A year…A month…A week…
Seriously…I find it soooo hard to believe Monday has arrived already…
My weekends of late have been soooo nice…Calm…Fun…Time with friends…Family…Brian and Zoe (The mutt)…And I find it gets harder and harder to get up and get motivated on Mondays…Ugh…
So its time to check in with myself…
I have been BACK on my journey now for just over one month…I recommitted myself on July 1st, and officially started logging my calories, journalling, blogging, etc….on July 6th…
Overall, I am giving myself a B+…
I am still struggling on the weekends a bit during social functions…It is VERY difficult to maintain 1200 calories at a cook out…Or going out to dinner, etc…
So I am still working on this…And I either need to stop doing anything social for a while or I need to raise my calories to 1400 on the weekend…Because if I dont, then mentally I feel a bit guilty and like I have failed…
During the week I am doing great. Journalling I am doing great. Planning meals with Brian have been going GREAT. He is truly in this with me…He reads labels now. Helps me decide what I can have and what I cant. Its nice and I appreciate his effort.
Now that I have formed my new routine, I am also ready to reinstate my “Free Day”. I am a big beleiver in these so that you dont feel deprived. The key is to keep them to a minimum.
On my first jourey I actually gave myself one a week…So I had six days on program and one day off…It worked, I still managed to drop my weight…
But this time I think I will start with once every two weeks…I will give myself one free day. Free from counting calories, journalling and exercise if I choose too…Of course, my hope here is that I wont choose too!!!
I will be weighing in again this weekend…Have decided to just do this monthly for now…Because I do NOT want to be a slave to the scale but I DO need to gage my progress…So once a month for me…
This week saw the completion of one more small goal I set for myself…
Saturday I finally joined the YMCA…I was finding too many excuses and blaming it on financials…In reality, it cost me just 65 dollars to join myself AND Brian up for the first month, and that is what we could spend in a weekend on going out to eat, beer, clothes, etc…
So I did it.
Is it a great gym? Nope. Its old. Outdated. Small.
But it has what I need. Treadmills. Ellipticals. Weights…And its less than two minutes from our house…So it will do for now…So I have completed all my small starting goals…And overall, I would say I am a B+ for now, working towards that A…
Another anniversary passed this week for me…
One year ago I had back surgery…
This was a decision that truly changed my life.
Living with chronic back pain was a bitch. Truly. Towards the last year of it, it was soooo severe that I had trouble sleeping. I had trouble walking. My burst disc was pressing constantly on my nerves in my back…
I couldnt work out. I was always tired.I was always crabby.I gained over 15 pounds. I had trouble sitting at work. I popped pills like crazy to dull the pain. I have no idea how I functioned….
I ignored myself and my body sooo often…I kept thinking it was nothing and I should just be tough and learn to deal with it…
SO WRONG…
It was only when I finally demanded action from my doctor and told her how severe the pain was, that within a week I had all tests done and surgery scheduled…
And even though my back will NEVER be right, and even now, sometimes it gives out if I turn the wrong way…It is sooooooooooooooo much better than it has been in ten years that I truly feel like I gained a few years of life back…
So in the month to come I will continue to tweak my calories. Finding a range that works for me…
In the immediate week ahead my goals are simple:
**Go to the gym for a mininum of 5 days, for an hour at a time.
**Stay UNDER 1300 calories consistently for 7 days.
**Weigh in on Saturday no matter how I am feeling.
**Continue to journal and blog.
My hope is next month when I write my month in review that I will have a nice loss to report…Five to ten pounds would be delightful…
Thats the upside to weighing once a month…
When I do weigh, if all goes well, and I have done what I need to do, the weight will be coming off in bigger chunks!
WOO HOO!!!
Have a great week all and I hope you are all having success on your journey!!!
what a great uplifting blog. I do not give myself an off day but I also eat what I want just make sure it is minimal portions. Maybe on the weekends up your calories like you said. You are right going out to cook outs and dinner is harder.
sounds to me you know what you are doing and will drop them pounds quickly. I love your attitude in this blog.
B+ thats AWESOME!
Sounds like you are really on track with things
Its great that you joined the Y and I like how you look at it realistically in the terms of money spent.
A worthwhile investment I’d say.
Wow 1 yr ago was your back surgery?
Time does fly
That is quite an anniversary for you with it changing your life so much.
Thank god you did push for your dr. to do something more for you.
Maybe going up a bit in calories on Saturdays wouldn’t be a bad thing as long as you don’t go WAY overboard of course.
But maybe going up just 200 cals would even be beneficial.
Good luck to you
I love hearing about the things you are doing to work at this.
It certainly does take work doesn’t it?
I love that Brian is involved too
Hugs Dawnie
Lori
Suongs like you are well on your way and doing great. Keep up the motivation and hard work.