Week 6, Day 1 - Sickies

It looks like winter finally caught up with me.  I started feeling crappy around 10:00 this morning and have been going downhill.  My nose started running after dinner, and I'm just this side of miserable.  Plus, it's 9:45 and my oldest (she's all of 4 1/2) is still awake.  I just made a cup decaf chai tea and put some night time zycam in it.  I'll be out of it sooner rather than later, so I'll be going to bed in the next few minutes.

Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow and can be productive.  I have a whole list of things to do...including finding my other 5# weight.  I have my 3# set and one of my 5's, but can't find the other.  It's around somewhere in the garage.  Can you tell it has been awhile since I used them?  Anyway, I'm thinking a bit of mild yoga and basic toning moves will be my agenda for now.  Not a lot of sweat equity there, but strength and improving my muscle tone is really what I want to work on anyway.

Week 6, Day 1 - That Fickle, Fickle Scale

My scale dropped a pound from yesterday's BAN weight...207.4 today.  Yay!  Another new low.  Why didn't it show that loss YESTERDAY at the stinkin' center?  Eh, I guess that just means this week gets to be even sweeter.  I'm going to work hard this weekend to stay busy so I don't go off plan. 

I'm really feeling the need to start doing some sort of exercise.  I'll have to talk to the doctor when I go in next week. We'll see what he says about it.  In the meantime, I don't know what I'll do.  Maybe I'll get on the elliptical for just a few minutes a day...like 15-20.  Or do some core work with my balance ball.  I just feel the need to do SOMETHING.  Anything.

Week 5 Weigh In - Not Happy

I have no clue what happened this week.  I had a GOOD week with eating.  My scale showed a loss over last week.  The scale at the Smart for Life center showed me UP 0.2 to 209.0 today.  That makes me angry!!  Not angry in a "I'm going off program and eating the house" sort of way.  Rather the "I'm going to work my ass off and loose more this week than ever before" kind of anger. 

I don't know what I did different this week than the previous (successful) weeks.  Maybe it was the deli turkey?  Or the salsa?  Or having salads instead of broccoli and cauliflower?  I honestly don't know.  What I DO know is that I'm going to be on my bestest ever behavior for the next 7 days and see what happens.

Dinner tonight is BBQ chicken and steamed broccoli.  I use Walden Farms BBQ sauce and it turns out rather okay.  Not gourmet by any stretch of the imagination, but palatable. 

Week 5, Day 5 - Another Day Forward

My youngest is getting sick.  Poor baby has been coughing all day. Her daycare teacher said she had a rough time getting to sleep at naptime.  I gave her Nyquil and put mentholatum on her feet, but I think she walked it all off into her pj's before she got to bed!  Now that she's asleep, she's fine.  Unfortunately, both girls were up until 9:00.  That's going to make for a rough morning tomorrow.

Of course, that's assuming the daycare is open.  It started snowing this evening, and it's supposed to continue through the night.  I'm not going to be a happy momma if they're closed again. 

Anyway, I had another decent day with my food choices.  I did have a piece of string cheese (80 cal) and a mini cheeseburger muffin (70 cal)  that weren't on my plan.  Oh well...I'll live to see another day.  However, I'm going to have to start adding benefiber to my water again.  I'm having issues...not pleasant and I'll spare y'all the details.

At least I'm not having huge cravings this week.  I can definitely tell that I'm losing weight.  My pants are getting looser in the thighs and saggy in the butt.  I can finally button the bottom button on my tops, too.  That makes me happy.

Week 5, Day 4 - 100%

I acheived today what I'd like to achieve every day.  I followed my plan to the letter...including taking all of my supplements in the AM and PM.  I was also able to SHOP absinently.  I actually stopped and consiously asked myself, "can I sanely be around this food?" before putting things in my grocery cart.   I made good choices for both myself and my girls, and yes, there were things that I did NOT put in the cart that called to me.  One of the hardest things for me to not do is treating and rewarding my children with food.  Trust me, I'm far from successful, but I do better now than I used to.  And it gets easier every week. 

Today, I am grateful to have had such a good day with food.  Actually, I am grateful for a good day all the way around.  Am I willing to make tomorrow good a well?  I'm going to make every effort to be. 

Off to bed now. 

