10/22/2009 05:45
back home/back on track
I'm back from my trip home to San Diego. I had a great time with my family and ate at fabulous restaurants a few times a day...we had family visiting from Europe.
Since I've come home we've bought a dog! Her name is Phoebe, and she's an 8 month old black standard poodle. She is beautiful. She's helping me be more active and make a schedule for myself, as I have to get up early to take her outside of the apartment in the morning. We got her on Friday and I've spent every waking moment with her--BIG MISTAKE. She has serious separation anxiety when I leave for a few minutes. I have to try a new approach. See picture below :)
Today is a good day because I'm on DAY THREE of perfect eating and exercising. It's been at least a month since I've been able to really follow my plan. I just haven't been into it mentally and got into bad habits of staying up too late and snacking late at night, not to mention drinking too much wine. I feel SO much better now. Just getting through the first day is the hardest thing. After that, things become so much more manageable. I'm up about 10 lbs since I moved...give or take a few. Lots of it is water weight just from eating junky, salty stuff and not drinking enough water. I plan to get back down to where I was before the move...and then slowly start getting the rest of this weight off by the New Year. That's my plan!
