11/21/10

Well, here I am in El Paso, a week later. So, I did not get out and exercise at all. I underestimated the busyness of the street that they live on. It's got a lot of traffic and on both ends there is a major street, so, my big idea to work on my walking/running didn't work out so well. Anyway, I did lose 1 lb this week and tomorrow I'm headed home to my treadmill and elliptical and I have to get busy! My weigh in next week is going to be from Tues-Sun with Thanksgiving thrown in so it should be interesting to say the least!

11/14/10

This has been a pretty good week. I worked out a couple of days and was really busy getting ready to leave for 10 days to go to Texas. I weighed on Saturday morning instead of Sunday (because I left on Saturday afternoon) and I lost a pound. So, we'll see how this next week goes. I have high hopes of getting outside to do things since the weather is great in Texas but reality could be the opposite...you never know with an almost 2 year old around, time will tell...

11/7/10

Not much to say about this week. No working out and gained 2 lbs...awesome! So, next week I'm leaving on Saturday to go to Texas for 10 days so we'll see how that goes...

10/31/10

Happy Halloween! (even though I'm writing this a week late!) This week has been good and bad. Good is that I lost 1.4 lbs, bad that I only worked out 1 day. It's been a pretty crazy week with Britt and Holden here and I haven't been as on top of things as I should have been. I really need to get in gear because now I have a formal Christmas dinner for the Guard coming up in December and I have nothing to wear and no motivation to buy anything unless I get my act together!

10/24/10

Guess what!? I worked out FOUR days this week!!! I did the elliptical three days and did strength one day. I felt so good this week and I know it had everything to do with working out. I just don't know why I have such a hard time actually doing it when I know how good it will make me feel. I also lost .4 lb this week which was ehh but at least it wasn't a gain!

10/17/10

So, this week was SO much better! I lost all but .2 lbs of what I gained the last week (yay!). I did work out on the elliptical twice this week and I'm trying to celebrate the small victories and not get bogged down with the "big" picture. When I had gained so much last week I felt so discouraged and felt like a complete failure but after a little perspective I realized that maybe that was the "switch" that I needed to flip in my head. Instead of wallowing in it and just giving up, it motivated me to get my butt out of bed and work out two mornings. Maybe next week it will be three, five, or even the six that I would like it to be. So, I move forward, (trying) not to look back!

10/10/10

So, here I am writing this almost a week late. I think I needed that long to come to terms with it. 10/10/10 was not a happy day for me. We had a wonderful time on our trip to the beach! Unfortunately, part of the wonderful was donuts, pizza, ice cream, etc. So, when I weighed myself Sunday and saw that I had gained 3.4 lbs (!), I kind of lost it, like crying, lost it. It was not pretty. I was happy that while at the beach we did a lot of walking, climbing stairs, hiking and even scaling a sand dune but for some reason that didn't seem to make much difference! So, I'm trying to put a period after it and move on...