Happy 4th of July to everyone! It's nice to finally have a July holiday that isn't a billion degrees outside.
Well, it's been a crazy week of ups and downs. As you saw, Monday was great!!! Tuesday was not! We ended up meeting Chris for lunch after our library storytime and went to Steak n' Shake. I did forgo the milkshake that looked delicious, but I wouldn't say it was a healthy meal. I made stuffed red peppers for dinner, but I also had a beer and ice cream later in the evening. And I'm not sure what was worse... eating what I did or how I felt afterwards. First of all, the Steak n' Shake was the greasiest meal I've had in a while and did not agree with my stomach. Second, I was so disappointed in myself and angry at the choices I had made. HOWEVER, it was too late, and all I could do was move on!
This morning I got up with renewed motivation. I spent the day working on potty training again.... running to the bathroom every 15-20 minutes. I also made breakfast, ran for 20 minutes on the elliptical, made lunch, did 3 loads of laundry, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, did some squats and wall chair sits, did some cooking for the weekend get togethers, etc. I barely sat down all day. In the meantime I ate oatmeal for breakfast, 1 half stuffed pepper left over, and the leftover filling (long grain and wild rice with hamburger). I also drank about 120 oz. of water!
Tonight we were on the go so we went out for pizza at Chris's request. I ate too much pizza and felt a bit bad after how much I had worked today. However, it was gorgeous out when we got home so we went for a walk. It was about a mile. This is probably the most I have worked out in one day in a LONG time!
Tomorrow is a holiday. While I want to take advantage of some of the holiday goodies, I am going to work hard to balance it with healthy choices and exercise. I know that we will be doing a lot of walking which will help greatly! I expect it to be a very late night, so I will probably post again on Friday or Saturday morning because we are also having people over on Friday!
I hope you guys had a happy 4th also! Couldn't agree more about the weather! We ate dinner on the deck last night; it was gorgeous out with a cool breeze blowing...perfect!
ReplyDeleteYou're right in that you had ups and downs, but look at all the GOOD choices you made! You passed on the milkshake, had a good dinner that night, did a PHENOMENAL job with your food choices through the day Wednesday, and absolutely worked your butt off too!! And it's great to see that you're keeping up with the workouts and walks in the evening...OUTSTANDING!!! And you definitely have the right mindset and attitude about the bad choices...you can't go back and change it, but you're waking up with renewed motivation the next day and getting right back to working on your goal. SO PROUD OF YOU FOR THAT!!! You're still miles ahead of where you were, and I know with each good choice will come more strength and resolve to continue moving forward making even more good choices and to stick with it. Like I said before, YOU'RE WORTH IT!! So stay strong, keep your chin up, and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! You absolutely CAN do this, and we're so very proud of you!!!! Good job, Babe! Love you!!