Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been going well. Most of you know this already but on Sundays weekly weigh-in I was down 3.6 pounds!! ONLY 96.4 TO GO! This week I have been pretty bad about the gym. I haven't gone once but today I went for a walk with my sister and the kids. I'm just having a really hard time getting out of bed in the morning.
I think its because I lost the 3.6.... and I'm all proud of myself so I'm letting myself off easy. But I have to remember that I lost those pounds because I got my butt out of bed, not because I hit snooze 14 times before I flung the covers off and destroyed my warm cocoon. (So painful)
Food wise I have been doing great!! For breakfast I have been having special K (still not measuring out a "serving" but we'll get there....) For lunch I am packing tons of fruits and veggies and a yogurt and a sandwich of some sort. Saturday I went apple picking with Brit and Tommy so I have fresh fruit in the house. I also have oranges, a grapefruit and a banana. I had a pear the other day. I love pears, but it hurts my teeth when I bite into them. I love sugar snap peas so I have those separated out into baggies. Carrots too. I only allow myself to have soda with dinner, otherwise its water or crystal light. However, Tommys birthday was on monday so you better believe there was cake and ice cream and M&Ms in my tummy. I took him to UNOs for his birthday dinner and I got one of the "healthy options". It was a chicken pasta dish with a lemon pesto sauce. I thought I would love it because it included the words "chicken", "pasta", and "pesto" but the "lemon" totally ruined the dish for me. I really didn't like the combination of the flavors. Lemon and pasta dont go together in my opinion.
On to day 14, lets see if I sacrifice an extra hour in my warm cocoon for a good ol' sweaty visit to the gym...
You're making good choices, I know it's hard to order something totally different at a restaurant, but it's important to become a more adventurous eater.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's 13 days already! Keep it up, new successes will be built upon previous ones!
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ReplyDeleteEm,
ReplyDeleteDon't let not going to the gym for a while get ya down. Just get back on the horse and set small goals for yourself. It's nice to think about the big picture once in a while, just to keep where you want to be eventually in sight, but it's much easier if you set small goals and really focus on them. Give yourself 6 weeks to lose 10 pounds, for example. And REALLY focus on losing just those 10. Also, reward yourself (with something non-food related of course!) when you get to your goal. Like getting a mani pedi, or a massage.
This has really helped me SO much in my own weight loss. When I started trying to lose weight, Nate challenged me to lose 15 pounds, and when I do, he's going to buy me something I really want. I've lost 5 so far, and won't know how I've done this week till sunday. I have my long term goal in mind (cough cough 80 pounds...) but it seems so much more daunting when I think of it that way. 15 sounds so much easier..haha. Small goals will add up quickly, and eventually you'll get there.
Hope this helps somewhat..you're doing awesome! Keep up the healthy food choices :)
Alli