Update No. 4

Hello friends!  And a big thank you to Mrs. White for choosing my blog to highlight this week.  You can find more blogs of people trying to keep fit on her blog. 

This was a very challenging week for me.  I had to navigate a lot of social eating situations.  I went camping, I attended bunco, ate out twice, and I hosted a family meal.  I thought I had done very well, but then this morning the scales said otherwise.  I stayed the same all week long, then yesterday I was down 1 pound and today I was up 3 pounds.  *sigh* 

I am trying to remember that it is not all about numbers, but how I feel.  I feel better.  I am not going to get discouraged about this turn of events.  Time to move on and do better. 

I do have some rationalization going on in my head to fight.  I really thought I was being careful, but I know that I ate too much at Pizza Hut yesterday.  I had hoped the exercising would balance it all out.  I am not worried.  I can be careful this weekend and be fine.  I know I can.  The only trouble is that I've fallen into a pattern of gain, loose, gain back.  That is not going to get me to my goal. 


My movement goal for this week was to go try to do something 5 out of the last 7 days.  And, I was successful!  I am keeping this as my goal.  Here are my specific movement goals for the coming week.  

• Do yard work one day (limbs need cutting, weeds always need pulled, mowing to do). 
• I am going to do Wii Fit 3 times this week, increasing my calorie burn goal to 150+ calories or more per session.  
• I am going on walk at our local living history museum this weekend. 
• I will do Walk Away the Pounds 1 mile 2 times this week. 
• I want to be moving every single week day for at least 20 minutes! 

My healthy eating goals for the week included:

• Drink lots of water, decaf tea for variety.  No diet soda. I don't like them anyway. Try adding mint to my decaf tea. 
• Limit sugar (remember to pray for a way out when facing temptation!) Fruit is a good dessert. Remembering is the hardest part. 
• Eat lots of veggies.  I notice that I can forget this very important goal.  Perhaps it has to do with being hard to keep veggies in the house, but that cannot be an excuse.  I made the effort to go to a third grocery store to buy more produce for this week.  I hope this helps.   
• Eat mostly whole grains. Measure my cereal in the morning.  Try to limit grains to 2 meals a day. 
• Be flexible and proactive, esp. when eating away from home. (Get a taste what looks good, take only bites, not heaps!) Read nutritional information before I go to a restaurant. 
• Only eat when hungry, stopping before I am too full.  
• No eating more, just because it tastes so good!  
• Continue with the Food Diary on this blog.