Moving Down...

Scale says 131.8 today. Hooray!

We ate at McDonald's last night for dinner (since I'd finally gotten the kitchen and upstairs cleaned and I didn't want to have more dishes!) so my eating wasn't the best, but I ate pretty well the rest of the day, so I think it was okay. And if the scale is any indication, it was!

My mom got us a Wii Fit for (early) Christmas, so I'm hoping to pull that out this week and start using it! Thanks, MOM!

Speaking of Mom... she leaves today to head back to Texas. =( We got a lot done while she was here, though, including cleaning, sorting, preparing for a garage sale (next weekend), and I lost over 4 lbs! I think it's great. =D

Today's weight...

Today I'm down to 132.4, which is great! I changed my ticker to reflect the loss, which is 3.6 lbs since I got back from Texas. Woohoo!

Sunday Weigh In

I weighed in the other day at 133.4 (I think), but accidentally posted it to the family blog (EEEK!) and in my haste to get it off there before the entire world knew my weight I deleted the post and was too shaken up to rewrite it. Ack!

So today I weighed and I'm at 132.8. Hooray!! I am trying to be moderate at Sweet Pea and it appears to be working! I started at 136, so I'm down 3.2 lbs in the last week and a half!

I walked to church this morning (had to be there early because I was playing keyboard for the worship team - another Ack! as it's been 6 years since I've played with a worship team and I was the sole instrument - no drums or guitars this week! Thankfully it went well and I didn't hinder people's worship with my playing!) and we just had pizza for lunch. Not the best health wise, but I opted for (aspartame) diet soda so at least I don't have those calories in there. 

So.... so far so good! Off to update my ticker!

Day 2

Stayed within my calorie zone AND I exercised yesterday. A short little walk with my mom and then a 30 minute bike ride with Leif. I think we're going to stroll around downtown today, so I will get some walking in then, which will be fun and good.

I'm still working on paring down my schedule for the Fall, and so far we're not doing Kindermusik and I'm not going to do our women's Bible Study at church. (Well, I'm still doing the Friday morning one, just not the other one, since I'm doing BSF, too.) I need to stop being so busy so that I am not stress / comfort eating all the time. Plus, I just need to be able to do my priorites well, instead of just doing a mediocre job at lots of things.

I weighed myself this morning and I'm at 134.4, so I'm down 1.5 lbs so far!

Day 1

I came home with 3 doughnuts today after Bible Study and not a one of them for me! =D I'm enjoying my black coffee and starting day 2 of my calorie tracking. I didn't exercise yesterday, but I did track my calories and stayed right around 1200. First day down.

Mom and I were talking about my need for comfort food and where it stems from. When I get too busy or get stressed, I eat. So.... I need to look carefully at what I'm putting on my plate (both literally and schedule-wise!) for the fall. I need to decide what is important and what is not. I'm not sure that will be a pleasant process, especially if it means pulling out of some activities and telling people "no," but it is an important one.

In the meantime, I am going to take baby steps toward where I should be.

1 lb gained

That's the result after my little trip to TX. Not exactly what I was hoping for. But today I'm back to tracking my food, drinking water, and hopefully exercising. My mom is here for 2 weeks, so that will (hopefully) help me keep myself on track. =D

Weekly Plan Sheet =D

It's not really my weekly plan sheet (though I need to get back to doing those - I've gotten horribly far away!), but it is my plan for the week. =D

Tonight - I'd like to go for a walk. I can't do anything about my day of eating now, but I can choose not to snack and just to drink water instead of pop if I want anything.

Sunday - Dinner: Crock Pot Roast Beef - Exercise: Walk to and from Church, Wii

Monday - Dinner: Spinach Pasta with Tomato Creme Sauce - Exercise: Hike with Ellie (though not with her in the pack! Maybe in the stroller...)

Tuesday - Flying to Dallas!! I'll eat dinner with my family somewhere (probably Whataburger or some other fast food place, but I'll try to pick a healthy option!) - Exercise: I'm calling all the walking around lugging my carry on, Ellie's carry on, my purse, Ellie, Ellie's stroller, and a car seat my exercise for this day. My downfall will be yummy frozen coffee drinks, so I'll need to do my best to order black coffee if I'm tempted.

Wednesday - SEMINAR! Dinner: I really have no control over dinner this week, other than to make wise decisions when they're in front of me! - Exercise: at the hotel

Thursday - SEMINAR! See above

Friday - SEMINAR! See above

Saturday - SEMINAR! I'll have dinner with my brother this night, because he's going to pick me up from the spa. =D I should opt for something healthy, though we usually head to Sonic. This will be another hard one, since I'm deprived of Sonics up here and they are just so darn tempting!

So... that's my game plan for this week. Once I'm at my parents' house in Texas, we'll see what exercise looks like. I might be swimming laps in the pool if it's too hot to walk! Mom said it's been 106 most days, and 102 in the shade. There's not much shade where we would walk! So... it might have to be laps. Maybe I'll get mom to TiVo some aerobics for me. =D