AND...I stayed the same...

Last week I did not have 100% faith in my scale. While I reveled in the large weight loss, there was a nagging feeling in the back of my head that something may be off, that I might not have truly lost that much weight. So I wasn't surprised when I got on the scales yesterday (Saturday) and stayed the same. I will admit I was a little disappointed though. I am SO close to that major benchmark for me and I just want to get there. It will make me feel so much better about this journey!

I did have one victory this week. I ran (slogged as I like to call it) for 25 straight minutes. I burned over 400 calories and made it to the three mile mark! I am slow, very slow, but am getting the job done. I tried to do it again this morning, outside, but had timing issues so I am not sure if I actually went 25 minutes or not.

Halloween candy is slowly working its way into our house, which is never a good thing. Between now and Easter there is candy everywhere, all the time. And the problem is I like it ALL! From candy corn to (Starburst) jelly beans there isn't much candy I don't enjoy. AHH THE TEMPTATION!

Have a great week!
Mummy Qua

YUCKY week ends well.

This past week has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. Started Sunday PM with a disagreement between friends that turned ugly. The weather was gross...lots of rain. After being on dorm duty over the weekend I chose to sleep in on Monday. I worked out at school that afternoon. Slept in again on Tuesday and had no time to workout in the afternoon. Wednesday AM I was feeling sorry for myself - I think I didn't sleep well - a common theme with me. I had to take Jacob into Boston that day and knew I wouldn't have time to work out in the afternoon. Somehow that didn't stop me from having McDonalds for lunch WITH a snack size McFlurry!

Thursday took the week from bad to worse. DQ came to bed at 11:00 PM Wednesday night with a migraine. He was up ALL NIGHT LONG, writhing in pain. Finally at 6:00 AM I called a friend to come be with the kids and I took him to the ER. Once I got him settled I ran home to take the kids to school and check in at work. Then I spent the day running back and forth between work and the hospital. I ate very poorly. Breakfast was a full fat caramel macchiato with reduced fat coffee cake from Starbucks.

Friday DQ stayed home with Kate, who was sick. Again I slept in - by now I figured why bother working out?! The week is already shot. I ate OK. Actually, I ate really well.

Saturday AM was weigh in time. I was prepared to stay the same. I would have been OK with that and even understand why. I went to bed Friday night ready to work out Saturday morning. Imagine the surpside when I got on the scales and was floored to see I lost 3.8 lbs! I am now just 1.2 lbs away from a major milestone. I am trying not to get my hopes up but it would be awesome to hit that milestone next Saturday. My dad and brother arrive next Sunday and I haven't told them I am working out. I hope they can see a difference!

til next time -
Mummy Q.