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Ok, so last week . . . about Wednesday I totally fell off the wagon. I didn’t do half of my workouts last week and was not at all watching what I was eating.  Yeah, as you may have guessed it was ugly and at the end of the week instead of losing the pound that I was hoping for I had gained one!  I can make all sorts of excuses, like work was crazy . . . I didn’t get any sleep . . . I was totally stressed out . . . still a little sick; but at the end of the day they are all just excuses.  I could have made it work if I had tried hard enough.  The worst part was that I was destroying some really good habits that I had made.  I was doing so well about getting my workouts in everyday and by the third day it was so easy to talk myself out of working out.

But, so far this week I am back on track.  I have gotten my workouts in Monday and today and I did my wildcats team challenges today.  And on top of all of that I have been eating pretty good too.  I may not have worked out Saturday, but I did go grocery shopping and bought some really good veggies and such that I have been making sure to eat.

So, wish me luck folks!  I am getting myself back on the wagon!

This week has been a real tough one.  I have had a cold with a nagging cough which makes cardio a little tough, but I have managed to get my workouts in, but not with as much energy so not the same results.  And on top of that the company that I work for does snow removal and it has been snowing a ton and the days it didn’t snow I was traveling so I am running on about ten hours of sleep in about four days.  So needless to say the cold is not getting better, but I think I know the solution . . . SLEEP!!

Glad that’s over!  Don’t get me wrong I love get togethers and even more than that I love football, but I tell you what . . . the idea of a superbowl party really scared me.  Not because of the people or anything.  I was terrified of the food!  All of those yummy, fatty, munchy foods really get me.  Biggest reason that I am overweight is that I love food.  Especially good food and it was all good food.  But I stuck to my plan and sat as far from the food as I could.  Not to mention next to a friend of mine that is a pro athlete and for some reason whenever I am around him I am really self-conscious about what I eat.  Probably because he is in such great shape and I am not!!  As self destructive as that mode of thinking may be it kept me from eating much if anything.  So I survived the party . . . sad that the pats lost . . . but managed to leave without feeling guilty.    Whew . . . dodged that bullet!

So for the past month I have been trying to stick to my workout program and working pretty hard and kind of keeping an eye on what I eat.  I was getting a little down because I didn’t feel like I was seeing results.  Then today I took my measurements which I took almost a month ago and WOW!!  I may have only lost 5 lbs in a month, but overall I lost over 20 inches!!  I was thinking I had only lost a couple, but WOW!!  I really recommend taking your measurements and tracking them . . . I may not have lost a lot in terms of pounds, but I am making great progress!

Ok, so tonight I had a date . . . I always get a little worried when a date takes me to dinner cause I don’t want to be the oh so typical girl who orders a salad every time.  I have always had a lot of guy friends and I know that this drives them nuts.  So I am always hesitant to order a salad.  This guy took me to one of the best steak houses that I know.  I tell you the temptation to get that big fatty rib-eye was really strong.  I am a native Idaho girl who loves my meat and potatoes.  But I resisted the temptation.  Instead I ordered grilled salmon with broccoli and swapped my garlic mashed potatoes for grilled asparagus.  Then, I only ate half of it and brought the rest home.  I didn’t really even have to think about how much I was eating cause I was drinking so much water with it that I felt full really fast.  Not to mention I was talking a lot so not eating very fast so that helped my body know that it was full before I had the chance to shove more food down my throat.  It was awesome!  I was really proud of myself when it was all done and over with.  I did really good today.  I think that I stayed around 1300-1400 calories and got in an hour of cardio combined with weights.  If only everyday could go this well . . .