Week one was a challenge! The good news - I lost 4 pounds! **can you see me doing the happy dance?** The bad news - I pulled a muscle in my back on Saturday which stifled my exercise for the rest of the week. The crazy thing about it was on Saturday morning when I weighed myself I was down 4 pounds already. So from Wednesday to Saturday I lost 4 pounds. Sunday - Wednesday was a challenge to maintain that 4 pound weight loss when I couldn't exercise.
FOOD!
I've come to realize that my biggest food challenge days are on the weekend. Saturday night I took Kai out to dinner at Olive Garden to celebrate a couple of things: She made honor roll for the 4th trimester in a row, she had a fairly decent swim at her meet on Saturday and made it to finals (where she dropped 8 seconds off her time in the 200 Butterfly), and we'd just received her allergy test results back and shellfish didn't show up this time (she has not eaten shellfish for 9 years). So off to Olive Garden we went so she could have her favorite - Shrimp Alfredo! I swear those Olive Garden bread sticks are the DEVIL! I made a healthy choice by ordering soup and salad. I know the Chicken Gnocchi soup is high in sodium so I drank lots of water (not ordering soda was a huge success for me). The fat girl in me just
had to order Alfredo dipping sauce for the bread sticks. I promise you I had about 6 bread sticks to keep from
wasting the Alfredo sauce. Am I the only one whose mother said "Eat all of your food - there are children in Africa starving!" Well clearly I was eating bread sticks and Alfredo sauce for all of Africa. It was a shame! I did stick to my weekly goal of eating 1 raw meal a day! I know that helped me keep that 4 pounds off!
EXERCISE!
Every night (Wednesday - Saturday) I exercised for a minimum of 30 minutes. I did Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred and also dabbled in fitness videos on Comcast/Xfinity On Demand. On Saturday afternoon (prior to my Olive Garden excursion) I had to go and get fancy and do an abs video where I did v-sits with a side to side twist. I was so proud of myself, I did them without stopping. About 22 minutes into the video I felt something that was not normal, of course I ignored it and kept going. Sunday morning I was very sore but assumed it was the normal soreness I get when I haven't exercised in awhile. By Sunday evening I couldn't do much of anything (sit, stand, lay down, get up, roll over - NOTHING!). I knew something was wrong. It turned out to be a pulled muscle in my lower back. I was told to lay off the exercise until this coming Saturday (12/11) and take it easy :( Come Saturday I am back on a mission!
GOALS FOR WEEK 2
- Stay away from Olive Garden! :)
- 30 minutes of exercise - no excuses - but I promise to listen to my body this time!
- 1 raw meal each day - this week I am going to do some juicing to increase my vegetable intake!
- DRINK MORE WATER!
- Celebrate the baby steps! 4 pounds was a great success for me this week!
- Remember to pray and stay focused, especially during those times when I know I should make wiser choices.
Pray for me and send me some juicing recipes! Have a great week - I will!
This Journey Is All Mine!
Rhonda
