Slacking off

The last few days I have not been as focused or as dedicated to my diet as I should be. I've been eating way more candy than I should, and I have not been as good about exercising. My weight loss has slowed down, and I really need to get back on track. I am on the second phase of my diet plan, and I've been able to add more foods back into my diet, so I was hoping that would keep me motivated... I guess I'll just have to try harder.

Blah....

Depression equals consuming massive quantities of chocolate. I must get myself under control.

Weekend

I intentionally went over my calorie goal both yesterday and today. Yesterday I was starving all day, and it seemed like no matter how much I ate, I didn't feel full. So I figured that my body was feeling deprived from two days of being almost 200 calories under my goal, and Saturday I had about 1500 calories instead of my normal 1200. Today I felt better, but and ended up a little bit over 1300 calories for the day. It is much harder to stick to my diet when I am home all day with access to all the junk food in my house. I need to figure out better ways to keep myself busy and not thinking about food.

Down a pants size

I wasn't expecting to be down a pants size this quickly, but it's awesome! I have a stash of pants that I've been saving for *someday* when I lost the weight, and they all fit! I pulled them out to try on because I need proof beyond the scale that I'm actually losing weight. Having a great Saturday here, but despite my cranky kid and troublemaker dog.

From bad to worse

Every time I think things are starting to get better, I am shown how wrong I am. My number one goal for this year is to take control of my life. Lose weight, manage my house better, and finally get a handle on our finances. So far, I've made some progress with my diet, but that's it. My house is such a disaster that I don't know where to start, and finances? Forget it.... That's pretty much a lost cause. Lots of negativity in my head tonight, and I'm not sure how I'm going to get past it this time.

Today

Today I've had a really hard time being positive... About my diet, and work, and life in general. I think that having two days of no losses on the scale has played a big role in that. I it just felt like nothing was working out in my favor today. I just a lot of little things that added up to a crummy day. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that tomorrow will be much better!

Rough couple days

I've been having a hard time with my food the last couple of days. I stayed within my calorie goal on Monday, but I ate a bunch of junk. Yesterday I did awesome with my food during the day, but last night was really bad. I went to the Y yesterday and ran 3.1 miles, and and I was starving last night. I ate a ton of food that I shouldn't have. It's showing on the scale too, so I really need to get back on track.

Progress

I've lost over 3 pounds since Wednesday! I am so happy about that! I do admit that I have been cheating a little bit on my diet, and but I've been trying really hard to stay below 1300 calories each day and drink lots of water, and and it seems to be working. I've only missed exercising one day this week, and that was Friday when I was feeling so bad. Yesterday I ran two miles on my in laws treadmill. I thought I was going to die, but I felt so good after. I miss running!!

Update

Thursday was a rough day.... I was so sore from all the pilates that I could barely exercise. I did Leslie Sansone's 1 mile work out. That was the best I could manage. Work sucked, and it was super busy and I felt miserable, and because of the awesome cold I caught this week. And I cheated a bit with my food. I kept my total calories around 1200, but I had a few m&ms and some chex mix.

Yesterday I was still feeling terrible, and my boss finally let me go home around one in the afternoon. I picked up some advil sinus medicine and had a bowl of chicken noodle soup and took a nap, and I feel worlds better today. I didn't exercise at all yesterday, so I think this afternoon I will take my running gear up to my in laws and run on their treadmill.

Hungry!

I feel like I've eaten a ton of food today, and but I'm still starving! I've finished dinner, and and I've eaten about 900 calories today. This diet I'm following suggests that you'll be eating about 1200 calories per day, and so I'm not sure where the missing 300 cal are. I think I may try to find a low carb, and low sugar snack for tonight, because I need to figure out how to feel full without so many carbs!

New Year, new me

Happy New Year! I'm starting this year off with a new diet and new exercise routine. I I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself, and feeling like I have no control over my life. I'll be attempting to track my progress here and on my fitness pal. I didn't eat well today, and but I'll be starting my new diet tomorrow. Today I enjoyed visiting some friends, and started exercising with the new Pop Pirates calendar. Here's to a happy and healthy 2013!