Monday

I headed outside for a walk and did a bit of running. I can totally tell that I will need to rebuild to be able to run like I was in the fall. My legs are a little sore now.

Eating was good. I was able to have a normal breakfast and lunch. Dinner, I had some self-control and lacked some. I had a roll and crackers, which wasn't ideal but I ate only about half of what was served to me, focusing on the scallops and shrimp rather than the filet. At dessert, I ate the chocolate shell, but only about half of the raspberry mousse. Of course, I indulged in some wine.

Today is too early of a start to allow for a walk/run, but I hope to return to the great outdoors (weather permitting) later this week.

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A New Week, A New Beginning

I seem to have lost complete momentum. It all started one Monday morning a few weeks ago when I was tired and couldn't seem to get out of bed. I think I had hit snooze about 25 times before I even realized I hit it once (okay, not 25 X that would have been over 4 hours!). For some reason, that break in momentum after only a week of consistent working out was enough to derail me. The weather is great, the sun is rising and I think that I will have to get out and get in a bit of a walk this morning. I know that if I can get started again that I will be fine, it is just that start that is required.

Food - well, same story here. I had no internet connection one day and so I didn't track live...my downfall. Once I had a day that was so high in Points, I just lost momentum. Rather than starting fresh the next day, I couldn't seem to convince myself it was worth tracking. I plan to start that up again.

I know that I have two rough weeks ahead of me with business meetings, business dinners and business travel, but I am going to do my best...so it doesn't get the complete best of me.

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It's Friday!

I'm not really sure where the week goes! Well, it was a good week, even if the scale doesn't say so.

I was able to get up and do my workout every morning. I stuck with P90X, except for Thursday, where I substituted the P90X yoga for a 3 mile walk. The Yoga workout takes 90 minutes and I didn't have that type of time.

I also checked out a Zumba class on Wednesday evening, that I simply loved! I am going back tomorrow.

I ate very well. The first few days I was famished - seems to be the case whenever I first start the P90X routine. I was able to get to the right eating so that I was feeling satisfied, but not going too far beyond my daily Points allowance within a couple of days. Of course, I was earning activity Points each day, so it was fine for me to eat a little beyond.

I know that within a few days, the scale will catch up. In the meantime, I will continue to be active and to eat healthy. The most important thing is being healthy...the scale is just one measure, not the be all end all.

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Sunday

Sunday was a good day. Most of my exercise came in the form of housework. I was up and down the stairs several times, trying to get things back into their correct locations. I could have collected things and reduced the number of trips, but that would have been a challenge to my touch it once approach and wouldn't have given me nearly as much exercise.

Eating was okay. I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast. A banana mid-morning. A sandwich for lunch. Dinner was my version of Skyline Chili, some watermelon, some carrots and a couple of cookies (couldn't resist). I tried to stick with water for drinking, but a headache encouraged me to have some Dr. Pepper Cherry and the flavor encouraged a second glass.

Monday morning marked the official restart of P90X. I unfortunately am back at having 26# to go (but some of that could be hold over from a night out Saturday including chips, salsa, margarita and fajitas (only ate a little rice, the meat and vegetables - skipped the tortillas).
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a few weeks...

I have been so uninspired lately. I have been eating reasonably okay, but have been only partially committed to tracking, which I know allows me to go beyond what I plan to. I have been struggling since the time change to get up early enough to work out every morning. I have definite goals and targets in mind and I need to be focused to get there. I was talking to a coworker that also did P90X and they had some great success with the program. It is inspiring me to get back on track and restart the program. I will not be done with it in time for my first trip, but hopefully, even if I only get part way to my weight goal, it is still progress.

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Sunday

I had really good intentions on Sunday, and well, then they just seemed to fall apart!

I started my day with a normal bowl of cereal and some milk. I started my lunch with a taco salad, but then I picked at chips. And then, I had birthday cake and ice cream. I shouldn't have eaten the cake, there was something I didn't care for in the flavor (an orange or similar note in the chocolate) and yet I still ate it. Things like that frustrate me.

Then, we headed to Bible Study and again, I had chips this time with nacho cheese! Ugghhhh, why do I do this. I burned a lot of Points (haven't actually attempted to estimate yet) and I feel blah as a result of eating too much of food that my body is no longer used to. I should know better.

But, alas, Monday is a new day and I will start fresh, putting Sunday behind me and making sure that I manage my food intake better and not allow myself to be discourage by Sunday.

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Saturday

I was definitely feeling great when I woke up on Saturday morning and the scale was being kind. I had again lost a little bit of weight, which made me smile. I knew though that I was in for a rough day, with more than normal eating (two days in a row actually - as Sunday we have a birthday party and a Bible Study group too). My brother's family was coming over for a visit. My sister-in-law and I were taking the girls to a ballet and then we were going out for dinner afterwards, followed by hanging out.

Breakfast and lunch were actually pretty normal, aside from the fact that I couldn't resist the last of the S'mores bars sitting on my counter. Dinner we decided to head to the Japanese steak house. It is so hard to estimate the Points for those meals. I found a 'menu' for Benihana NY online that had calorie information for a full meal and based on that, I feel like my estimate (I even added butter to the ingredients just to capture the extra unknown) of just over 20 Points is about right. The good news is that I had plenty of weekly Points remaining, even after consuming dinner, so if I underestimated slightly, I think I am still okay. In the evening, we were all full, so it was just a glass of red wine while we hung out at the house.

The scale reflected the indulgence when I checked Sunday morning, but it wasn't too bad. I'm hopeful that if I can reign it in on Sunday, that I should be right back on course.
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