On Friday I quickly posted some goals for the weekend:
- catch up on my Bible reading
- attend Sunday School in the morning & the new member meeting that evening
- not eat any of Gabrielle's Valentine candy (she is not getting very much so this shouldn't be too difficult)
- kick it into high gear as far as my workouts go
I didn't do too badly. I caught up with my Bible reading and I am determined to not fall that far behind again. I'm sure there will be hectic days in the future whenI miss but hopefully not more than one day at a time.
We didn't make it to church yesterday morning. Gabrielle's fever was gone when she woke up but because she had been running a temp on Saturday I didn't feel she should be in church with everyone else. Plus she still has a cough. But I did make it to the new member meeting - at least I tried. I got to church about 10 minutes early but no one knew where the meeting was supposed to take place and no one could find the pastor! I have to call the church office this week but I'm assuming the meeting was rescheduled and because I missed the morning service I didn't realize this. The trip was definitely not a complete waste of time though because I met and talked with several very nice and helpful people from the church.
Hmm, the Valentine candy. I'm not sure if I passed this one or not. For 99 cent I bought a bag of small heart shaped lollipops. Twelve were in the bag. I couldn't find just a single lollipop that wasn't gigantic so I opted to get the bag of small ones. I also didn't think I needed to give Gabrielle 12 lollipops! I put two in her Valentine gift and I ended up eating two myself. Does this count as eating her candy? I'm not sure but I do know there was a time I would have eaten the other 10 left in the bag in a weekend's time!
Working out - well again I tried. I didn't work out on Saturday. A sick little girl, baby and cleaning got in the way of that. (Whenever one of the girls is sick I seem to get in a cleaning frenzy!) I tried again yesterday morning to exercise during Samantha's morning nap. Gabrielle was (supposed to be) occupied with play doh. She decided she was done playing before my 30 minute work out was complete. It seems like any other time I would have to drag her away from the play doh. After she attempted to clean up by herself I paused briefly to at least get her out of the kitchen away from creating a bigger mess. Samantha then woke up from her typical cat nap. Before I knew it I was no longer alone in the living room and there were just too many people around for me to safely exercise without knocking someone over or stepping on someone. Samantha is already awake this morning but I'm hoping to get my work out in during her morning nap.
I have a tendency to reward and celebrate with food. This is a habit I'm trying to break away from. Once in a while a nice dinner out is great and of course I will continue to give in to special desserts and treats from time to time but I don't want everything to be about food. I had read somewhere - now I can't remember if it was a blog, a magazine or exactly where I read it - that as incentive when losing weight, or accomplishing any other goal, to set up a type of rewards system. For example, for every blank pounds lost treat yourself to something. I liked this idea so I had mentally thought of a few simple and relatively inexpensive things I could "treat" myself to with each goal. For my half way point, 10 lbs, I decided I would treat myself to some new make up. I have had my make up done professionally one time and that was for my bridal portraits. It was fun but definitely not an everyday look. I have always wanted to have my make up done by someone and have them tell me the best products to use and the right shades. This week is Clinique bonus time at our Belk. I have 2.5 lbs to lose this week in order to reach my halfway point. It is going to take a lot of work to reach it. And since losing weight isn't my only goal I'm also adding the stipulation that I have to be current with my Bible reading.
Can I do it? I hope so!! I guess we'll find out on Friday.
We didn't make it to church yesterday morning. Gabrielle's fever was gone when she woke up but because she had been running a temp on Saturday I didn't feel she should be in church with everyone else. Plus she still has a cough. But I did make it to the new member meeting - at least I tried. I got to church about 10 minutes early but no one knew where the meeting was supposed to take place and no one could find the pastor! I have to call the church office this week but I'm assuming the meeting was rescheduled and because I missed the morning service I didn't realize this. The trip was definitely not a complete waste of time though because I met and talked with several very nice and helpful people from the church.
Hmm, the Valentine candy. I'm not sure if I passed this one or not. For 99 cent I bought a bag of small heart shaped lollipops. Twelve were in the bag. I couldn't find just a single lollipop that wasn't gigantic so I opted to get the bag of small ones. I also didn't think I needed to give Gabrielle 12 lollipops! I put two in her Valentine gift and I ended up eating two myself. Does this count as eating her candy? I'm not sure but I do know there was a time I would have eaten the other 10 left in the bag in a weekend's time!
Working out - well again I tried. I didn't work out on Saturday. A sick little girl, baby and cleaning got in the way of that. (Whenever one of the girls is sick I seem to get in a cleaning frenzy!) I tried again yesterday morning to exercise during Samantha's morning nap. Gabrielle was (supposed to be) occupied with play doh. She decided she was done playing before my 30 minute work out was complete. It seems like any other time I would have to drag her away from the play doh. After she attempted to clean up by herself I paused briefly to at least get her out of the kitchen away from creating a bigger mess. Samantha then woke up from her typical cat nap. Before I knew it I was no longer alone in the living room and there were just too many people around for me to safely exercise without knocking someone over or stepping on someone. Samantha is already awake this morning but I'm hoping to get my work out in during her morning nap.
I have a tendency to reward and celebrate with food. This is a habit I'm trying to break away from. Once in a while a nice dinner out is great and of course I will continue to give in to special desserts and treats from time to time but I don't want everything to be about food. I had read somewhere - now I can't remember if it was a blog, a magazine or exactly where I read it - that as incentive when losing weight, or accomplishing any other goal, to set up a type of rewards system. For example, for every blank pounds lost treat yourself to something. I liked this idea so I had mentally thought of a few simple and relatively inexpensive things I could "treat" myself to with each goal. For my half way point, 10 lbs, I decided I would treat myself to some new make up. I have had my make up done professionally one time and that was for my bridal portraits. It was fun but definitely not an everyday look. I have always wanted to have my make up done by someone and have them tell me the best products to use and the right shades. This week is Clinique bonus time at our Belk. I have 2.5 lbs to lose this week in order to reach my halfway point. It is going to take a lot of work to reach it. And since losing weight isn't my only goal I'm also adding the stipulation that I have to be current with my Bible reading.
Can I do it? I hope so!! I guess we'll find out on Friday.
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