week 4

First week not to make my pound, but I was close! (- .9)

I decided to only measure inches every four weeks so today was the first week to see a different aspect of my hard work paying off. Drum roll please . . . . . I have lost a total of 2.5 inches!  Instead of being down on myself for not quite reaching my goal for this week I am choosing to look at the overall picture and be excited about the inches I have lost. Woohoo! 3.5 more pounds I will be 10 pounds closer to my goal.

Now for the excuses:

·         This week we were snowed in the house for five days, and except for cleaning the house we were pretty sedentary. Yesterday I could not take it anymore and did some cardio workouts off of Netflix and they were really fun! (10 minute solutions – dance mix).

·         We also had the neighbors over to play on the Wii for some activity but that came at a cost. They brought over an unhealthy meal that I felt obligated to eat. I often feel manipulated in the relationship with our neighbors and I need to be more assertive in these situations.

·         We also split a burger and black beans at Chilli’s one night this week. I am canceling, no more like postponing, my goal of only eating out once a month. I am making a lot of big changes and that is just too much for right now. Ill reconsider this goal around my birthday. 

Now what to do about it:

·         We changed up some dinner this week to add variety, which was a super challenge at the grocery store after two snow storms.

·         We had a fun time playing on the Wii together and want to take 30 minutes to play active games 3 times a week