. Not only did they button up with no problem, I could acutally ZIP THEM UP!! I was overjoyed!! I'm still doing the happy dance!
I had no idea that Jan. 9th was the last time I posted. See what had happened was....Don't you love it when people start like that? Anyway, my daughter and I chose the month of Jan. to be sick. Yep. She got sick first, and as a way to thank me for being such a wonderful mom, she made sick. Aren't children wonderful? Of course, during this time, I fell of track. As a result, I gained 2 lbs. Am I upset about this? Not really. I'm determined to lose it by next week's weigh in. By the way, I still haven't had any soda. Only water and tea with Splenda. And I'm still keeping up with my food journal.
So my goals for this week:
Exercise at least 4 days this week.
No eating at 8:00 p.m. (had to put this one back on here).
Only 1 dessert per week (this is going to be hard with it being Girl Scout cookie time)
By the way, check out Tatumsmom blog for Jan 23rd. She posted the Self Magazine's article on calculating your Happy Weight. Mine is 132.13lbs. They're right, I will be really REALLY happy at that weight!
Whew!! That was one rough holiday season. I just couldn't get it together. I swear I spent the whole time down in the dumps. But I'm starting to feel better now.
I won't go into detail but, you know how you do something that you know you shouldn't be doing but you do it anyway? Then it comes back to bite you in the butt later? And now you are in panic mode because you know it's going to take some work to undo the damage that you did, but thankfully, it can be fixed because God knows it could have been worse. Well that's what the period between Halloween and Now has been like for me. I hate it when I make stupid irresponsible mistakes. And of course, you know it didn't help that I didn't stick to my plan or work out like I should have.
Anyway, I had to get that off my chest. I'm back on plan and am keeping a journal of my food and exercise. So far, I've been doing pretty good. This is week 2 and I have an entry for every day. I'll keep you posted on how this goes.
Now on to goals:
No eating after 8:00.
Do at least one morning work out
Exercise at least 4 times this week. (2 down, 2 to go)
Had a busy week last week, so I didn't get a chance to blog. However, I did log my weight for the 5th and I weighed in today. Looks like I'm finally losing. Praise GOD!! It felt good for the scale not to read 239, 240, or 241. And since I went on a cookie binge over the weekend, I didn't expect to see a drop like that this morning. To say I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. Hopefully I can keep it up. I was talking to Timothea1 and she mentioned that she wants to be 214 by 2/14. I like that idea. I think I'll do it too.
Goal this week:
Work out every morning for 20 minutes with Walk Away the Pounds.
Walk on Saturday and Sunday
Get at least 3 regular work outs in at the gym this week.
Continue keeping my food journal (I really hate doing that).
And a very sad week for us Redskin Fans....And the NFL. My prayers and condolences go out to the Family and Friends of Sean Taylor.
Did any of you see "The Biggest Loser" last night? Even though I've been rooting for the Black team, I was so sad to see "B" go. I wonder what Kim will do now that she doesn't have a red team to train. I don't know about you all, but that show has been an inspiration and a source of motivaiton for me. I play a game with myself during the commercials. I try to do some type of activity like jogging in place, jumping jacks, crunches, etc. from the time the commercial starts until the show starts again. Believe me, this is not easy when they play so many commercials back to back. But it gets me up and moving so I won't feel like a couch potato. Besides, I only watch about 2-3 hours of television a day, usually between the hours of 8-11. Is that too much TV?
Anyway, after a month of not blogging, I am only down one pound. It's not a gain, so I'm not complaining.
Goals for the week:
Work out at least 4 times this week
Take the stairs from the parking garage at work (I park on B-3 level, so I'm walking up 3 floors)
Stay within my points values and try to use only 30 flex points this week. I'm trying to wean myself off and not depend on them so much.
Don't feel like thinking up a title for this one. Just checking in to say that I'm down 3 pounds. Hope everyone is doing well. I think I did pretty good this past week. I didn't do the Tae Bo every day like I planned, but I did get it in at least 3 times. I only worked out 3 days last week, but I did stay as active as I could. I did stay on plan, but I still need to work on writing everything down.
Goals for this week are:
Work out at least 4 days.
No candy at all! This is where I use most of my flex points. When I want something sweet, then I'll grab a piece of fruit or something.
Continue with the Tae Bo. I think I only shoot for 3 days this week.
