Okay, so this week was not so great.
There was sickness.
There was apathy.
There were late nights at work.
There were way too many trips to Sonic.
And so, there was a gain.
But thankfully, God created the decimal point, so my gain wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
.8
Eight-tenths of a pound.
12 ounces.
Not. That. Bad.
Actually, I'm somewhat shocked it isn't worse. This is only the 2nd time I've gained weight this year, and I am certain that I probably should have gained more. I think my early morning, drink-only-as-little-water-as-you-can-get-away-with-before-weighing, 45-minute power workout at the gym might have helped a little bit before weighing in this morning. I usually work out after weighing in because A) I'm starving, and I want to weigh as quickly as possible so I can eat something, and B) I'm thirsty when I work out, and I don't want to add any more water weight to my body before I weigh in.
But, I figured today that if I had a gain already, adding some water to my weight wouldn't be that big of a deal, so I got over myself, drank some water and worked out before stepping on the scales.
So, this week didn't work out so great. But that's okay. Let's take what we've learned from past mistakes and move on.
So, what didn't work???
Well, not tracking didn't work.
I don't think I tracked one single day all the way through this week at all. I started tracking a few days, but by dinner time, I'd given up on it. So, this week I'm committing to doing this all day, everyday, no excuses. If I have time enough to pick up a fork and shove food in my face, I have enough time to get on the computer for 2 minutes and write down what I ate.
Not exercising - doesn't work.
Granted, I was sick at the beginning of the week. And then I had church on Wednesday right after work, a late night at school on Thursday, and then Friday I attempted to exercise, but Lily had a dirty diaper 15 minutes into my workout and I was already going to be late for a ladies craft night. So in total I worked out only two and quarter times this week. That didn't seem to work. This coming week should be much better. Spring Break is here, and I only have to work on Mon & Tues, and then I'm free! I always work out more when I have a day off. Yea! I'm going to give the jogging thing a try again, too. Maybe I'll try it on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. We'll see....
Eating out 4-5 times a week -- didn't seem to work so well.
I have such a hard time making good choices when I eat out. I need to just do a better job of planning what to eat for dinner each night, and get it all bought and ready. I do a great job with breakfast and lunch, it's always dinner that screws everything up. I need to put my grown-up pants on and just figure out what to do for dinners instead of driving through any time I don't want to cook.
So, now I have a plan.
Track your food.
Get your butt in gear.
Plan better for dinner.
Oh yeah, and try drinking some water. Other than when I'm exercising, I haven't been drinking water at all. I'm getting the heebie-jeebies just thinking about all the chemicals floating around in my body from all the diet soda I've consumed in the past week. Yeee.
Okay. Now have plan.
Set resolve.
Find motivation.
Remember why you're doing this.
Now, go do it.
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