Making Priorities

I, like most of us, am lazy. I would rather stay in bed when I don't need to, then get out of bed and exercise. I have come to the realization that if I don't exercise in the morning at the beginning of the day, most days I won't exercise, and the days that I do is less then stellar. I'm hoping that I'll kick it into gear so that I can at least end the month with a loss. I just need to do it. Aggh! I regret letting my self slip at the beginning of the month. I've been putting some effort into exercising this last week. I think I got in 3 days. Then I realize I allow my husband and kids to be excuses of how it makes it easy to put it off.
On my short cruise I was introduced to a detox program that I haven't started yet, due to not wanting to be disqualified. It's a 3 month routine that in based on a algae regiment. I hope that maybe if I can't get a good routine going soon that I might give it a try in October. Seeing how the rest of the gang has struggled along the way and can bounce back lessons the guilt some, but I can do better and I'm off to try a workout. Here's to hoping it won't get interrupted much by my kids.

Releaved

I'm happy to report the 8 lbs that I gained on vacation came off easily. I'm glad to getting back to my regular routine with eating. It is working out for me. I will be working out extra this last week to see if I can end the month with a loss. Anything at this point I will be happy with. But we all know the more the scale says we lost the better we feel. Espically when it comes to this competition.
So I have a two sided feeling about encouraging you all to lose weight, first I would love all of you to meet your goals and win this compatition and over come our battle of the bulge. Getting healthier and happier. Really the other side of me gets kinda excited with the lack of effort I see from others cause then I feel like it increases my chances at winning this thing. So now because I've finally struggled this month it's left the door open for you all to surpass me. I don't know where you're at with you percentages so far, but I'm about 11% over all. Those of you that have maybe been 4% for the last two months have a chance to pass that. So I guess I'm calling you all out to help motivate us all to do better these last months and finish strong! How about it?

Some Statistics are true.

I'm really surprised with how quickly the weight can come back on when your not watching what you eat. I went on a cruise and they say that the average person gains 2 pounds a day! I found out how true it is. I am sad to report that my cruise was 4 days and I did gain those dreaded 8 pounds. I hope that I can work off these quickly so I can be back on track by the end of the month. I just hope that with the new "boot camp" exercises I learned while on the cruise will help me shed those dreaded pounds. Going camping this week and I will do all I can to not gain more. Last time I went camping I was able to lose weight, so it's possible. Let you know how is goes. Guess the final weigh in will be the tell all.

Cruisin'

If one can lose weight while camping do you think one can lose it while on a cruise?! I hope so, or at least to maintain weight. I'm going with my Bestie Angie and her daughter Janessa who graduated from High school to celebrate that with her. It's only a 4 day cruise, I figure that if we make an effort to exercise that I can manage it. Other wise it's gonna be two a days for the rest of the month. When I get back from crusin' then i'm going camping! I love summer vacations and hope am gonna be sure not to let this hard work go down the drain. After all we are in this to change our lives right girls. Not just a yo-yo diet. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

Looking Forward

I thought that I'd post before it forget. This week we are having a retreat with my husbands parents and his siblings. It's most of the week, then there's the weekend...so I figured I'd post now so that I had some time before I had to post again.

Funny thing happened yesterday while I was right in the middle of my workout dvd and I wasn't sure if I just really stretched a muscle or what, but I finished the workout and tried to stretch it out. Now I'm thinking that it may be my siaticka (sp?)nerve. The pain is almost constant and it goes from my butt all the way to my ankle. I was hoping that when I did my workout today that it would fix it. I'm not sure if it helped or not. Although I didn't do the same routine. I think I'll have to stop in at the chiropractor before we head out of town. Yet another thing that I need to do before we leave that will put it off that much longer. Isn't that how it always goes when your looking forward to getting away?
Also I want to say that when you're trying to do a workout that requires an aerobic step and you don't have one is just a bit less effective. Anyone have one they aren't using? I would be willing to give you a pedicure or nails. I do have my license! Anyway. I'm bummed out that one of my motivations to do this was suposssed to be a cruise next month, but I'm begininning to think that it might not happen now. I've cut out sweets until I go on it. So if it doesn't happen will I still cut out sweets or slowly introduce my favorites still?

Can't wait to see how I measure up this month! I think I've done well. I met my goal for the month a week ago, so I was trying to lose 1 more pound to increase my odds. Good luck to you all!

Camping

I went camping last week and was amazed at how much I used to snack all day long on junk food! Espically candy and chips. I made a great effort to take lots of fruit for myself to snack on instead and it worked! I was able to eat those instead of candy and less often then I would have the candy. I only exercised once while I was camping. However because of the other choices I made in food. I was the one preparing it all. Was able to make healthier options, and smaller portions then I would have previously. I will have to continue this in the future and then it will help me maintain what I've worked so hard to get at. I have to say because of this and drinking lots of water I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale and haddn't gained any weight! I think I'm getting the hang of this and plan to keep it up!

Changing it up!

I read an article that your muscle memory sets in about 3 weeks and to get the most out of a routine you need to change what your doing that often so you don't plateau. I switched to a different workout video and have attempted the jogging thing to. There were a few days this last week where I didn't do as well on the nutrition side of things which coinsided with not exercising either. I've think I've been able to get my water in on most days this week! I also have been trying to eat every 2-3 hours when possible. I'm hoping that by kicking up these things that I will be able to drop some more weight. It seems like I haven't dropped any in over a week. Guess I'm one of those rabbits, but I'm hoping that by the end I will still meet my goal for the month. I have vacation/camping coming up in the next month which as we all know is horrible for what we are trying to accomplish. Lets all find a way to make it work!