I promise I haven't fallen off track! I've missed two weeks of blogs, though for fairly valid reasons. Week #1 I got sick...like sinus AND Ear Infection sick. I spent most of that week eating soup and drinking mass amounts of orange juice. I did weigh myself on that Monday and had gained about half a pound, which was okay by me given that I did not do well with my eating that week. The leading up to being sick meant being very tired, and very tired of eating chicken, and I made a number of not great food choices because I didn't have the energy to cook. While sick, I didn't have the energy to cook, but I also didn't really have the desire to eat...so they balanced each other out.
Last week I was at home for Thanksgiving vacation and I could have blogged, but I didn't weigh myself because I didn't know how accurate moms scale would be compared to my own. I didn't want the numbers to be off and then have an unrealistic idea of how my week went. So, I figured that since I didn't have a weight update and I'd eaten soup pretty much all week, I didn't really need to write the blog.
In any case, last week I officially started round 2 of the 21 day fix. You may think I'm crazy for doing it over Thanksgiving, but it wasn't so bad - although I really should have been better about actually tracking. I forgot my workout DVD back at my place, but my sister gave me one heck of a workout instead. She recently became a personal trainer for the Y as well as their Zumba instructor, so I went there on Monday for her expertise and she surely gave me a workout! She was by no means a drill instructor - she just told me what to do and I did it, but I was definitely feeling it afterwards. Tuesday I went to her Zumba class and it was so nice to see everyone again, but was a bit more challenging since I was still really sore from the workout the day before. I did the best that I could and then continued to be unimaginably sore for the next few days. Wednesday I spent pretty much the whole day on my feet helping Mom bake pies, so while I didn't do an actual workout, I rarely stopped moving.
My food for most of the week was good, but not great. I didn't really eat things I shouldn't, but I didn't necessarily keep track of what I was eating nor did I eat very much at all. I suppose it's better to not eat as much as you should than to eat more than you should, but it's definitely not a good habit. Thursday was the real test, though. Thankfully (see what I did there...), our Thanksgiving dinner isn't super unhealthy anyway. Turkey is a great protein, the mashed potatoes are homemade, there's no marshmallows on our sweet potatoes, and no extra stuff in the vegetables. So, being good was mostly just a matter of watching my portion sizes. I got a good bowl of salad and ate it first, then I had some turkey, a small amount of mashed potatoes, one slice of sweet potato, a very small serving of stuffing, and some corn. And, our "mindless snacking" while we play games has always been a veggie tray. The desserts are what normally get me in trouble, but this year I allowed myself a small sliver of pumpkin and a small sliver of cherry. Enough to get a taste and enjoy it, but not enough to be detrimental to my weight loss.
We have Thanksgiving at my uncle's house, so we normally do a much smaller version at our house on Friday. This year, I went to help the same uncle with his horse and carriages at a nearby light-up night event so I missed the second dinner. I did eat the leftovers for dinner, but it was late and without being at the table I didn't feel any kind of pressure to eat everything. I just grabbed a little bit of the things I wanted and called it a night.
Saturday was a little tougher because we went wedding dress shopping with my future sister-in-law out of town, which meant eating out. I certainly didn't make the best choices I could have, but I also didn't make terribly bad choices.
In the end, I had a pretty successful week and am looking forward to getting back to business this week. I've already pre-made my breakfasts for the week and stocked up on plenty of healthy foods. My schedule should be pretty easy this week so nothing major to throw me off track (fingers crossed).
Initial weight: 254.4
Week 5: +0.4
Week 6: no weigh-in
Week 7: -1.4
Total weight loss: -7.2
Current weight: 247.2
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