What was the plan again?

Oh my goodness.  I am so far off track it's ridiculous.  I'm still not feeling too great from that stomach bug and now my 4 year old has it.  I need some normalcy here, please.  I'm kind of amazed at the situation, but I miss the gym and the diet too, actually, as much as it sucks to deny yourself yummy yummies and to have to count, weigh, and measure even the good food.  I've never been a huge fan of exercise, but I miss it right now.  That's pretty amazing.  I think I just miss my normal routine at this point.  Last night was the first night in an entire week that I ate dinner.  I won't be able to get to the gym today, but I can start counting calories today.  Right now.  Let's see, a yogurt for 90 calories.  Off to a good start.  Oh wait...then there's the two animal crackers that I thoughtlessly shoved in my mouth.  Or was it three?  I don't even know how many calories those are...why did I eat them?  And maybe I can burn a couple hundred calories on Wii today, now that I think about it.  Okay folks, crisis over, time to get back on track and hit my goal.

Weigh Day

The official loss is 1 pound.  This is quite disappointing considering the killer of a stomach bug I've had since Monday!  I'm sort of kidding.  I'm counting this pound only because, at the start of this, I had said I'd weigh in every Thursday, win, lose or draw.  So there's my pound.  My focus for the next few days is just to recover and rehydrate.  My goal for the coming week is to enter two more blog posts before next Weigh Day.

Weigh Day!

This week's total is 2.5 pounds gone, baby, gone!  I've decided that life can get as crazy as it wants to, but nothing is going to stop me from reaching my goal!  I'm lucky to have found a great gym, our local YMCA, that has some really supportive people and a wonderful babysitting room and staff.  Without them, I really don't think I'd be almost halfway to my goal of losing 100 pounds.

Weigh Day....belated (oops)

Oh my goodness.  It's almost time for weigh day and I still haven't posted last week's weigh day.  I lost 1 pound.  One measley little pound.  It's hard to see that on the scale after the previous week.  Oh well, I can't beat myself up too much.  It is a loss, after all.

Life has gotten insane lately and I'm feeling a little worn out.  Hubby has been working crazy hours under some atypically stressful circumstances.  My parents have been having some big legal problems and my mother feels that we're close enough that she can lean on me.  Not to be crass, but wrong-o.  I've got nothing left to give after taking care of my family and hitting the gym.  I actually went three days without a decent shower last week. 

Weight loss is a full time job, in and of itself.  It truly is a struggle to pack up for the gym with three young children in tow.  And then it's another struggle to get them into their coats when it's time to leave.  Grocery shopping doesn't happen if no one is available to watch the kids and, other than hubby, there really isn't anyone who is able to handle all three of them. 

I apologize for all the boo-hooing here, but I'm hoping that by blogging it out I'll get rid of the stress and find increased motivation.  My plan is to just keep showing up at the gym as much as possible and keep counting my calories.  I know that eventually some of the stress will blow over, and I can only hope to be thinner when it does.  Any other outcome is just not acceptable.

Weigh Day

Another 3.25 pounds gone!!  I worked hard for that one.  I'm also excited to say I've lost 2 inches from my waist and 3 from my hips in the last month!  The weather has improved and I'm able to get to the gym more regularly.  I did struggle a little with the amount of calories I was eating earlier in the week.  This was due to accomplishment my goal of learning how to bake bread from scratch.  It was soooooo damn yummy, but at about 150 calories for a smallish slice, I had to really watch it.  And of course when you eat fresh-baked real bread you have to put real butter on it.  Any lo-cal butter substitutes would've been a crime!  Olive oil for dipping was great too.

I think my goal for this week will be to eat fewer calories so I don't have to kill myself at the gym to compensate.  Looking for better balance this week, please.