I think I can...

I have been good and bad lately.  It's probably been a 50/50 deal.  I haven't given up, which makes me happy.

What have I learned... I have a sugar problem.  BAD.  I love ice cream, cookies, desserts, etc.  If I reflect back on my life, I've always liked these things but it seems to be more of an addiction over the last two years than it has been in my past.  So... this past week I really tried to cut out sugar as much as possible.  I mean... Mother's Day doesn't count, but other than that I've conciously tried to ward off sugar.  This is one of the HARDEST things I've done.

I've worked out a few times over the last week, but not nearly as much as I could or should be.  This will become harder and harder as my summer gets busier and busier.  So it's something that I need to make happen.  I'm working on a plan for that...

I have a garden my husband just built me - so that will begin to be a lot of work (can't wait).  I've spent the last week trying to plan what I'm going to put in it.  This garden is 16x16 - probably bigger than we need and is aboug twice what I had at our previous house.  So, I'll have my work cut out for me.  This will be part of my exercise plan.

I also need to get out and do more walking.  I enjoy walking and if I do it enough, it may turn back into "running."  I put that in quotes because I'm a super slow runner, but regardless it makes me feel like I can accomplish something.  I'm a long way away from running at this point - but I do see it in my future again.

Other than that, grilling season is upon us.  I do so much better when we can grill food as I'm feeling lately that most of our meals are boring and are the same thing.  I'll likely feel that way as we close up summer (not wishing my summer away - just stating a fact)... but I can eat a salad so much easier in the summer than in the winter.  So I'm a bit excited about making up meals for a while :)

I'm sure you're wondering how the scale is going.  Over the last 4 weigh in's... I've either lost or stayed the same.  This week, I lost 1 lb... and my total over the last 4 weeks is 5lbs.  So at least I'm going in the right direction.

With that I will leave you for the week... and remember

I can't wait until I'm Healthfully Ever After!

Progress

I am still making downward progress.  Last week I lost 1.8... while that's great, I could have done a lot better.  I had quite a few weak moments last week.

This weekend I'd tried to balance as best I could, but still could have done better.  However, I was able to go out with some friends and semi-balance the rest of my day to handle dinner with friends.  I have no idea how I did scale-wise over the weekend, but I feel pretty darn good about it.

I still have a long way to go to become completely back in focus, but baby steps are better than no steps in my book.

I'll be making it to the gym this week, but also have a ton of yard work that I will need to do.  We moved at the end of October last year and this is our first spring here at the new house and our yard that I have to manage is about more than quadrupled... and getting kind of out of control.  So I will be focusing on that this week.

My husband also is in the process of building me a garden... which is at least twice the size of my old garden.  So that will be keeping me super busy this year too.  I'm very excited about it and maybe need to invest in some bug spray because we have a pond in our backyard that is making some mosquitos :(

Anyway, I'm still focused and constantly thinking about doing better.

I can't wait until I'm Healthfully Ever After!