Monday, February 4, 2008

Monday, February 4, 2008
Weight loss: 13lbs
Mood: sleepy but good
I had a pretty good weekend - no over indulging and I did alright with my workouts. I forgot to do Friday's workout though I am not quite sure how that happened and then Saturday I ran out of time and was only able to do 5 minutes. Usually this would mean I would be upset with my exercise but I have acknowledged that I did not do everything and have made a plan. Yesterday I did my 30 minutes plus an extra 15 so now I am only behind 25 minutes. My plan is to increase my 15 minute workouts every night this week to 20 minutes workouts and that means that come Friday evening this week, I will be caught up and feeling better about it all. This makes me feel really good because normally I would just write off the workout instead of making it up. Hopefully I will be able to do the extra workouts after doing all the extra time at my actual job making up for the hours I missed during my vacation.

I was planning on making turkey shepherds pie this weekend to have to for lunches during the week but made a big batch of rice and vegetables instead which should get me to the halfway mark of the week. I was doing really well planning my meals for the week and really want to get back into that as it worked well. I was able to get big calorie meals in that I love without going over my daily allowance - it was great.

I have restocked the snack cupboard with healthy granola bars and have brought cup-o-soup to work for my 10 or 3 o'clock snack each day. I am trying to up my fruit and vegetables as it was starting to slack (well for me at least) and I am going to start taking my vitamins again - though I am not sure if they really do anything.

As some of you already know, my brother's fiance asked me to be a bridesmaid which was a huge honour for me. It did make me feel a little uncomfortable though as I am afraid of being this huge lump up there. I am hoping to have lost between 30 and 40 pounds by the time the wedding comes around in September - I really hope I can do it. When I was on the phone with my parents the other day I mentioned it and I didn't get the vote of confidence and support I thought I would get. Instead I got 'that's a lot of weight you know' in that don't get your hopes up kind of tone which really hurt. I truly thought they were going to be supportive and wish me luck - but they really didn't. D told me that he truly believed I can do it, which made me feel better about myself. I guess they are just trying to be helpful in their own way - though I am not really sure. I just know it hurt is all.

This week I am getting back on track with my meal and exercise plans and though I did not do a bad job last week, I am not giving into any of my usual excuses - we are not in London anymore and it is time to get down to business.