Weekend cleanup.

I do great Monday through Wednesday. Then comes Thursday and my convictions start to wane. If only the weeks were shorter, maybe I could keep it up. So I have come to some conclusions. I have become way too obsessed with the scale. I think about it so much that it just brings to mind all of the things I shouldn't be eating. And you know what happens then, you think it, you want to eat it. So anyway, I think I will be putting it away for a few weeks and concentrate more on how I feel.

It is funny how much better I feel both physically and mentally when I am eating right and exercising. I just need to concentrate on these feelings more and less about what the scale says. I think if I do, the scale will just come down on it's own. I have also realized something else about me. If I stay completely away from sweets, I can stay away much easier than if I just have a little!

I didn't run 3.5 miles last week. I felt like I could have today but got a late start so I only had time for 3.

So for the coming week these are my goals: Run 3.5 miles at least once. Exercise 5 times. Concentrate on eating healthy and stay away from sweets all week long. Yes that's right, all week!

Mission Accomplished!

I can't tell you how long I have been trying to break 148. 2 years ago, after I had Lilah I started my weight loss journey. I hit 148. 7 months ago, after having Kate I began again. I hit 148. Then I let my mind get the best of me and I began to think that there was no going below it. Well, NO MORE. This morning I saw 147! I am locked in now. It is amazing how hard it is to get in the groove, but once you do, it becomes easier and easier to stick to it. I met my goals of last week to go below 148 and to exercise 5 times. I think these short term goals are really good for me.

This weeks goal:

Run 3.5 miles once this week. Haven't gone farther than 3 (yet another mental block!)

Exercise 5 days this week.

See 145 on the scale.

Is that me???

Have you ever been in a class at the gym and thought, "Wow, someone stinks." You wonder if it is you. Then you don't smell it for a few minutes and think, "It can't be me!" Then, there it is again. Finally you try to do the sniff. You know, the one where you try to be discreet as you catch a wiff. And then you have confirmed it: It's me that smells!!!

Ahhhhhh, gotta love a good workout! The kind that makes you smell!

Goals for the week:

Exercise at least 5 times. 1 down, 4 to go

Break that 148 barrier that has been haunting me!