Okay, so after a long absence, I am back. I flat out struggled with trying to change my behavior for the last few months, but after seeing some particularly horrifying recent pictures taken of me, and being tired of wearing larger pants, I'm ready to try again. The stats are mostly the same as they were in August…except for the rotten few pounds that crept up during the holiday season. As of Sunday morning, I weighed 236.8. I’ve been going to the gym semi-regularly for the last few months, with the exception of the past 2 weeks. The weeks leading up to Christmas were hectic in Stacyland, with baking that needed to be done, lots of housework, and 2 birthday parties for the chickadees’ classmates thrown on top of the Christmas shopping madness. Bearing all of that in mind, I decided to give myself a pass for the week of Christmas, and rather than waiting until January 1st to get back on track, I would start on December 27th.
So far, I’m off to a decent start. I had salads for lunch and dinner yesterday, with leftover turkey on it…only white meat parts. This is not to say that I’m going to exist solely on salad for the next 6 months or however long this takes, but I didn’t feel like cooking after the Christmas Cookapalooza that took place after work on Christmas Eve, and all morning Christmas day. I also went to the gym for the first time in 2 or so weeks, and went back for more after work today. Dinner tonight was scrambled egg whites with spinach, mushrooms and onions. My calves are pleasantly sore. Hopefully this means I can expect to see the number on the scale go down when I weigh in on Sunday.
