Weigh In Weds

Well, I'm back to doing my weigh-in Weds.  I don't have money to hire a trainer this spring, altho if I came into some Lottery money, that's what I'd get!!  But that doesn't mean I can give up on my goal --- to lose 35 lbs by my birthday at the end of July.  Statistically speaking, if I lose 1 lb a week, I can make it, and dang, right now that sounds really easy!!  Ok, maybe not easy, but do-able.

But then there are days like today .... stress is when the cravings kick in.  I splurged on some Hershey's covered pretzels today.  It only ruined my day by 300 calories, not bad considering I made sure I headed to the gym for a good workout.


Faced with a time crunch, I boogied on the elliptical for a mile, did my stretches, my crunches with a medicine ball, some "seated torso twists with medicine ball" (sounds fancy, huh? lol )  and then hopped on the treadmill.  I've been avoiding it because I get some serious leg pain for some reason.  But I'm determined to get into some running.  Half Mile in 8 minutes - didn't push myself, wanted to see how the legs react to short intervals.  So far, only a few slight twinges, hoping some aspirin before bed will do the trick.  If not, I'll be having a nice long visit with my heating pad over the weekend!!

End result of the past week's work:  down 2 lbs.  *pat on the back*

(Don't you just love Maxine's viewpoints?? hahaha)

Goals

Two days into the first week of the new year.... and I've made it to the gym twice!  hehehehe  I've also managed to put all my laundry away and my lunch is packed for morning.  Now where did I get all this energy and determination to get this stuff done?  Because I've been so lacking for the three weeks prior.  Guess it's all the time and work and coming home exhausted that robbed me of the normal things I get done in a more timely manner.

Working out again feels wonderful, I like the tug on muscles and even the tenderness the next day that lets me know that I've actually used them. lol    And maybe its the fact that I started eating better - there's a challenge I spotted somewhere "10 days of real food".   At first you think, hey, I can do that.  But then you start to check things and look around and you realize ummmm yeah, no chips, no crackers,  no chocolate -- yeah.  Its an effort because you're actually cooking meals.  Not that I mind that so much - the harder problem is actually deciding on a menu first!

I've also started 'juicing' fruits.  Sunday was 2 oranges, 1 apple, 1/2 c. pineapple chunks, 1 lemon, 1 celery stalk, 1/2 c blueberries.  It was pretty darn tasty!  I also tossed in a teaspoon of ground flax seed for a little extra fiber.

I'm hoping the effort will pay off in a couple of ways:  first, yeah, the health thing.  We gotta have better foods, not stuff out of a snack bag!  and second, having a menu and buying only what ingredients are needed helps the pocketbook as well as the "I wanna snack...." cravings.

Home made stew on Sunday.
Scrambled eggs with ham on Monday.
Salad and a few leftovers on Tuesday.

We'll see if we can make the 10 days!