Vacations are not great for dieting

So, I am on vacation this week. While that is a pleasant thought for my mind and believe me it is, it does not fair well for my diet.

Last week, I gained 9 pounds and even though I knew it was probably from being sick and my meds were messed up it still did not do anything for me mentally.

I lost 5 1/2 pounds this week. That is good and bad. I did not eat well last week.

While I have been on vacation this week I have made it to the gym everyday this week. I have been there at lease 1 1/2 hours everyday. My eating habits have been good so far this week, except for yesterday when my son got his driver's license and decided to drive on his own in my car and have problems with my car. While this is certainly not his fault, it could have happened to me--I don't handle stress very well, and given the fact that I am stuck home all day today until I can have someone look at my car, well the eating has not gone well.

I am hoping to still make it to the gym tonight and at least finish this week out with consistent exercise.

So, while I am trying to work on my eating habits this week, I will follow through on my plan to exercise.

There really is not much else to report because I am still on vacation and there is still plenty I can do, so until next week, I hope to gain nothing but knowledge and lose nothing but weight.

The Worst Setback Yet

This past week has been the worst one yet for me, and I don't even really feel like posting this week, but I am all about discipline in my life and this is one of them.
I had a fairly good diet and exercise week. I ate fairly well, I had one bad eating day, but I did get in seven days of movement, whether it was as simple as one day I only walked 10 minutes to 2 hours walking and swimming.
I knew I was going to have some setback because nature plays tricks on your body and will cause you to retain water, so I knew I would probably have a gain this week. What I didn't expect is a 9 pound gain. That was a blow to me.
Needless to say, I was upset and decided to give up, but that is not an option, for lo and behold and I am the new leader for TOPS for the 2009 year.
I have a new obstacle to face and conquer in the next couple weeks. I take over the leadership position in April and I have to be able to motivate my group even if I have a bad weigh in. I need to learn to quit depending on what the scales say, but this is proving to be a very difficult task.
I think that being leader will be a good thing for me in my journey to a healthier life, knowing that I need to be accountable to this group of people and motivate them and help them means that I have to learn how to do this. I am excited about this new step I am about to encounter and I pray that I will be the person that this group needs.
So, until next week I hope to lose nothing but weight and gain nothing but knowledge.

Still Going Strong!

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What a great week I have had! I am beginning Week 23 and all is well at the moment. I lost 4 pounds this past week and that just thrills me. I am up to 44 pounds.

The only thing I can say is that exercise played a big part in my week. I went to the gym more often this past week, and I also did some extensive cleaning on Saturday! (I had water heater problems) With all the stresses I have had to deal with over the last week, I still managed to keep the weight off. I got to start a new diet journal this week, this is my third one since I started with TOPS and this is a different journal and so far I am very impressed with it; it has only been a couple of days but believe it or not having the right journal makes a big difference in having a successful diet. I have come to depend on my journal. Even if I have bad eating days, I still write it in my journal. I am also noticing that I keep referring back to my older journal for some things, and I look at particular good eating days and repeat those when things are feeling a little tough for me.

Slowly, Slowly, I am learning, and I am thankful for that because I am making small changes that are sticking!

Well, until next week I hope to lose nothing but weight and gain nothing but knowledge!

The Word of the Week--EXERCISE!

Boy this image says it all. March is here and that means spring is on it's way. Maybe that means I should have more spring in my step.

For the past two weeks, I have stayed the same at the scales. That should be an accomplishment, and it is not a gain but really, it is not an accomplishment.

I have been being lazy, I haven't been very disciplined in my eating habits, and only exercising four times in February, well that is not what I need to be doing.

Since I have started exercising, I need to keep it up. I am noticing that I have more energy and that I can do more than I was able to do before. Well, the first of March I went to the gym and I went on the 2nd as well. Last night I had prior commitments but I did walk for 15 minutes and then today, I got more exercise in for an hour by working at the front desk at the library, I plan on going to the gym tonight and hopefully will get in a little time the rest of this week.

I am back on track, I am once again motivated. We have our officer elections in a couple weeks and I would really like to be the leader for the next year. I think that I need this to be a positive role model for the other group members but it also means I will have to try harder.

With that in mind, let's take a minute to mention Girl Scout Cookies. Oh, they are so good, and I got mine yesterday and am happy to say that they are in the freezer untouched. I am thinking that possibly tonight I will be able to split them into manageable portion sizes and then I will be able to enjoy them. Small steps, that is how I am getting through this.

So, hopefully weigh in will be a good one next week, I stayed the same again so I am still at a forty pound weight loss.

Well, my dear friends and supporters another week has passed so until next week, I hope to lose nothing but weight and gain nothing but knowledge.