The scale is my friend

For some, the scale is a monster.  For me, it is my friend.  I use it to help me adjust my eating through out the week.  Yeah, sometimes I don't like what it has to say to me.  But, I have to have my scale readings each morning.

I had a feeling when I stepped on the scale at the beginning of this week, that I had consumed too many carbs.  Well, 167.6 tells me my feelings were correct!  Needless to say, this week, I have cut back on the carbs.  I weighed again this morning & my weight is down to 166.4.  It's a great day when I get up & the scale has gone down!  I fluctuate so much, it drives my nuts.  I can't find a consistent eating pattern that helps budge the bulge.
 
I'm thinking of creating a challenge for myself.  Thinking.....maybe, just maybe, this will help me be consistent with my eating.  You have to have a little challenge in your life, right?  May will kick off my challenge month.  Now, I have to think of what my challenge will be.  Should it be weekly?  monthly?  I'll figure it out.  I still have a couple of days.

I have my 10k (Conn's Green 6.2) this Saturday.  Can I just say, I am totally NOT prepared!  My running partner has been out, having a baby.  Yeah, I would say that would be important.  So, I have slacked off in the running dept.   Wish me luck!

Sweet mother

I swore off sweets of ANY kind around me or our house at the beginning of the week.  I'm now down 1.4 lbs.   I have been drinking lots of water, quit diet coke's cold turkey.  I thought this would be the best way to do it because if I have a drink or a sip, I'm just going to want more.  I surprised myself too by quitting cold turkey.  I have not had any temptations to drink one. 

Kinda the same with the sweets.  I have decided that I just can't eat the stuff or I just keep going back for more.  I have replaced my sweets with no more than three (3) fruits/day.  This, too, seems to be working.  I have had no sugar cravings.  Yep, none at all.  So, I'm hoping to keep this up.  You know, they say it takes two weeks to make a habit stick.  Let's cross our fingers. 

I am doing a 28 day bootcamp for my exercise.  It's a mixture of strength training, basically using your own body weight, and cardio.  I had been lifting weights for about 9 months, so I was ready for a change.  I think my body was too.  As for my cardio, I'm still running.  I have my 10k (Conn's Green 6.2) coming up at the end of this month, so I have to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

   

Rant about sweets & the holidays

Have you ever noticed that each holiday is tied to something sweet?  October...candy, candy & more candy;  Thanksgiving...pies;  Christmas....cookies, candy, pies;  Valentine's Day....chocolate;  Easter....more chocolate.  When does the cycle end??  I'm one of those people who can't stay away from the chocolate, cakes, pies, etc.  If it has sugar in it, I can smell it from a mile away!  I tend to not buy chocolate around Valentine's or Easter.  However, it sure is tempting when the toddler brings it home from school!

I have downed a bag of those Peepsters in a couple of weeks.  week. Nice, right??  This is my weakness!  If I could just push the chocolate out of my life, I would be a happier person.  Well, maybe.

For me, it's like starting all over with the New Year's resolution with each holiday that passes.  Is it like that for you too?  Please tell me I'm not the ONLY one that goes through this!  So, I have started my New Year's resolution again & there is to be NO sweets of ANY kind in our house.  I've come out of my chocolate coma & I want to stay out of it!