Good Day....I think

Great day because I ate healthy as can be, drank water and didn't snack. And, my hubby got home early so I was able to go to the gym for a killer workout. But, we took my boys to a movie tonight and they wanted popcorn. So, I had some. With butter. Lots of butter. But, the 4 of us shared a small popcorn! So that means I didn't pig out. So, sort of a splurge, but not totally overdone.

Good Day

Day 3 for me (I started one day before Melissa gave me the challenge). Well, I have sore muscles. Which tells me I've been doing good working out again. But, it also tells me that I didn't do so well working out for a while before that. I also did great eating today. Well, I did have a 100 calorie granola bar that I tried resisting, but ate anyway. But hey, that's not enough to worry about. The scale was a little nicer to me today, so that gave me motivation. Feeling good.

Post a Day Makes the Pounds Go Away

Well, I'm hoping that's true anyway.

So, Melissa & I vowed to kick butt for the last 10 days of the competition and as part of that we are going to post everyday on our blogs. I see that Karilynn is joining us. Anyone else? Vicki? Carrie? Rochelle? Katie? Whitney? Not sure how many others are hanging in as we see the end of the competition approaching.

As for my report for the day, I didn't do quite as well today as I did yesterday. But still better than recent weeks. Ready to take on tomorrow for another good day.

Sleep well tonight ladies and good luck tomorrow!

Checking In

Boy, I don't have much of anything to report! I haven't been doing very well on my exercise routine and I'm back to eating bad snacks too often. Blah! I miss my drive and motivation. I just wanted to lose 1 or 2 pounds, that's all I had left, instead I've gained 1 or 2. Pooey on that.

Let's see, I think we have something like 10 days left of this competition. That's not enough time for me to get to where I wanted, but it might be enough time to get rid of the 1-2 pounds I gained this past month or so. I will be bummed if my final weigh in of the competition is higher than one or two of my previous month weigh ins. Pooey on that too.

So, another recommitment coming at ya! LOL

Plugging Away

Well, I'm plugging away pretty good this week. Back on the wagon of doing better at maintaining. I exercised and stopped most of my impulsive snacking. My stomach is telling me I'm hungry right now at 11pm....ignore the growling...just go to bed...don't snack....LOL.

Anyway, this blog gets boring with no pictures. I'm used to posting zillions of pics on my other blogs, so I remember this pic of me from last week that my friend took at the park. I remember thinking when she sent it to me that I looked thin laying there flat in the grass. I guess we don't see pics of ourselves too often or realize the weight loss we've accomplished. Thought I'd post it just so that this blog has a little life in it.

Maintaining

Nothing much new to report. I don't think I'm going to weigh in today (or at least not record it) because I haven't been doing very good this past week. I've gotten busy with my photography work, which I work on while my boys nap. The problem with that is that's when I always exercise. So instead of exercise, I'm sitting on my butt doing my photography work, which then also leads me to snack. Double whammy.

I feel good about how far I've come. I'm in my pre-prego clothes. I bought another outfit yesterday and the pants were size 6 and the shirt a size small. So I feel good about that. But I sure need to find ways to make myself keep up my good habits that I started.

So, in summary, It seems to me like maintaining weight & decent habits is harder for me than a full on diet & exercise routine. Hmm. Interesting.

Weigh In Day

Well, I'm up 1/2 pound since last month's weigh in. I think I am ok with that. Emphasis on "think". I'm 1 pound away from my goal. I wish I would have completely gotten there. But I was literally gone more than 1/2 of the month. Maybe that is an excuse. But it really is hard to maintain a routine when I'm away so much.

I want to work hard this month, which is the last month of our contest, and get to my goal, which is to lose between 1-6 lbs more. Most importantly, I need to make sure I can maintain my healthy habits of eating well & getting regular exercise. And then of course maintain those habits after this contest!! (Yikes, the thought of that scares me!!!)