Donna
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| Yummy Eats for the Week! |
I’m in a weird place this week. I’ve been working extremely hard at improving my lifestyle by eating everything prepped and cooked at home and also increasing my running and work outs. I made the mistake of feeling too confident and got on my home scale, which did not show an improvement from my last weigh in. Granted, it had only been 4 days but I felt so great I thought surely my scale would show a difference. After that disappointment I decided to put the home scale away for good. This week I am not showing a loss because I have not officially weighed in anywhere. I will continue to weigh in at the body analysis place every 2 weeks, so stayed tuned next week for that.
This is usually where my mind starts to play tricks on me. Like I said, I feel great; I can tell my clothes are getting looser. My husband said my love handles aren’t as big! Haha…Scientifically this has to be working, I mean I expend way more energy than the amount of calories I’m consuming. How can I not be losing, right? I don’t want to over think this but I’ve hit the 22 day mark. I’ve heard that breaking a habit takes 21 days. I’ve accomplished that and have made significant changes and created new healthy habits. I am not tempted by my family wanting fast food anymore. I will not pick it up, but I don’t mind them eating it in front of me. I also baked brownies this weekend, which I did not eat. I feel that my mind is in the right place as far as knowing the only food I should be eating is something that will fuel my body for my work outs. I also ate more healthy carbs this week, which again may be messing with my mind. I ran over 15 miles this week and did weight training at the gym 4 times. Something inside my brain is telling me to cut the carbs though. I swear weight loss is such a mind game!! I just keep telling myself, this will all work itself out. Keep drinking the water, keep eating the vegetables, healthy carbs are ok…this will all be worth it!!
Something worth sharing is that so many people have reached out to me via FB or just in person about the changes I’ve made. I’d like to think I have a slight influence on my friends who have been teetering on wanting to make changes but just haven’t done it yet. I post my food on FB and many people have asked about my recipes and even tried them! All of these things are helping me stay motivated and feel inspired.
Besides my usual crazy baseball schedule, the school district had a 5K this week to honor teacher appreciation. I met my friend V and her boys so we could run together. I didn’t know but she later told me that this was her first 5K!! I was so happy for her and honored to share that experience with her.
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| V and her first 5K |
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| The Kid's Race |
Mother’s day was wonderful. We laid low and stayed home. I played with the kids most of the day and prepped food for the upcoming week. I’ll be traveling for work so I’ve found a hotel that has a microwave and fridge and plan to bring all my meals with me. I’ve also informed my travel partners that I won’t be eating out so that temptation won’t even exist. I’m eager and anxious to weigh in on Friday, but seriously scared that all this work will not show on the scale!! (Again, my crazy mind playing tricks on me) I’m not quitting…I’m in this for the long haul! Have a great week, y’all!
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