Week 4

Well I'm enjoying myself at work right now while everyone else is off having fun, or better yet, sleeping! HAHA. But there are a couple of great things about today. #1, I just weighed in and have lost another 2 pounds! Yep, that makes 11 total in 4 weeks. #2, Today is my birthday! Because of this, I'm not tracking today. My office has a tradition that you bring birthday treats to share with everyone on your birthday, so I brought turtle bars. I had 2 for breakfast. I'm going to eat what I want today, and not feel guilty. I might even have a few glasses of wine tonight. I will be 100% back on track tomorrow though.

Does anyone else need days like that? If I try to be 100% all the time, I will burn out and give up. If I allow myself some wiggle days, I do much better I think. Hopefully the scale next week won't reflect my birthday choices! HAHA.

Things I've done well this week:

1. Went to the gym 4 times(and actually pushed myself pretty hard
2. Tracked every bite of food that has gone into my mouth on Sparkpeople.com
3. Upped my protein intake, and decreased my carbs.

Things to improve on

1. Getting my water in every day. I struggled with this a few days this week.
2. Eating more natural foods. I need to incorporate more fruits and vegetables in my diet.
3. Start some light weight training at the gym. I'm only doing cardio right now.

11 pounds... I'm SOOOO excited!

The future

I went to the gym again last night. This was a huge accomplishment for me, because my gym partner was sick and backed out on me. Any other time I've been attempting the "workout thing," I would have used this as a great opportunity to go home and curl up with my puppies on the couch to watch tv. But I didn't do that. I made my husband bring me my gym bag that I had forgotten and headed to the gym after work. I might have only done a 30 minute cardio workout, but that was 30 minutes that I wasn't sedentary!

I am actually starting to feel good. I attempted a little bit of jogging last night. I am attempting to get going on the Couch to 5K program, slowly but surely. I ran 3 intervals of 60 seconds last night. I quit the intervals when my shins were absolutely killing me, but I kept power walking. I expected to wake up extremely sore, but I feel great today.

I'm so ready to do this. I'm ready to be the new me. The thin me. The former fat girl. It's a foreign, but completely inspiring and exciting thought. I really can't "picture" myself at my goal weight, but I can picture myself as a healthy, happy woman. My husband and I are dying to have kids, and my weight I have no doubt is directly affecting my fertility. Is it possible that if I get this weight off I will get pregnant? Without fertility treatments? That is a question I intend to answer. And soon! We aren't getting any younger.

Wow. I didn't intend for this post to be this deep. I'm just so inspired today for some reason. Here's to tomorrow. :)

Weigh-In Day

Well, not nearly as encouraging as last week, but a loss none the less. I am down another 1.6 pounds. I really want to lose at least 2 pounds per week, so i'm going to have to get with it this week. I know when I'm not doing well, but I always think I can get it off before Saturday. I need to think of every day as weigh in day.

My goals for this week...

Track every bite of food that hits my mouth in sparkpeople
Eat Quality calories for my caloric intake
Drink 8 glasses of water per day
Go the gym at LEAST 4 times
Bring my lunches to work so I'm not tempted to grab something in town.

Maybe by accomplishing these mini-goals I'll accomplish my ultimate goal!