Back on track!

Week 5 weigh in went much better!!!

I worked harder this week. Effort is rewarded.

What did I do? I started challenging myself to do SOMETHING every day, even if its small. I made charts for my wall to track the number of squats, push ups and crunches I do every day. As well, I made a chart to track cardio minutes. It may sound childish or silly, but if it doesn't work for you, no problem. But how will you know unless you try?  Most of us are children at heart. Most of us really do enjoy getting pretty stickers for our accomplishments.... even if we don't want to admit it to anyone else.

I also got myself some workout videos (lots of places to get them, including the library for FREE!!)
Yoga, Zumba, "Ballet Booty", P90X (that's for a lot later on when I'm well on my way), "RockinBody" which is a dance/aerobics.  I know that in this really poor cold weather I just can't get much walking in because of my arthritis. So I had to decide on a solution. This is it. Lots of people feel silly dancing around in front of their tv in the livingroom. You know what? So do I!  But I rather do something about the fact that I can barely move than to just keep sitting on the sofa. Honestly, the cat doesn't care what I look like while I'm shaking my hips!

I only did my Intro to Zumba dvd once, for 37 minutes, this week, but I DID IT! (and pulled a muscle in the back of my hip that took two days to recover from..... reminder to myself... START SLOWLY!)

I also stopped using Sugar Twin in my coffee and switched to sugar. I know, this sounds backwards. Adding calories. Really its not!  I've been using Sugar Twin for 12 years. Its time to let go. Go NATURAL!!   Eventually there will be more changes in this category, but if I want it to work, I KNOW that it needs to be done one step at a time.

We have all decided we are going to go COMPLETELY healthy, no junk food, no coffee, no soda, no white starches (or worse, no carbs at all), or vegetarian (or vegan), all at once in one day. How did that work out for ANY of us? Guaranteed, one in 100 actually stuck to it past a week... most of us didn't make it through day 2. So I am making changes one at a time. It sounds small... but I have to make changes that I will stick with. One at a time.

So, all of those LITTLE things I did this week... food journal, writing down squats & pushups & crunches, zumba, quitting Sugar Twin... it paid off!

Last week:  208.2 lbs
This week:  203.8 lbs

Loss this week of 4.4 lbs!

Net LOSS of 3.6 lbs in 5 weeks

See... it was only a set back!!! Right back at it!!! Can't EVER talk yourself down!

I WILL DO THIS