Well, we started this challenge just a few short days ago and it is already time to check in. Can you believe I already messed up my goals for the month? Maybe I was a little too ambitious? I just wanted to get back on track to what worked for me in Jan, Feb and March. Doesn't help that this week officially started on May 1st, but I had a baby shower to go to on Saturday. I know, I know. I could have opted to eat just the healthy foods, of which there were plenty. But Steven, Krystal and I made the cake and I could not help myself. And of course I "sampled" the frosting Friday night when it was being made. This didn't affect the goals, but I think it may have affected the weight.
Here are my goals I listed on May 1st:
*I will drink 2 glasses of water before each meal. I have forgotten a few times.
*I will drink 1 cup of green tea each day. Check
*I will not snack between meals or while cooking/preparing meals. I have nibbled a bit while preparing meals.
*I will not eat after supper. Check
*I will not eat any candy, cake, frosting, ice cream, "sweet" cereals (Frosted mini wheats do not count), etc. I am committing to this on a weekly basis. I really thought I would do better with this. Unfortunately I decided to help myself to some of the Jello, Cool whip and marshmallows from the girls' April Showers Bring May Flowers dessert tray on Monday. I couldn't decide if I was counting these as "sugar/sweets." And because I had already messed up I gave in to 2 fingerfuls of leftover frosting. And you know what, it wasn't even what I wanted, didn't taste that great.
*I will exercise for at least a half an hour every day. Hope to get the Wii fit routine in at least 3 days and the Aerobics DVD in at least 2 days. Other days I am hoping to walk or at the very least step for 1/2 hour. I actually didn't get to exercise the first day of the challenge (Sunday). But I did exercise the following three days, getting in my routine, plus today I got in the Aerobics DVD.
*I will drink 1 cup of green tea each day. Check
*I will not snack between meals or while cooking/preparing meals. I have nibbled a bit while preparing meals.
*I will not eat after supper. Check
*I will not eat any candy, cake, frosting, ice cream, "sweet" cereals (Frosted mini wheats do not count), etc. I am committing to this on a weekly basis. I really thought I would do better with this. Unfortunately I decided to help myself to some of the Jello, Cool whip and marshmallows from the girls' April Showers Bring May Flowers dessert tray on Monday. I couldn't decide if I was counting these as "sugar/sweets." And because I had already messed up I gave in to 2 fingerfuls of leftover frosting. And you know what, it wasn't even what I wanted, didn't taste that great.
*I will exercise for at least a half an hour every day. Hope to get the Wii fit routine in at least 3 days and the Aerobics DVD in at least 2 days. Other days I am hoping to walk or at the very least step for 1/2 hour. I actually didn't get to exercise the first day of the challenge (Sunday). But I did exercise the following three days, getting in my routine, plus today I got in the Aerobics DVD.
After rethinking my goals I have decided they are all going to stay the same, except one. I will allow myself one day this week to have one sweet, but it has to be at lunch time.
I am looking forward to participating in another SisterChat on Monday. I will have to say it moved really fast. It was really hard for me to keep up with the conversation. I don't have a lot of practice "chatting." On the other hand, I completely forgot about the #tworkout last night. Of course, Hannah was refusing to go to bed, so that complicated matters all the way around. And I am still a little unsure how that works anyway. I was hoping to find out yesterday. Guess there is next week.
I was looking forward to seeing what the Sisterhood Says Challenge would be for this week. I think I will be able to do this one. We are supposed to drink 64 oz of water each day this week. With my 1 cup of water while I exercise and 2 before each meal, and the one I drink before bed, I've got this! Now, I just have to remember to drink. It sure was easier when I used to work and take two 32 oz bottles of water along with me. I knew I was (or wasn't) finishing the water. At least with my above schedule I won't lose count.
I am also hoping that participating in the 31 Days to Clean Challenge this month will help me with the weight loss as I will be up and cleaning each day.
Anyhow, here are this week's results:
Today's weight
Starting weight:
This week's exercise:
Though once again I forgot to add the DVD to the log.
I had Tabitha take this picture, so it is from a different angle as usual and it doesn't really look like I lost weight from last month:
Previous Weight: 224
Today's Weight: 223.1
Weight loss from last week: .9
Total weight loss for May Your Way: .9
Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 38.8
If you would like some encouragement on your weight loss journey I invite you over to Tots and Me (my main/homeschooling blog) to enter my giveaway for Chicken Soup for the Soul: Shaping Up the New You. I even have some extra entries for anyone who is on a weight loss journey or who is participating in May Your Way. Come check it out!!!
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