9 lbs. Lost, 26 to Go!

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Unfortunately I gained weight this week. I think the only reason it wasn't more than the 2 lbs. put on was because I exercised 5x this week. I knew weigh-in was this morning, but I showed out late last night. I couldn't put the pretzels down, I devoured a caramel-fudge sundae from Sonics, and I had the midnight munchies and ate 2 turkey sandwiches and a bag of Sunchips. I'm going to use the PMS excuse once again. I don't know how else to explain. Maybe it's just old fashion greediness, lol! I told myself I would work out early this morning, but I woke up to INTENSE pain on the back of my foot. I'm miserable and I'm limping around here. I don't know what I did wrong....apparently I pulled or tore something while on the treadmill. I'm going to rest my left foot today and Sunday (maybe Monday) to see if the pain subsides. I'll make sure I warm up well once I get back to the gym. Man, I wish I had a prescription pain killer b/c this 500 mg Tylenol isn't working fast enough. Bummer.

I only have 11 weeks left until my birthday and 26 lbs. left to lose. I'm going to have to really step it up a few notches if I want to lose at least 2.5 lbs a week. This is interesting to me b/c I'm learning so much about myself while on this journey. One thing is that my appetite is usually tame for 2 weeks, but on the 3rd week it intensifies. Also, I hate exercising in the evenings. I feel more alert when I exercise in the mornings. Also, exercise really helps with any anxiety that I feel.

I really want to maintain a healthy lifestyle and stop all of this yo-yo dieting. I need the balance of not having to try so hard of maintaining weightloss and for it to just happen naturally. In other words, if and when I get this weight off. I want to keep it off.

Getting Back on the Wagon

I admit I was losing focus earlier this week and still struggling somewhat. It started last Friday night with succumbing to the tempatation of buying fried chicken from the grocers deli, doing the ultimate no-no of grocery shopping w/ my husband on Sunday afternoon (purchasing all these snacks so he would have stuff to munch on while he watched football), giving into the cravings I had for McDonald's french fries and their Filet-o-fish Monday afternoon (I told myself I would forgo dinner), and allowing myself to eat the catfish my husband FRIED Monday evening b/c I was too tired to cook (I should've skipped the McD's and baked the catfish myself Monday evening). I honestly didn't think I would recover especially with being off work the remainder of the week and thinking I won't be able to stand a chance against Thanksgiving Day.

Well.....I did recover....sort of.....

I did manage to work out Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (yes, I worked out Thanksgiving morning! A first for me!), and today!!! I was determined even with having achilles tendonitis pain on my left foot! I had put on about 3 lbs. from pigging out last Friday through Monday, but my weight is now fluctuating since I managed to work out. Controlling myself on Thanksgiving Day was a bit of a challenge. I had small portions on my plate, but still felt hungry afterwards. The big mistake was when I went back for seconds and added dessert and a soda. Crap. I was stuffed to the point of feeling miserable.

I tried to redeem myself by not allowing myself to bring a plate home and worked out an hour this morning. I feel great, but I came home and snacked a bit (boooooooooo!) I've got pretzels here that I really need to get rid of as well as a few other snacks. The calorie count plan today was to work out, eat a bowl of Special K cereal w/ 1% milk, and Subway for dinner since I do not intend on eating the DEER RIBS (yikes) my husband took out the freezer to cook tonight. Instead I started munching on granola, pretzels, and Sun Chips!! I've got so much to do so once I finish blogging so hopefully everything I've got to do will burn up the calories of junk that i ate.

My goal this week was to at least try to maintain my current weight and not gain, but I really would like to get down to 180 when I weigh in on Saturday. I'm SO ready to get out of the 180s and on to the 170s. I'm ready to see this happen!