Excuses Excuses and I heart K-Mart

Well I maintained my weight this week.  I don't believe in giving excuses but I'm gonna tell you what led me to this.  I started my period so I am bloated.  I am also a self proclaimed food addict as you know, and nothing gets me more hungry than hormones from starting my period.  I also was not home a lot and we ate out a few times.  It is too cold to go out and walk the mountain like I was doing for exercise and my Wii stopped working again so I don't have that either.  My kids didn't go back to school until Wednesday so it was hard to get into a routine last week.  So, Friday I had the evening to myself so I went to K-Mart because I had $50 in register rewards to spend before the end of the month,  I love K-Mart they gave me 10% back in register rewards for the Christmas shopping I did there.  Anyway, I got a couple things I needed and then I got a Shake Weight that I have been wanting forever, but couldn't justify spending the $20 when it could be a scam or I might not use it.  I also got a Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD.  I watched the dvd, but haven't done the workout yet. I'm waiting to get into a routine with it Monday when I have some time to myself.  I really like the shake weight too.  I think it will really help tone up my flabby arms.  I'm gonna get back with this yall I promise. 

I videoed myslef so many times.  I even made a youtube channel just for my weight loss videos.  I just didn't feel comfortable putting them up.  I will do that by next week if it kills me.  I don't want to let the fear of what other people think stop me from doing this.  Anyway, if you see me pulling into a fastfood place or out to eat and I'm not eating something healthy smack me in the back of the head. ;)

Weekly Update #7

Well this week I really have been working out a lot.  I only missed Sunday. That day I felt like I was 90. I hurt all over, but that day of rest helped.  I have been doing a lot more yoga and still walking my four mile hikes a few days a week.  I had a really good week as far as exercising.  However, I am still battling with food.  

I thought writing down everything I ate would help.  I can write down what I eat for breakfast then by lunch time I am busy and when I get hungry I just eat whatever and run.  Never thinking about writing it down.  So I am going to plan out what I will eat and write it down before I eat it.  I am hoping to treat food the same way I do my chore to do list.  It's going to be really hard because I have such a big food addiction, but I am going to do my best to only eat what is on my "to eat" list for the day.  I will give myself on free day a week. 

My workout partner told me that she is drinking half her body weight in ounces of water.  I was drinking a lot of water but not that much.  I'm a big girl and that's a lot of water.  I did drink that much yesterday and I felt good about it. Besides the fact that I constantly have to pee. I think this will help. If my stomach is full of water I am less likely to over eat.

This week I lost .69% of my weight from last week, and since last month I have lost 2.4% of my weight.  I am excited to see results.  I put on a shirt the other day that is now noticeably looser than the last time I wore it.  Another goal is to measure my waist, hips, thighs, and arms.  I have been saying I'm going to do this for weeks and haven't yet.  I will today and next week I will post how many inches I have lost. 

Rant of an Emotional Eater

I know I have a problem.  I do really good dieting as long as something stressful doesn't come up. Judging by my weight I have a pretty stressful life. Really though life has been great lately.  I have been doing a lot better about not letting simple things get the best of me.  Last week I was having a great day then a couple things happened that just ruined my day.  I stopped tracking my food and just went on a binge. Then once I do that it is hard to get back on track. Thankfully I didn't have that much chocolate in the house that I could do that much damage.  I just have a really hard time getting back on track once I've gone on a binge. Hopefully all the exercise I'm doing can balance it out so I won't gain any.   So today I don't feel good at all. I wish I could stay in bed today.  I may not be on top of the dieting thing today, but I promise I'm gonna get back with it Monday and I'll let you know in my regular Thursday Blog how the rest of the week went.   I just wish I could find things that occupy my mind the the way that eating does when I'm emotional.  I have a couple hobbies but it's hard sometimes to do those with a little kid under my feet wanting to help but wow is it easy to eat cookies to feel better.