Keep on trucking, indeed!

Well I have had quite a week. My weigh in for today is 191. No change, and I'll happily take it.

First off, I had my medical test yesterday which I got increasingly stressed over and all is well! They gave me a sedative for the test so I was sleepy all day. So glad that's over and I'm even more resolved to remain healthy!

Second, both my kids have been plagued with ailments. They both had swimmers ear. Thing 2 recovered quickly, Thing 1 didn't. Then Thing 1 got her first dental appliance. Mouth pain. Then thing 1 got diarrhea and fever. So the week of camp I payed for was a wasted. The piano recital tonight for Thing 2 looks unlikely, and I'm hoping both girls can swim tomorrow in the special invitational meet.

That on top of Memorial Day weekend guests and I'm just glad we made it through. I'll happily take staying the same and start fresh today. I spent so much time in bed yesterday that I think even the slightest bit of exercise should move the scale!

Really, I am so grateful for so many things, health being foremost on my mind.

Back on track: My great 10 pound mini-goal!

I've not posted in a while. I guess I haven't been too motivated in the weight loss fitness area. I have eaten well, not perfect, but I haven't done well in the exercise area. I'm changing that tomorrow!

The good news is that I seem to be very good at maintaining a weight of 192 pounds. The bad news is I want to weigh less than 192 pounds! Other good news is that I finally, finally took the time to get a checkup exam. It had been a while. All is great! Total cholesterol is 140! Was flummoxed and didn't get the 2 separate numbers, but doctor said it looked great. Blood pressure was good and all was well. No sign of some issues that run in my family.

Not sure exactly why I've lost motivation. As I said before March is always a stressful month for me, and April had vacation. Enjoyed eating and walking on vacation and didn't over do it! Felt good about my choices.

I think fearing the doctor's visit which I had put off for too long was stressing me out. Also, last week had a health scare with my daughter, but all is well. The bottom line is I just need to do it!

So I want to lose 10 pounds. No deadline, but by the end of June would be good. Of course I need to lose more than 10 pounds, but I need to have a reasonable goal to work towards to get me moving.

I dub this "My great 10 pound mini-goal!" I hope tomorrow to be able to post the good things I have done achieve this goal.

I must say, the reason that I maintained my weight and didn't gain any was reading the great blogs of so many people who are on this weight loss journey. I appreciate reading everyone's struggles and success stories.

Getting by

It's been a while since I posted. I didn't have a great week last week, but it wasn't horrible. I was PMS-y, achy, tired and made some deliberate decisions to eat some treats. But I never felt out of control. The net of it is I gained 2 pounds, down 1, pretty much back to where I was 2 weeks ago. The month of March is always crazy around here and I knew that, so I'm not beating myself up. I've been getting good sleep, which is helping me. This week is crazy, and I'm happy that I've gotten some exercise in and made reasonable food choices. One week until vacation and I'm looking forward to being active, relaxing, eating some good seafood and enjoying my family.

I'm hoping that when May comes I can be down at least another 5 pounds. I think that's reasonable.

Slow and steady ...

Planning

Friday evenings are my turn to take Thing 1 to swim practice. So i quickly leave my desk and make sure she has her suit on, swim bag and we run. We leave at 5 and don't get home until 7. Oh and some instructions yelled out to my husband as to what he can make for dinner (really his one night to make dinner).

So we get home and there's pizza. Kids were happy, I was tired and would have preferred something else, but we didn't have anything else. So I ate a slice, and then finished my daughter's slice (something I said I shouldn't do in a previous post)! I was going to beat myself up, but was really too tired. I weighed myself today and no damage done. I think eating well the rest of the day and most of the week helped. I know as I drop pounds I'm really going to have to exercise more to ensure slip ups or indulgences like this don't result in a weight gain.

So what will I do differently next week? I know next week is going to be a busy work week, so I am going to make sure I stock up on healthy foods. I really like garden burgers, but didn't have any in the house, so I'll make sure I have those in as a quick meal for myself. Also lots of veggies, frozen too. I need to come up with some other make ahead meal ideas that we can all have or that I can have when I don't want to join in on the pizza. Or maybe have a small slice of pizza with something else healthy of my choosing?

Tired

Was actually looking forward to working out today. My children had other plans. They both kept waking me up all night. Thing 1 wanted me to sleep with her, which I got up and did, but was awaken by Thing 2 who was having a nightmare about shrimp and a fire. ?? Once I got up I turned off my alarm. I think there were a few more sleep disruptions from them. I can't remember. I slept until 6:30, when I usually am back from the gym and on my second cup of coffee.

So feeling bad about missing the gym, groggy, but still down slightly on the scale (after Indian buffet lunch!) Don't think I'll make my minimum 3 visits a week to the gym this week.