Fresh Start Eh?

Well, I started this week with the best of intentions. I did really well until Tuesday night when I went out to eat at Taco Maker. Then on Wednesday I ate well during the day until some friends from the temple invited us to a steak house for dinner, yum but not healthy! Then Thursday I went down and spent the day with my Mom and step-dad and we didn't eat particularly bad but treats were definitely around too much. So, I weighed in this morning at 145 which is going the other direction.

Will I ever make it? I still feel like I will but apparently it is just taking some time. I am a little worried though since I am now going to NYC for a week starting October 10th, only 10 days away. I am hoping I can do really well this next week so I am not starting my vacation week really far from my goal. Plus, I won't have any kids so I'm hoping to exercise each day especially since my hubby will be in meetings all day every day so I just have free time to do whatever I want :)

I'm going to do better, I promise!!

Fresh Start

I am kind of afraid to see what the scale will read tomorrow morning. I have been so bad lately and I really need a fresh start. I was sooooo close to reaching my pre pregnancy weight and now I don't feel so close so I really need to get back in gear.

I was talking with my sister-in-law last night (the one who motivates me by her will power) and she said her last 5 pregnancy pounds didn't come off so she stopped eating treats and bam, it left! She said even though it's gone, she is still avoiding treats because she knows they will just come back. After hearing her say that and also finding out she doesn't exercise, just eats right, I am going to try hard to eat well for the next few weeks. I will probably continue exercising, but perhaps not to the full extent I was before and relax a little more. By the way, her baby is 1.5 months younger than my baby, and it's her fourth kid! She is a super star!

In fun news, I completed my first official 5k last weekend in which I ran the whole time! I did the Racin' for Greyson 5k that benefited my old roommate's nephew Greyson who has a rare genetic disorder. I have done one other 5k but I walked half of it since I never trained. It was a great feeling and didn't even seem all that long. My time was 32 minutes and 17 seconds, just over 10 minute miles, woo hoo!

One other thing to mention since this is my health blog - my back has been bugging me for a few months now. It started out from the bad bed although for 5 years I LOVED my bed. So a month ago, Justin and I bought a new coil spring bed. I never really liked it and we had a 50 day guarantee so last Wednesday Justin and I went back and bought a much more expensive, natural latex bed. I am still experiencing some back pain but part of that could be due to carrying around an 18 pound baby (and his carseat a lot) and part of it may just need some adjustment time for my new bed (most bodies take 3-4 weeks to adjust to a new bed).

Anyway, I think a massage may be in order to really work out all of the kinks and get me back to normal. After having crazy back pain 1 year after I got married, it took a massage to make it go away for good. The chiropractor helps, but a massage is where it's at!

Anyway, here's to a really good 2 weeks!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

Well, this week was not my best week. Maybe it had something to do with the fresh homemade peach pie I made that only I basically ate, just maybe :) (My hubby had 1 piece and my kids wouldn't eat any.)

Anyway, I weighed in at 144.2, which is up 0.2 pounds from last week and now 1.4 pounds away from where I should be at 142.8. With all of these sweets I've been craving, I just had to give into one of them and this is the result and you know what, I'm okay with it. I KNOW I will get back to my pre pregnancy weight so I am not feeling worried when I only have 3 pounds to go. If I really work hard the next few weeks, I could be there and done for a while. Maintenance mode sounds really good right now :)

How are YOU doing?

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I was at 144 after exercising, down 0.8 pounds and only 0.2 away from my goal. I have been craving treats like crazy lately, probably due to the start of fall and wanting warm comforting foods like warm apple crisp with ice cream. Hopefully after this weekend I can get some healthy mojo going again! Tomorrow we have a family reunion with yummy food and then on Sunday it's my brother's farewell with an open house with treats again. So close, but I still feel far away too!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

On Friday morning I weighed in at 144.8 which was down 1 pound and right on target. I succeeded in losing 4 pounds in 4 weeks again, hooray! These mini month goals are apparently the right way to succeed for me and I'm proud of my success. I am trying to decide if I should shoot to be at my pre pregnancy weight in 3 weeks or 4 weeks since I only have 3.6 pounds to go. I think I will just plan to lose another 4 pounds in 4 weeks and be below my pre pregnancy weight. Being 140 is my favorite so that's what I am going to aim for ultimately. One day 130 may call my name but it has been a long road just to lose the pregnancy weight and I think I will need to take a little break and just maintain for a while.

So, on October 7th I want to be 140.8 and 0.4 pounds below my pre pregnancy weight. Here's to my last hurdle!!

Friday Morning Weigh-in

This morning after walking Tim to school (2 miles round trip) and exercising I weighed in at 145.8, right on schedule and down 0.8 pounds. This week I have done a lot of activity, but I've been more hungry so I've eaten more. It's okay though, because I don't want to starve myself or I just give up the motivation to keep going.

It has been really nice walking Tim to Kindergarten each day. We leave around 8:20 in the morning and get there around 8:40 and then walk him into his class at 8:45 and walk home getting home around 9:10. I then usually work out after that too so it's been nice getting some extra exercise each day. Plus if I am just not up for exercising, then I have at least walked 2 miles anyway :)

I've got to keep eating well this weekend hopefully since we have family pictures on Monday! However, we are going to my Dad's tonight for pizza and dessert and then we are having friends over tomorrow night which will involve dessert also.....uhhh, good luck to me!