Week in Review

Weigh-in
Last week: 243 lbs.
Yesterday: 241 lbs.
2 lb loss!!
Total loss: 5 lbs.

Food
Having groceries at home makes it so much easier to make better decisions. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy a cookie with my milk when I'm wanting something sweet, or a weekly treat of frozen custard. Breakfast was really good this week - cereal, eggs, or a bagel - a banana, and milk. Lunch was pretty good - sandwiches, leftovers, one day I had Chick-fil-A but that was food provided for a lunch meeting. I brought my food most of the week but I also had Subway one day. Dinner - I ate out a few times this week but part of it was a dinner for friends who are moving away. I did make an effort to have a salad with my dinner every night with low calore italian dressing. I have to make a conscious effort to eat fruits and veggies and I had read somewhere that eating a salad a day was a good way to add more veggies. Otherwise, I mostly just tried to watch my portions. Drank water, milk, OJ, and tea all week.

Exercise
I only worked out 3 times this week: Monday and Thursday were cardio/weight training days. Tuesday was cardio day. I did all of my cardio on a stationary bike and this week it was all about staying on and despite hating it, continue doing it.

Sleep
I started my week off okay, but towards the end of the week, I was just not hacking it. It especially got bad Friday night when we planned to go to the IMAX 45 min away and ran into car trouble and ended up going to the late, late show and didn't make it back into town until 5 AM. So, needless to say that yesterday was totally messed up in terms of sleeping. This week shouldn't be as bad.

For the upcoming week
Food - I want to continue doing what I did last week, since it seems to be working alright. I'm making an effort of eating more fruits and veggies.
Exercise - My workouts feel good, as much as I hate the bike. I'm going to aim for at least 4 days this week and if I happen to find an additional day - great, if not, that's something for next week. :)
Sleep - I'm going to try to turn off the tv no later than 10:30 pm every night. It's going to "hurt" when I want to watch my recorded "So You Think You Can Dance?" when I get home and it's too late, but tough. I do fine during the beginning of the week when my shows aren't on - yes, I watch a lot of tv - but towards the end, I stay up to watch everything. I'm gonna work on it.

Happy Sunday!