Weigh In Day

Just so you know I have NOT fallen off the "diet" wagon. I've been pretty busy the last few days and haven't had a chance to update.

Ok, so today is my weigh in day! And guess what? I have lost 2 more pounds!! YAYNESS!! So that is a total of 7 pounds lost! I am excited! I also finished week 2 of the Cto5K program!

On Friday, I didn't plan my time as well and was only able to get in 1 mile on the treadmill. I had planned to go back and finish that afternoon, but things just didn't end up that way. I felt bad because I felt like 1 mile wasn't very good, but at least I was able to get in that little bit of exercise.

Saturday, I was able to have lunch at Habanero's with one of my most favorite teachers from high school, Ms. Mince. It was so good to be able to catch up with her since she has become a missionary! When it came time to eat, I actually did very well. Mexican food is one of the most fattiest foods you can eat. A lot of Mexican places cook with lard to make their food taste better and I must say, they do a goooood job! LOL! Usually I would get a bowl of their yummy cheese dip and chips and share it with everybody but I didn't even order any. I also did not eat any of the chips and on WW you can have them. You can have like 12 chips with the salsa but I decided that I didn't really need them. Usually I would order a type of combo plate that included some type of soft taco or burrito with sides of rice and beans. But on Saturday I only ordered two soft chicken taco's with no cheese and just lettuce. They were really good considering I don't normally eat Mexican chicken. Something about serving chicken in a Mexican place just doesn't sound normal but I'm glad I tried it because it was really good.

Saturday night, Allison invited us over and made a chicken pot pie. I was going to take some cereal or something lite to eat because even though chicken pot pie is so yummy and definitely a comfort food, I knew that I wouldn't be able to have any because of the ingredients. But that awesome sister of mine went online and googled a WW recipe for chicken pot pie and she made me my own pie that I could eat along with everyone else. Isn't she the best?? I think so!! Thank you Dee-deed!

I wasn't able to exercise on Saturday either and then the guilt started setting in of not getting my butt on the treadmill, but I really didn't have the time. Right now, if I do 3 miles, it takes me about 50 minutes. Hopefully, as I train my body to run longer periods of time, I will shorten that amount of minutes. Sunday came and I took the kids to church (David had to work) and then we came home and ate lunch, then took a Sunday nap. Something we haven't done in a while. It was nice. David came home, we ate supper and got the kids in the bed, and he wanted to go downstairs to workout on his weights. It was late and I didn't want to get all sweaty and hot right before bedtime but I had not been able to finish the last day of week 2 in the Cto5K program because of time so I sucked it up and got on the treadmill. I only did the requirements for Week 2 Day 3, but I did it. Come on ya'll, it was 9:30p at night. BUT I did do some weight lifting after that.

This morning was my weigh in and the scale showed that I was 2 pounds lighter. I was really excited but a small part of me was disappointed that it wasn't more. I called David and told him and he reminded me that the healthy way to lose weight is losing about 1-2 pounds per week. So I guess I'm on target?? I did get on the treadmill after I weighed in and had 3 miles done before 8:15am this morning! Woot Woot!!

I am doing WW but I'm not signed up with WW. I am watching what I eat because of the books my friend is loaning me so when I say that I've weighed in....that's with me standing in my birthday suit early on Monday mornings by myself so that there is no embarrassment there. ;)

I hope each of you are doing well! Please continue to pray for me as I go through this. Your encouragement and prayers really do mean so much! :)

Stats for this week: 2 lbs lost
Total lbs lost overall: 7