Choices

Greetings bloggians.

Good week this week.

Saturday was my nephew's 4th birthday party. It was fun, and yes, I had a piece of bday cake with a smidge of ice cream. It was a very tasty treat. I had been very good that week, so I thought I deserved a piece of his bday cake!

Then the choices went down hill from there. I went to dinner with mom and dad, and loaded up on the calories. Had half of my huge burger, and of course most of the fries. Also munched the appetizer, BUT I did not have a roll. (and yes, we were at O'Charleys) so if you know me...you know that was tough! I had worked out that morning, so I was only barely over my calories for the day. (Good thing I chose to workout!)

Had a great outing on Sunday to the Monon with my friend Rachel and my dog Sasha. We walked for about an hour and felt great!

Then we decided to have pizza. Not the greatest choice, but it was just that- a choice.

I've also been to the gym every day this week so far.
Thursday is my usual weigh-in, and with that I report...

1lb gained. I know- bummer, right? BUT considering all the crud I ate this weekend, it was to be expected. I'm glad it was only 1lb though-that's for sure.

I guess it just gets me to thinking about choices. (Noticing a theme here?) I chose to get back into running. I chose to join the gym. I chose to start watching calories. So in the grand scheme-those are all good choices. Its the small day-to-day choices that will get you. But I stand behind them, 100%. I am fully aware of what I am putting into my body, and I live with the consequences of said choices. Those tasty, caloric, buttery choices. Mmmm....choices.

Sorry.


Thats all for now, bloggers. I pledge to make better choices this week in hopes to have lost that pesky pound, and a couple of his friends too.

PS-  Mad props to C&C Music Factory for getting me through the end of my workout.  They certainly encouraged me to sweat.
Also, I was a squirrell just tryin' to get a nut.

Ha ha...you've been usurped!

This mayor of taco bell is now also the mayor of Anytime Fitness.

Boo friggin Yah, people!

In the last blog-stallment, I mentioned I had obtained a free pass to the gym to try it out. Well I did just that, and ended up joining. I was there 4 days last week, and as of this morning 4 days this week. Along with cutting calories, I am proud to report I am down 5.4lbs in a week.
I guess I shouldn't have worn my lead underwear when I first weighed in.

In all seriousness, I am thrilled to have the scale report such a change in just a week. I certainly wasn't expecting any change at all, let alone 5lbs! So I will keep on keepin' on and let any loss be a win!

I get two free personal training sessions with my membership, and I had my first last week. I will likely get together with her again in the next couple of weeks to really talk about whats happened, whats working/not working, and how to best keep things moving in the downward direction.

In addition, dare I say, I am actually looking forward to going out for my next walk/jog/run. After hitting the treadmill for 30min/day 4days/week, I can only hope that my endurance has increased!

Stay tuned for a short list of goals/rewards I am working on for this process. To be honest, I don't really have a goal weight or size, I just want to be happy and healthy. (Insert cliche here)
But, of course, I have numbers in mind ;-)

I'm thinking at 10lbs lost- mani/pedi. Who's with me?