Weekly Check In 7

Weight down-I gained a little this week:( Not even a half pound, but still a .4lb gain. That puts my total weight loss for the year to 2.2lbs. I think it was the chocolate and dipped strawberries:(

Days exercised-Wednesday, 25 minutes on the elliptical and cool down walking around the house. Sunday,  walk around the neighborhood with the dogs.

Distance walked/ran-I never know distances on the elliptical, but it was a good workout. 2mi walk today!

How I'm feeling-still pretty good. I was so unmotivated on Wednesday to get on the elliptical, but I did it. I had to have Eric sit in the spare bedroom with me and talk me through it. I'm a little disappointed that I gained some this week, but I think that may be due to other things.

Goals for this week-I'm afraid I might have to give up the elliptical, so I'm going to have to step up the walking. We're off at the studio this week, so I'm going to try to walk at least 3 days this coming week...and eat much healthier than I have this past week.

I have another post that I'll be writing tonight, but don't know if I should publish it or not. It'll make more sense why I'm unsure once it is published...

Weekly Check In 6

I feel like I've eaten like crap this week. First it started with Superbowl Sunday, of course you gotta have snacks for the game, so I baked brownies:( My mom and Eric started the Advocare 24 day challenge on Monday, so guess who was stuck eating the leftovers? I should have just brought them to the studio to share. I've been trying to eat the same things as my mom and Eric so that, 1. I don't tempt them to stray from the challenge, and 2. I can eat healthier. I've been eating what they eat for dinner, but not much else besides that. I haven't hit my goal of being over 5k steps each day yet either. If you take my total steps for the week and average them out, then I'm there...just not on the individual days. Needless to say, I was worried stepping on the scale this morning.

Weight down-down .2lbs for the week. Puts my total for the year at 2.8lbs (I think I miscalculated last week)

Days exercised-Wednesday on the elliptical, today for a nice, long walk

Distance walked/ran-I didn't track my distance on the elliptical this week, but I went for about 20 mins, so I'm thinking it was at least a mile. 2.75mi on our walk today!

How I'm feeling-Good, but I know I can do better. I really had to yell at myself to stay on that elliptical...those last 5 mins were the hardest.

Goals for this week-Keep exercising, and get over 5k steps every day this week.

Weekly Check In 5

This post is going to be short and sweet...more in the following post to come!

Weight down-Another .8lbs down! That puts my total weight loss this year to 2.6lbs.

Days exercised-I missed Wednesday because of having too much to do work wise:( But I did get on the elliptical on Thursday afternoon, and went for a long walk to day with the dogs.

Distance walked/ran-About a mile on Thursday on the elliptical, and another 2+mi today on my walk.

How I'm feeling-Pretty good! I feel like it hasn't been that hard to lose the little weight that I have lost. I've been trying to eat healthy, but not deprive myself of what I want. I was a little worried this week again because I didn't eat the greatest, but if I can eat like I did this week, and still lose something, then imagine what I could lose by eating totally healthy!

Goals for this week-Stay on the same course I've been on. Eat healthy and get on the elliptical on Wednesday and take a long walk on Sunday. We'll see if I have time to fit anything else in this week...it's time for me to cut music, which sometimes takes forever:(

Weekly Check In 4

Yesterday was Aiden's birthday party and there is always soooo much food at Perla's house. I was determined not to eat my brains out over there...and I succeeded! I had one plate of food (and not even piled high) and a piece of cake. I didn't overly try to eat healthy this week, so I was little worried stepping on the scale today, but...

Weight down-1.8lbs! I know it's not much, but it's a start. And this is the lightest I've been in over a year...hopefully I can keep it up.

Days exercised-Wednesday I got on the elliptical machine again...only for 15 min. though:( Today, Eric, my mom and I took a long walk with the dogs.

Distance walked/ran-almost two miles today and probably another mile or so from Wednesday.

How I'm feeling-Pretty good. I'm glad that I'm down at least a little this week, that's encouraging. But I'm starting to feel hungry, or like I'm craving junk food again. Like the other day, it took all my will power to not go out and get McDonalds (which I haven't had in a VERY long time) or Jack in the Box (again, it's been very long since eating anything from here). I've got to try eating more often I guess. I'm good in the mornings, but I'm not able to snack as much in the afternoons.

Goals for this week-Keep up what I'm doing, Wednesday elliptical and Sunday walks. Add more time to the elliptical if I can, and see if I can stay above 5,000 steps every day this week.

Weekly Check In 3

Another week down...

Weight down-still none. I don't want to be an excuse maker, but I've been feeling rather bloated lately...possibly because of AF? I'm hoping that's the case, and that not losing any pounds according to the scale, is actually water retention. It doesn't help that I forgot to weigh myself first thing this morning, so I don't have an accurate weigh in either.

Days exercised-Only once this week. Eric and I went for an almost 2 mile walk on Wednesday. Friday was crazy busy and I just needed to breathe, and today I was just lazy watching football. Plus it's been wet and rainy this week...not good for walks:(

Distance walked/ran-I think it was about 1.8mi.

How I'm feeling-Less motivated this week...BUT, my grey cord pants that used to tight were feeling more like normal pants when I wore them Thursday. I try not to get too held up with numbers on the scale because I know somewhere underneath all the fat I have, I am pretty muscular. If I feel smaller, and my clothes are looser, then I must be doing something right?

Goals for this week-Again...work out at least two days this week. And don't lose motivation when the weather is bad...remember, even 10 minutes is better than nothing!