Thumping Along Behind the Wagon

I've learned something about myself this week. Eating well and exercise go hand in hand. Actually, exercise really is the key ingredient. Without it, I don't eat well.

It's been cold and rainy this week. Since 99% of my exercise takes place outside, it hasn't happened. I did a DVD on Wed. afternoon, but that's been it since Sunday.

I haven't eaten well one day this week. Not that it's been terrible. Just not good enough to lose weight. Eating out, cupcakes, ice cream. Not good.

If only could get myself up early to work out. Or do it at naptime. If the weather continues, I will have to figure it out! Either the eating part or the inside exercise. And since we have a few more months of sketchy weather, I'm sure I'll need to figure it out.

So meanwhile, I'm hanging on to the wagon with one or two hands--depending on if a cupcacke is in the other hand-- thumping along behind it.

The price you pay

So last Saturday I had some major overindulgence to sweets--my weakness anyways. I hadn't eaten a good lunch and was at a function with tons of homemade goodies. I went way overboard, and I knew it.

I've been weighing myself almost every day just to observe the flucuations, try to see how my body works etc. I went up several pounds after that incident (even though the rest of the week was pretty good and I exercised too). It took me a WHOLE WEEK to get down the weight I was the morning of the overeating. For someone losing weight--that's just ridiculous.

I really learned my lesson with that. If I was just maintaining--it wouldn't have been so bad. But I lost a whole week. It was a good lesson for me, but a costly one.

Now that I'm just a few pounds away from my goal, I'm getting a bit concerned with maintaining. I only stayed at my lowest for several months after losing the weight from baby #1. I ended up staying several pounds more than I wanted to be. I don't want to do that this time. I want to be able to wear ALL my clothes, comfortably!

So beware weight-losers...that day of binge eating costs more than you think!

$88

Why is eating and feeding your family so costly? I went to Trader Joe's today with a few things in mind to pick up. Well, I obviously picked up a lot more...and $88 later. I did get things that should last a while--and a few multiples of things we eat often. And what's amazing is as I was picking stuff up, some of it I felt was good priced.

Hopefully these items will last me most of the month and then it will be worth it.

In my efforts to streamline my life more and make workdays/weekdays easier, we've stocked up a lot at the beginning of this month. Hubby is having a heart attack at how much we've spent thus far...so I need to make it last and use what we've got.

I want to find a good "mom planner" with meals, events etc.

On the exercise front, I am making myself take 2 days off in a row. Lately I've been running on Sundays--but not tomorrow. It might be raining anyways. My legs are paining me--I think they need a rest. And I think I need new shoes.

I'll let you know how I do with cooking good meals this week!

2008 Odometer

I'm going to keep track of my mileage for 2008. I think it will be interesting to see how many miles I run this year. And hopefully it will help keep my motivated for 2008. Ever since I started running I've yet to complete an entire year where I've ran consistently. Getting out of the habit, getting pregnant etc.

It's 4 days into the year and I've run twice for a total of 7.75 miles!