After the first fall comes the first rebound

Two weeks ago was a disappointment, but I had no one to blame but myself. I accepted the blame and said I would refocus myself. And I did.

I was dreading today for a few reasons. Weight loss and mental health can sometimes go hand in hand. I'm not going to lie. I was in a dark place for the past few weeks. I even said that I might skip the weigh in because I couldn't handle more bad news. But I didn't.

And I'm glad I didn't. 

I believe two weeks ago I chickened out and didn't post the actual number from my weigh in. It was up about two pounds. 

Well not only did I lose those two pounds but I lost another 2.4 pounds. Down 4.4 in a week. Part of that may have been due to the time I was sick last weekend. But as of right now, I'm down to 178 pounds. My goal is still 150. I've dropped 9 pounds since the first of the year. 

9 pounds down, 28 more to go!

The First Fail

Good morning. It's been two weeks since my last weigh in so you know what that means, right?

Well, unfortunately for me I have some bad news. The streak has ended. A month straight of losing weight? That's over. And I have no one to blame but myself.  I snacked this week, more than I should have. 

A lot of factors went into the past two weeks. I'm not going to make excuses. I didn't hold myself accountable over the past two weeks so as a result, I gained weight. 

I'm not proud of myself. I admit to struggling with a lot of internal and external issues which led me to eat the way that I did. 

I knew there would be failures along the way. I got the first one out of the way. And now I'm back to being focused again. CLEARLY what I was doing was working. So I just have to keep myself focused again. 

And while I failed, I also succeeded. I still haven't touched fast food. I still am averaging a soda a month, which is a drastic cutdown from before.

I'm not going to post the number. Just know it definitely could be worse.... I guess.

Thanks for the support!

Three hardest times to lose weight

There are three times of the year that it's hard to lose weight. I'll tell you what they are and you try to guess what the three have in common? 

Valentine's Day. Halloween. Christmas.

Go into any supermarket or CVS/Walgreens and you will be greeted by the answer. It's the time for candy. I want to eat it all. Valentine's Day might be the worst time for it. Why? Because one of my favorite candies are only available this time of year and they are pretty terrible for you. It's the little conversation hearts. That are nothing but pure sugar. 

So far I've been good. I haven't had any a single piece of candy since they rolled out into stores. But as the old saying goes... the struggle is real! I want it. I keep trying to convince myself one piece of candy won't hurt. The same way I try to convince myself a McDonald burger won't hurt.

I'm trying not to look at as a drastically as recovering alcoholic, but I'm using the term "falling off the wagon." I've stayed on the wagon so far. 

I even made the Super Bowl part of my workout this year. When the Chiefs scored a touchdown I did a seven second plank. When the 49ers scored one, it was seven sit ups. I did more planking this year. 

While looking at Twitter this evening I found a six minute exercise. I can spare six minutes a day to get into shape, right? Well it's 2 minute exercises done 3 times a day. And it all involves different forms of planking.