Week 3

Somehow I managed to lose 3.4 lbs this week, even though I had some good days and some bad ones. That only puts me at -2.4 for the contest since I was over 1 lb last week. But I still have time to make it up!

I did great at drinking my 64+ ozs of water this week, which I think was my saving grace on the days that I didn't eat as healthy as I should have. I have discovered that if I drink out of my big 32 oz Mercy hospital cup with the straw, I drink more water than if I carry around a water bottle. I don't really know why, I guess I must like straws or something. But whatever the reason, it works. I fill it up with ice and water first thing in the morning and carry it around with me all day long. At first it took a while to manage to drink 2 of them in a day, I just wasn't used to drinking that much of anything, much less water. But towards the end of the week I found myself drinking 3 or more of them! Which means I find myself in the bathroom every 20 mins. lol. But it's good for me. It fills me up so I'm not hungry and is said to make your skin healthier and speed up your metabolism.

I can't seem to make it to the gym though, but I am trying to work out more at home, and walking around the track at work. I try to add physical activity to my day anywhere I can, even if it is only in small little bursts. Everything helps.

I fear this week isn't going to be as good, but we shall see. Last night I went out with my momma's group and ate a yummy mexican meal. Today (and probably most of the week!) we are snowed in and I am making cinnamon rolls from scratch, and have big plans of making cake balls, cookies and a variety of other things. Something about snow makes me want to bake and bake and bake. I am going to try to have some self-control and not eat very much of my creations, but we shall see how it goes. I am going to try to do a lot of the Wii fit since we are trapped indoors, but it's hard getting it away from the kids these days, lol.

I did buy a bottle of some cheap diet pills yesterday, knowing this was going to be a rough week, to try to help me make up the difference. But I hate relying on diet pills, because as soon as I get off of them, I just gain it all back. I want to try to instead change my eating habits and learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle, so I can keep it off this time. But I figure since I am working so hard, and not relying on them totally to do all the work, it's not that bad of a thing. Maybe they will just give me a little boost. I really like the energy it gives me too. I still am going to try to stick with my weight watchers points, drink my water and get at least 30 mins or more a day of exercise.

May the force be with me. :)