slipping...

I'm off my game. I haven't completely fallen off the wagon but I'm definitely eating too many bad things lately. But I'm recognizing it and I'm slowly making my way back to my good habits. I'm actually going to blame work for this because I had such a good routine going for a while then work got insane and I was working 12 hour days for about 3 weeks. I had no time to exercise. And that's not an excuse, I literally woke up, logged onto the computer, worked, shut my computer down, went to sleep and repeat. I was working so much that my boss let me work from home to save the 3 hours commuting for a week.

Anyway, I lost my routine and it's taking me a while to get back on track. I'll get there, I just haven't had the energy to do it. Plus my lovely husband broke our elliptical. It needs new screws to hold the foot part down and we haven't gotten around to making the trip to Lowe's to hunt down the perfect size screw. Who wants to do that?!

I haven't gained a lot but I have gained and it pisses me off. Soon I will get so pissed off that I will actually get off my lazy ass and do something about it again. But that will have to wait....

David and I leave for a week's vacation on Saturday and the last thing I'm going to worry about it making sure I eat everything I should be eating. Las Vegas here we come! And we are also making a trip to the Grand Canyon and will be staying there for 2 nights. I am so looking forward to this vacation. Words cannot express how happy I am. I get to spend a week away from my computer and with only my husband, doing whatever we want, whenever we want. I'm not saying I'm going to pig out but I'm not going to worry too much about points and whether I go over them a little or not.

This coming week is about relaxing and enjoying our anniversary trip. It's been almost 3 years since we've been married and we're going to celebrate!

10!

I hit the 10 pound mark. Whoo hooo! I'm actually not quite sure how that happened this week because I haven't been eating the best and I haven't exercised in...well, I can't even remember the last time I exercised. I'm not proud of that and I've been trying to get myself back into the habit.

Work was insane recently but it's starting to get closer to normal again so I'm hoping to get back into a routine of working out. I hope to start that again tonight after work. No, I WILL exercise tonight.

But in the meantime I'm going to smile about the fact that I'm down 10 pounds! :)

way too busy

I've been neglecting this blog but it's not because I've fallen off the wagon. Work is insane...actually, insane is an understatement. It's almost 11pm and I'm JUST finishing work for the day. This is how it's been for the past couple of weeks and I don't really see an end in sight.

It used to make me cry, I won't lie. But today was the first day that I embraced it and it really helped me get through the day. I've just come to accept that this is the way it has to be right now.

Anyway, the good news is that I'm losing weight. I'm now down almost 10 pounds since I've gotten myself back on track and I feel great. I'm starting to notice little changes and all the good habits are actually starting to become habits. I honestly think the reason I am so successful this time is because of David. He's doing so well with losing weight and he's reached the point where he NEEDS to exercise. I'm so incredibly proud of him and I'm doing my best to keep up. Although, I can't seem to keep up with him in the exercise department because of work. And that's not even an excuse. I've been working since 8:30am this morning so there really isn't time to hop on the elliptical. I could get up a little earlier to do it but honestly right now I need that extra sleep just to get through the day.

I'm actually missing the elliptical machine...never thought I'd say that.

Is it the weekend yet??

weigh in

We got back from camping on Sunday and I had my weigh in on Monday. I was nervous to step on the scale because let's face it, I don't eat my best while camping. But this time I was a little more mindful of what I consumed and it paid off, at least a little. I lost .2 pounds this past week. Nothing spectacular but it's still a loss and I'm proud of that. Eating sausage gravy and biscuits, a burger, chips, smores, and countless other tiny bad choices made me think I was going to gain weight. But I think the awesome hike we did on Saturday helped burn off a few of those pesky calories.

in love

David bought me the best Christmas present ever (according to me) in 2006. At first I was faithful to it, giving it the attention it deserved. But after a while it became a dust collector as these things tend to do.

I'm talking about this:




Now to defend myself a little....David insisted on putting it together ourselves (did I just throw my husband under the bus?). You can guess how that turned out. After a few weeks the thing was making horrible clicking noises and it became stressful to use it. And exercise is supposed to release stress. So in the corner it went....for a while.

We finally got a repair man in and it was as good as new. Then the batteries died on it and I just started to use it without all the bells and whistles. I became bored with it and back in the corner it went.

Until a few days ago. I finally took on the HUGE challenge of replacing the batteries. Whew, that was exhausting! Seriously, I cannot believe how lazy I was in not replacing those sooner. I forgot how much fun that thing can be. Yes, fun!

I forgot all the awesome things that come along with the elliptical. Pre-programmed workouts, there's a countdown clock, resistance, you can figure out your pulse, the fan, and most importantly you can see how many calories you are burning.

And now that our TV is working again in the basement, thanks to my awesome husband (see I made up for blaming him earlier!), I can distract myself from the burn. Today I played Friends and that helped me get through the 30 min workout beautifully.

I've fallen in love with that machine and I'm actually craving workouts now. I can't remember the last time that's happened. Here's to hoping it's a trend that lasts!

weigh in

I'm happy to report that I lost 3 pounds this past week. I'm thrilled because David has been away and I've been ridiculously stressed at work and usually a combination like that would make me want to eat more. But I've been able to stay on track and I even got more exercise in over the weekend.

And it paid off!