Week 23 Report

I've finally accepted that I'm not going to get a video made this week, too many things going on.  Now that my kids are out of school, it's going to be harder to get videos made because I don't like to do it when people are around.  There may be more written reports for awhile, but I won't abandon videos entirely.

I have a lot to say, but I need to be quick since I have an appointment this morning and I've got to get on the treadmill before then.  I keep waiting for the week to pass by where I can come on here and say, "I was awesome!  I totally rocked it!"  I have had those weeks, but it feels like it has been a long time since I have had them.  I just feel like it's all I can do right now to tread water.  I'm not moving forward, but I'm not sinking.  I do kind of feel like I'm barely hanging on at times.  Some days it's all I can do to just not eat sugar or meat.  It seems to depend on how different my schedule is from the norm, how much I'm running around, and whether or not unexpected things come up and whether or not I've planned my meals ahead of time.  Analyzing all of this constantly has helped me understand why I've never successfully lost weight and kept it off before.  It ain't easy!  It takes continual effort, diligence, commitment, recommitment, and so forth.  I have to keep reminding myself that all of this effort is worth it!

I lost one pound exactly last week.  I was hoping to blast off 3 pounds or more by being extra diligent, but it didn't happen.  It's okay.  One pound down is still one pound down. I was on the go a bunch and ate out a bunch.  I ate really great the first part of the week and not so great the second.  When all was said and done, I was happy to lose one pound.

That's all for now.  Gotta go exercise before the kids wake up!