Friday Weigh and Check In - January 9, 2015

Hello! How are you? How was the first week of 2015 for you? Mine did not go as planned. Then again, when does life go as planned, right?

Last Saturday hubby and I spent several hours working on cleaning out our weight room/gym. It had become a catch all for a year and wow was it messy! My goal was to clean it out so I can drop my gym membership. We have a weight bench, treadmill, elliptical, and Nordik Track, plus a few smaller things in there. It is a good home gym. Unfortunately, I spent too much time and it bothered my back. I have back issues and it has been hurting me all week.

With my back bothering me and knowing what it means, I have been very hesitant to follow my workout plan. I am afraid of making it worse. So, workouts this week have not happened as scheduled:

1. Monday - Kettlebell Workout {no}
2. Tuesday - 2 mile run {no}
3. Wednesday - Bootcamp Workout {no}; 40 minute stationary bike/upper body weights
4. Thursday - 2 mile run {no}
5. Friday - Stretches

And with all this back pain and nervousness I ate my feelings. I had planned out the week's dinners in advance, which was awesome!

1. Veggie chili - Out to dinner at Arooga's {Potato soup/Half Caesar salad}
2. Cheese quesadilla with salsa
3. Turkey Meatloaf
4. Veggie chili
5. Veggie lasagna

I realized Monday I forgot to get the base mix for the chili, then hubby wanted to go out for new running sneakers. It was easier to eat out at 8:00 p.m. than to come home and eat dinner at 9:30 p.m.

But, in between meals I ate whatever I could find - candy, cookies, chips, crackers, etc. If it was here, I ate it. I knew I shouldn't, but I couldn't stop myself. Really disappointed I did that. But, there is nothing I can do about it now. I did it, I own it, I'm putting it behind me.

So, how did the week work out? Believe it or not, I lost 2.6 pounds this week. I'm a bit shocked by this. I'm not sure if it's accurate or not, but I'm gonna take it because it makes me feel good about myself. LOL!

I had a couple other goals this week - laundry, clean off the photos/documents from my old laptop and put on the external hard drive, download my Eastern State Penitentiary photos, start editing the ESP photos. Haven't done a single one. Blaming it on my back. I have been so low about it that I haven't done anything but putz around.

I need to get over this. I may be in a bit of pain, but there are things I can do. I've got to do them. I can still do something today and I have until next Wednesday before I'm back at work. I can get some of this done before then.

Goal: 50 pounds

Weight Loss/Gain: -2.6 pounds

Total: -2.6 pounds

To Go: 47.4 pounds

 How did the first week of January 2015 go for you? Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with it? Are you taking steps to correct any missteps? 

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2013 Weekly Weigh-In

My scale does  not read that. LOL!

It's Friday, the day I normally weigh-in. Last month I kinda weighed myself randomly though the month, with no rhyme or reason to the day. This month I decided to go back to my Friday weigh-ins. They've worked for me in the past, why not keep doing what's worked?

 

To me, at home, I take all clothes but my undies off when I weigh-in. In winter that's awful cold around these parts, especially because we have to keep the door to the bathroom closed due to cats who like to climb on the sink and knock stuff off! So, I hit the bathroom, peed, got naked (wow, this is sounding like a porno or something!), and got on the scale.

 

My scale is on carpet, which it shouldn't be. But, the bathrooms in my house for some reason have carpeting. They came that way when we bought it and we just haven't gotten around to changing that. So, I always weigh myself more than once just to get the same number. I figure whatever that number is, as long as I got it twice, should be close to accurate.

 

So, this morning, I lost close to 5 pounds from last week my first go 'round. Ummmm...can't image that's true, so back again. Second time I was down 2.5 pounds. Well...maybe. I could buy that. But, I needed that number twice. The third time showed I weighed the same as last time. That I could believe. Tried one more time and got the same weight. So, it appears I have not lost any weight in the last week...but, I haven't gained any either. To me, major accomplishment. 

 

Why do I say that? Well, sure I would rather lose weight than stay the same, but with my poor kitty going paralyzed in his back legs last week I wasn't making the best food choices early on. I skipped the gym Friday night and my long run Saturday. I didn't start eating well again until Tuesday and I didn't go to the gym Thursday night because I was in a foul mood. Yea...yea...I know exercise helps. For me, it would not have. I just wanted to get home before 8:00 p.m. and do nothing. And I did.

 

So, there ya have it. No weight change in the last week. Though there has been major Pooka improvements. He can now move both back legs, even if one isn't fully functional. He's eating and using the litter box. His tail has some movement (finally). He's trying to escape when you bring him out of the bin we're keeping him in. He responds to the touch when you squeeze his back paw. So, major improvements. He goes back to the vet for follow-up today. Fingers crossed things are going in the right direction!

 

When do you weigh in? Is staying the same better than gaining?      

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