The holidays ruin my diet

The past week has been the worst week ever for me. I drank the past 6 days straight and ate enough food to feed a small army. I do not feel well today. I feel really bloated and worry that I could possibly have gained back all the weight I have lost. Granted it was only around 6-7 pounds, but I don't want that back!

After the 1st of the year I am back on it 100% and then some. I am getting brand new shoes for working out so I can have a pair at home and a pair in my car. That way I can workout at the gym or at home and don't have to worry about forgetting my shoes. NO EXCUSES!! I am excited to "start over" after the holidays. They were rough!!!

Holy bad weekend batman!!

This was the worst weekend I have had in a long time! We ate out Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This will surely bite me in the ass later. I knew this time of year was going to be rough. I just hope I don't gain back the few pounds I have lost. That is my ultimate goal. I know I will be back in full force after the first of the year. I am definitely going to work out more and try harder to watch what I eat. No more excuses!! :)

Wine ruins my life

So I drank waaaaay too much yesterday at the holiday lunch. I did so well with the food, but then of course someone busted out some wine. I ended up drinking almost 2 whole bottles by myself. NOT NECESSARY. It was fun, but I am sure I am not going to love the repercussions from it. Why did there have to be wine there? There was beer, which is easy for me to turn away since I don't like it. This will likely be my downfall at weigh-in next week. Gotta learn to control myself better!!

Weigh In Day

Today is our WW group's weigh in day. I was down exactly 1 pound from last week so I am super stoked today! YAY! The bad news is that we have a holiday lunch today and tomorrow. So that could screw me over a bit. I am going to try and eat everything in moderation though. Tomorrow will be easy since it is Famous Dave's and I don't really like BBQ. I don't want to just eat cornbread though either...... ;)

Stupid period

I am so freaking bloated today I could puke. I hope this will be gone by tomorrow for my weigh in! That's all for today!

Weekend

I did pretty well this weekend! Yay! Only had some wine on Friday and the worst thing I ate was frozen pizza. Not too shabby. :) I also used the elliptical on Saturday and Sunday, which should hopefully help me out at weigh-in this week. The only thing that might weigh against me is that I got my period yesterday. UGH!!

I decided as soon as I get some new tennis shoes I am going to start waking up earlier and getting a short work out on the elliptical every morning. I wanted to start that this week, but I decided it might get annoying having to bring my shoes home from work every day to work out at home. I also get nervous that I might leave them at home and not be able to work out at lunch. So I am going to get some new shoes to bring to work and keep my old ones at home. That way I have a pair at both places I work out at.

UGH

This morning I was really hard on myself. I weighed myself, as I do every morning, and I was up a pound from yesterday! It drives me crazy!!!! How am I not losing weight when I watch what I eat and work out so much??? Life is not fair at all!!! So I was really getting down on myself about it. I need to learn how to deal with this better, but it is so hard when you are trying so hard!! :(

Okay, so I started a blog

So I thought maybe having a blog would help me on my weight loss journey. Maybe writing down my feelings and my progress would be inspirational? We'll see I guess. Plus my friend Mandy has been bugging my about blogging. So I decided to do it. :P

So I have been doing Weight Watchers ever since October 1st with a few other girls. So far I have lost 5 pounds. Not anywhere near as much as I wanted to lose by now, but we all have roadblocks, right?

I work out 6-7 days a week. My workouts times range from 25 minutes to 2 hours some days. I have started to become quite the jogger/runner. I never thought I could be a runner with my asthma, but now that I have it completely controlled, I am doing it! I have set a goal of doing a 5K this spring/summer, so that is keeping me motivated. Otherwise I use the elliptical, strength train and walk along with the running. I will use the stationary bike here and there, but I just feel like it doesn't burn as many calories as I would like it to.

I think, like most people, my biggest downfall is food. I seriously come from a long line of snackers. I swear that is what my family does best. Snack snack snack. I am trying to stop doing that. I do fairly well with it now. But I am a pizza lover and will never give it up. Sorry, I want to enjoy eating stuff once in a while. :) I have cut way back on my drinking too. I only drink on the weekends and try to keep it to one day a week if it is possible. Obviously weekend plans can screw that up, but it is better than how much I used to drink!

Okay, that is all for now. More laterz!