Week 5, Day 3 - To Fend Off Eating

I'm posting again today because I'm having a hard time staying out of the kitchen.  I don't know what it is, but I feel the overwealming "need" to eat something...anything.  I've already caved once tonight, but there's no need to do it again.  I'd just go to bed, but I need to wait for the washer to finish so I have clothes to wear to work tomorrow.  Unfortunately, I've also had more than my share of caffeine today.  Not sure I could sleep right now anyhow.  Why are weekends so much more difficult than the rest of the week? 

I spent the last hour watching Lifetime's How to Look Good Naked.  It's actually a pretty good show.  I'm going to look into what it takes to audition/apply.  I know I have a skewed image of myself.  I have no idea what I really look like.  I don't even own a full-length mirror.  How sad is that?

I'm glad tomorrow is Monday. 

Week 5, Day 3 - Going Strong

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, y'all.  I didn't even realize it was until I read the news this morning.  Shows you how much I care about professional football.  Honestly, I could take it or leave it.  I love football, but college is more fun to watch. 

I'm doing alright following my program this weekend.  I did go off a bit yesterday, but not tragically.  I acutally spent most of the day working on my website project, so my fingers were moving most of the day.  I did take some time to vegetate with the girls in front of a movie, but that never lasts very long! 

Today's high is supposed to be almost 50!  Hopefully it will get rid of most of the remaining snow.  Tomorrow will top out in the high-60's.  Yay!  Too bad it's not going to last...at least not according to that darn groundhog yesterday.   How do they know that he actually SAW his shadow anyhow?  Does he talk or something?  Heck...does he even know what a shadow is?

I'm off to find more coffee.  Think today is a good day to take measurements.  I'm going to try to do it on the 1st of each month from now on.  I completely forgot about it until just now. 

Week 4 Weigh In

I was right about the city being paralyzed.  I got the girls up and drove to daycare...only to find they decided to close.  Grrrrrr.  This is the 2nd time the owner hasn't notified the news channel early enough for me to just stay home.  So I had to call my boss and tell him I wouldn't be in.  We came straight home and had breakfast.

I decided to brave the streets and go to my Smart for Life appointment.  Glad I did.  The roads weren't horrible except for the neighborhood and the main street nearest the house.  It only took 35 minutes to make it across town to the center (normally a 20 minute drive). 

For once, their scale actually weighed me LESS than mine!  208.8 to be precise.  That makes 3.2 pounds for this week...and almost makes up for last week.  I'm down 10.2 pounds in 4 weeks.  Not too shabby.  And, if I can keep my butt in motion this next month, I'll be able to loose more in February.  Only time will tell. 

Week 4, Day 7 - That's More Like It!

It was 11:45 when I finally went to bed last night, and after midnight when I fell asleep.  Then I was up at 4:45.  Yikes!

Nevertheless, I am happy to report the sale showed 209.6 this morning.  That's what I like to see on weigh-in day.  With that, I should show at least a 1 pound loss at the center.   I go in at 11:30...so, assuming the city doesn't become paralyzed because of the snow that has been falling since midnight (and is supposed to continue until 3pm), I'll know sooner rather than later.

Week 4, Day 6 - Exhausted but Wide Awake

I fell asleep putting the girls to bed tonight.  Woke up about 10 minutes ago and scrambled out to the living room.  I know I'll be up late tonight, and I'm okay with that. 

The scale was good to me this morning...showed 210.2.  Finally heading down again.  Unfortunately, I don't think it will drop much lower before tomorrow's weigh-in.  TOM showed up late last night, so I'm feeling incredibly boated.   *sigh*  At least I know it will go away by Monday.  I'm prepared to see a relatively crappy number when I go to the Smart for Life center to weigh in tomorrow.  Oh well.  I'll survive.

I managed to write 3 more articles for my project today at work!  I could have done another one or two, but my co-worker was bored today and I could feel him trying to read over my shoulder a few times.  Not cool since I'm writing on a topic I probably shouldn't be writing about at work!  Someday I might share it with y'all, but I don't have a clue what the reaction would be.

So I'm off to finish deigning my logo banner.  That's always fun.  I was trying to work on it a bit after dinner, but the girls insisted on jumping endlessly on my bed...where I was sitting with my laptop trying to work while they watched Happy Feet.  So much for that plan!  At least I'm wide awake now.