It's been tough getting back on the wagon this week. While I've been trying to get exercise in each day and keep under my calorie goal, it's just not working. I'm starting to get a little discouraged, and I'm ready to throw in the towel.. for the rest of the week.
I joined a challenge group on MFP to lose 10lbs from July 1 to September 1, and since I've made a personal goal to lose 20lbs by the end of the summer, I figure that a little more motivation can't hurt.
I think what's making it hard for me to keep on track right now is that I've fallen away from my plan. I need to get back on it, and get things back to square one. So now, the plan for this challenge stand as thus:
- Exercise (C25K, walking, WATP, SttO videos, etc) at least 5 days of the week. The endorphins will also do me some good.
- Eat healthy, nutritious food. I don't have to go as far as the 8 week challenge, but I'd still like to use a lot of that as a base.
- If need be, create meal plans for myself to follow, and make sure that I have a lot of yummy healthy stuff on hand that I can have in a pinch.
So again, a simple plan, with a simple goal. Let's see if I can meet the challenge goal, if not my own goal.
Wish me luck!
See, the thing with taking a break, is you usually come up with zero progress. Which is what this week has been. While it's been nice not writing down everything I eat and not measuring everything, I'm ready to get back to the hard work. Starting tomorrow.
I went to see my parents
yesterday, and my Mom was absolutely wonderful and gave me some lettuce,
freshly harvested from her garden. It all went into a big bowl of salad
to day, and I'll be eating that for lunch for the next few days.
I totally can't wait until she's got more veggies ready (and is willing to share them with her favourite daughter).
I'm kicking it into gear again, I'd started falling off the wagon the last few weeks of the challenge and momentum is something I definitely do not want to lose. I liked a lot of foods I was eating on the challenge, and I definitely plan on keeping most of it in my diet. I'm still about 20lbs away from where I'd wanted to be a month ago, so let's see if I can make that happen before the end of the summer now.
Wish me luck!
So, the eight weeks are up, and though I've not done the fit test at the end of the eight weeks, I am down 10 lbs. I haven't done any measurements, so I can't tell you how many inches I am down.
Truth be told, it was tough, and I did cheat a few times. Still, I am very glad that I did it. I have a whole bunch of healthy recipes under my belt, and I have a better idea of what to eat to maintain a healthier lifestyle.
And now I move on, continuing what I started 8 weeks ago (for the most part). This week, I am taking a break from tracking, a much needed break after 8 long weeks of tracking every little thing. I'll be back to tracking again on Monday.
With any luck, and a lot of hard work, we should see that ticker move down even more!
It's the last week of the 8 week challenge.. stay tuned for the results!
So, I had taken a little "mini" vacation this week - mostly hanging out with Tim and getting some stuff done around the apartment. Unfortunately, this also seems to mean that healthy eating as almost gone completely out the window. Well, OK, not completely.. I'm still sticking to it about 75% - 80% of the time. Still, I can't help but feel a little disappointed in myself.
I will also be starting Round 4 of the C25K on Monday. As I've said, I know myself, and if I don't get my lazy arse out of bed first thing in the morning, I won't get out there and run. As I've been off work this week, I've enjoyed my lazy, relaxing mornings. Now that I'm getting to the end of it, I'm also finding that I'm missing getting out there in the morning. This time I'll just keep repeating "This time I won't stop, I'll finish the whole 9 weeks". I walked the Rankin "Run" last weekend. Next time I do one of these, I'd love to be able to run it, no matter how slow I am.
I'm back at work on Monday too, so with any luck we'll have some nice weather so that I can walk home each day. I also plan on getting some cooking done tomorrow so I'll have some ready frozen meals that I can quickly grab for lunch. It's been a while since I've gotten that done, and because of this, it's been a little bit of a challenge figuring out a lunch at the last minute. I know I can get it all ready the night before, but that just doesn't seem to be how I roll. Why set that expectation if I know I'm not going to follow through, right?
