Well this morning was my "weigh in" day. Tina and I chatted and decided the first of every month is a good day. Mind you my last weigh in was two weeks ago, but I have a special person that is going to join me in weighing every month instead of weekly to support me in avoiding unhealthy behaviors.
I'd mentioned to both my amazing boyfriend and my amazing trainer that I wasn't feeling much different and that I wanted to get on the scale SO bad at the beginning of this week. Because both of these people are so wonderfully supportive, the coaxed me in to staying off the scale and waiting for November 1.
Anyway, I didn't even think of it until later in the morning and then because I hadn't had anything to eat or drink yet, I stripped down, climbed on the scale and WHOA!!! I'd lost 11 lbs in 2 weeks! THAT is exciting and an amazing way to start the weekend and recover from a stressful Friday evening.
Speaking of stressful, I have to share my success last night and something I'm super super proud of! Normally the Fridays the kids leave to visit their dad is stressful for me, to say the least. I normally end up in a foul mood and isolate myself from people for the evening. I might play around on FB or Pinterest, but I won't answer my phone, depending on the person I may not even answer text messages or instant messages. BUT, the last couple Fridays have been a little bit easier and BOTH Fridays I've managed to not stop at every Culver's on the way home to get a double scoop waffles cone of the flavor of the day or indulge in multiple chocolate candy bars, donuts, cookies, etc. For some reason, those foods seemed to comfort me in some strange way. ESPECIALLY last night, after trick or treating I had quite an abudance of candy riding in two smiling orange faced buckets in my back seat and my kids never would've known had I devoured 1/2 of each of those buckets, but guess what....by the time I got home, I'd forgotten the candy was even in the car. At one point I was feeling munchy, so we stopped at a convenience store to use the bathroom and get a snack. I grabbed a single serving bag of Blue Diamond Almonds and two 32 oz bottles of water and enjoyed every nibble and sip. I've found that the Blue Diamond Almonds (especially the spicy versions) help my hunger and cravings a TON!
There are currently two ridiculously large tubs of Halloween Candy on my kitchen table and at this very moment, I couldn't care less about them and I intend to keep it that way.
I've talked to my trainer and I may or may not start adding fruits back in to my daily intake. I may keep them eliminated for another two weeks, however, she's given me the ok to introduce them back in slowly (1 each day as a treat). Two more weeks to ditch the sugar cravings and I think I'll be ready to head back to some hard core workouts at the gym.
The reason I'm waiting? After a workout I crave carbs HORRIBLY and paired with the slight cravings I'm still experiencing here and there, I feel like it may be too much for me at this point.
Happy November folks! The holiday feasting season has begun and it's time to take control of that season rather than letting IT control YOU.
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