Back on the Scale Today

So, it wasn't quite one month, but I stepped back on the scale today. I had gained about 4 lbs, which I hadn't logged when I decided to take my hiatus, and I'm happy to report that even with being sick for two weeks, I've shed those 4 lbs plus one more. In total, I'm down 8 lbs. Let's hope that slow and steady really does win the race.


I've started walking more again the past few days. I plan to keep this up and walk each day. Beginning April 8 I'll be back to working my earlier shift again and will begin walking home on a daily basis. I plan to do the same this coming week, but finishing a bit later, we'll see how that goes.


Going to keep moving, and hopefully with that the scale keeps moving downwards.

Sick, sick, and more sick

I've spent the past week feeling awful. Tired, achy, congested. Each day seemed to be worse and worse. Until today, that is. Today is the first day this week that I feel somewhat "normal", though nowhere close to healthy. I'm still stuffy. I'm still coughing. I'm still achy. I'm still tired. BUT, it's not as bad as yesterday, so that's something.. right?

Anyhow, since the beginnings of this dreadful virus I have had absolutely no energy to do anything. No walking. No Zumba. No keeping the house in a somewhat clean-ish state. It's been terrible.

Finally, I feel like I'm on the mend. I'm going to take it easy for another couple of days (breathing is difficult), and hopefully it won't take too long.

Just a random update

It's been a while, I know. I'm a terrible blogger. But then, I'm doing this for me and only me.

As far as weight goes I've been dancing around the same 6 or 7 pounds gained and lost. It's a little discouraging, to say the least. Instead of relying solely on the scale (which, I might add, tends to be a filthy liar) I have started taking measurements. I've also decided to step away from the scale for one month. One month to actually see a change, a month to get out of this loop that I seem to be in. If it works, well then maybe I'll continue on that path. At least I'm seeing a difference in the measurements.

Due to the cold, snowy weather this year I haven't been doing the daily walk home from work. I hope to get back to it when the weather is consistently nicer. Because of this, I picked up a new Walk Away the Pounds DVD (which I love) and I was given Just Dance 2 for the Wii for my birthday (for which the celebrations lasted for about 4 or 5 days of being naughty food-wise). Just Dance is SO much fun, and usually by the time I'm done playing I'm about covered in sweat. I recently borrowed a Zumba game as well, and am now eying that for my collection.

Not much else going on. I'm charging up the old FitBit to start using that on a daily basis too. Maybe then I can make sure I'm moving as much as I want to be.

I'll try to keep updated as I go through withdrawal from the scale.

Wish me luck.