Going Down Bit By Bit

The kids and I slept in till almost 10a.m. Feels great to get some much needed sleep. I need to get about 20 billion things done today, so I'll just make this a short post and add in my daily weight.

Daily weigh-in: 193.2

I doubt I'll be able to get to 190 this Sunday, but I'm hoping to be there by the 22 of August. :)

A Case of the Yucks

So, I thought I was doing better by Sunday night and figured Monday would be an even better day for me. Boy, was I wrong! I felt awful yesterday. I had a slight fever (99.5) and my nasty cough was making a point in coming back. Blah! Today I feel somewhat better, but I'm still feeling really drained. I still have a couple doses left of my super strong antibiotic. My cough isn't as bad as it was yesterday (I couldn't stop coughing last night!). I'm getting antsy with the whole not-exercising-for-almost-two-weeks-now thing. My goal is to make it there sometime this week, I hope.

Today's weigh-in: 194.4
Monday's weigh-in: 194.6


The only thing I can say is that even though I haven't exercised in almost, what, 2 weeks now, my weight is still holding at 194.5-ish, which, for me, is amazing! I have made a huge effort to maintain some type of healthy eating during this time. The times I'm not eating completely healthy, I make sure to eat slowly and listen to my body tell me when it's full. No over-eating here! Today, I am going to make up a menu for the next couple weeks, which will include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack or two. I do better if I have a written plan to follow. Me, I could eat the same thing every single day for a couple weeks before I get sick of it. I am a bit miffed at myself for having soda and coffee. :( Sigh. I'm starting over TODAY with the whole NO CAFFEINE thing. Since I started re-drinking it, I've noticed headaches and my left eye twitching. So, time to cut out the soda and coffee again. As soon as I can get myself back to the gym, I'm going to focus on cardio for a couple weeks. I want to shed some fat before I focus on strength training. Not only will I make my menu plan for the next couple weeks once I log off, I will also rewrite my exercise plan for the next couple weeks. School starts next week, which means I will be able to not only hit the gym early in the morning, but I will be able to go back once I do the school drop-off shuffle. (Next week my daughter starts 3rd on Monday, my son starts Pre-K on Wednesday, and I start my classes again on Thursday—should be an interesting and scary semester.)

I do have an account with Live Strong (The Daily Plate), but also just signed up with Sparks People. Though, I’m not sure how I like Sparks People just yet. It seems like there’s too much info/text/colorful images going on each page that it sort of overloads my brain. Could be the fact that I’m still very new to the site and I just need to get used to it. LOL Now, with Live Strong, I’m used to the site and like how it gives me the info what exercise I’ve done. If I remember, I'll have my hubby take my measurements again on Sunday. I doubt the numbers have moved much, but it's good to get in the habit of recording the numbers again, right?


So, to recap my To-Do list for today:

• Plan menu for next 2 weeks
• Re-plan exercise for at least the next 2 weeks and see what results I achieve
• Stay away from soda and coffee
• Start recording my food intake and exercise again

Sunday Weigh-In

I'm not sure exactly what week I'm on for my 20 Week Challenge, but I did do my daily weigh-in for today. I haven't been to the gym in almost 2 weeks. Blah! I ended up with a horrible, no good head cold that turned into a nasty sinus infection and a painful ear infection. Then, after starting antibiotics for that, my cold settled in my chest and left me with the case of coughs that wouldn't stop. I'm finally feeling better and will attempt to make it to the gym tomorrow morning at 5a.m.

Weigh-In: 195.8