Good News!

I guess I wasn't as *off* as I thought... 187.7

I am down 4lbs (the 2 I gained last week, plus 2 more).

Total loss to date: 7.1 lbs
Pounds to go for goal #1: 11.1 lbs (176.6)
Pounds to go for SPRING: 5.9 lbs

If all goes according to MY plan, I will be able to run in the mornings before work (there will be NO MORE SNOW!!). Friday I will SPIN and that should help me start moving toward real Tri training by the time Spring rolls around (for real). Stay tuned...

Still not with the program...

Hoping that tonights meeting will inspire. Hoping that the scale won't punish me for not going to the gym last week. School vacation week, hired at a new job, car issues, and other assorted EXCUSES.... Not all stressed-out busy people are fat - right? How can I use something other than food to make myself calm down? It is the one issue - if solved - that can help me reach my goals. Hard work is OK, it is the uncontrolable urges to shove food into my mouth that I need help with...ugh.

This week I started my new job. It has caused me to shift some of my duties and that is good. I've been getting up at 5:00 am and walking the dog with my neighbor. I do laundry and get the kids school stuff together and shower before I have to wake my oldest daughter at 6:30 am. I have to do more than just walk the dog and it will take a few weeks to figure out how to fit exercise into my new life. 28 hours of committed work time is a lot --- I haven't worked more than 10 a week for the last 10 years!!!

Can someone please kick my butt!

Between the snow days, job interviews, valentine's day chocolate, and... hmmm let me think if there are any more excuses... nope - can't think of any more...

I have been *BLAH* about the gym for the last week, lax about journalling and stuck in a rutt of eating more than I need to ... and cookies too! UGH!

I want to beat myself up - what good would it do? I want to DO something?! I've run through everything --- Am I depressed? No, not really. Do I feel stressed? Perhaps a little about the job situation and the fact that we had to buy a new car this weekend... Maybe that is it. Maybe I need to just recognize it and not stop exercising. I have to realize at some point that exercise is what really makes me feel better. AND if I am feeling better, maybe - just maybe - I'll eat better too!!!

Weight loss is slow.... pokey slow... This morning it was 191.5. Hmmph! Something just needs to click with me. I can make it all day, eat healthy and then 4 o'clock rolls around and I turn stupid or something.... I really need to get a handle on it!

I've been nursing a wicked cold for the last week, so I've taken a few days off from the gym. I've had long walks with the dog so I am not entirely lazy and I've got a can't miss date at SPIN this Friday. Weigh in #4 is tomorrow. SO far it has been 194.8 - 191.5 -192.5 ..... we'll see... What I really need is SPRING.