Bethany--Week 4

This week was different in every possible way from last week and as this photo shows, I got some workouts in!  I wasn't perfect, but nobody is and nonetheless I'm excited to share tonight.

Plan:  Weight Watchers 360--still loving it

Scale:  down 0.8!  9 lbs from my lowest weight since having children.  I'll go ahead and save any of you from searching on my family blog and doing mathematics late at night in the middle of the week--I'm at 148.8.  I still think the numbers don't matter, but they are one way I can measure success.  I still have so much regret over being 9 lbs up from last June, but what can I say, life happens.  Maybe one day I'll stop reminding myself of this failure and move on!

Success:  Yesterday, I lifted weights for the first time since December and only the 3rd or 4th time since last May.  I KNOW from experience how important weights are, I just always have an excuse to skip them.  Here is the workout I did from home yesterday--I used weights for the lunges, squats and mason twists:

I was happy with this workout and today I am SORE!  Good sore though so I'll take it :)

Fail:  I did fail to get to the gym four times this week--if you're keeping track that was a goal of mine last week.  I got two great workouts in, plus my tap class tonight which I loved even better than last week.  I tried to go to the gym, but my 22-month-old was SCREAMING as soon as we entered the childcare room and the ladies are not very friendly with the children or their parents...  I was very frustrated that this happened and messed up my week, but I'm going to keep trying to get her in there so that some of my time working out can be during the day and not all early in the morning or later in the evening.

Burning:  I was on the treadmill for 50 minutes for one workout this week and did the workout above another day this week.  I also did my tap class as I mentioned above.  I'd like to get in 4 workouts + tap this coming week!

Getting There: Like I said when I began this post, this week was a whole different ball game compared to last week.  I felt very much in my groove and in control of the meals I planned, etc.  I was extremely busy this week--for those of you who don't know me in real life, I have a "small" online business selling bows and hair accessories.  This week I fulfilled my two biggest orders yet--161 items went out between two orders.  To have stuck to my weight watchers allowed points and been as busy as I've been these past 7 days is definitely a new and exciting thing for me.  Usually I let life & work get in the way, but not this week.  It was not an option!

I also did not struggle with emotional eating at all this week.  There was one time where I was really craving chocolate, but the only thing we had in the house was something for a Valentine gift, so that wasn't an option.  I had a few clementines instead and was shocked, but they did the trick for me. 

Baby Step:  My baby step {again} this week is to hit the gym 4 times!  This will be my goal until I can make it happen! 

Big Picture:  I still want to lose 13 lbs.  I still want to address emotional eating and eating unhealthily when life gets busy--this may be an issue for me forever...who knows.   I still want to incorporate exercise into my daily life and make it something I feel empty without.  I want to make sure I do not yo-yo with my weight going forward--I want to get down and stay down!

I leave you with this tonight--

What are YOU going to do for the next 7 days?