this week's plan

Last Friday morning when Stan walked in the door at 7 am after being gone practically 2 straight weeks (with the exception of a less than 20 hour stop in) I was over joyed and absolutely thrilled.  I talked that poor man's head off.  And although I do have another adult in the house with me most days during the week (my Big Sister was gone last Wed. and Thurs. having a big family thing in the village for her second born grandson..this time to the younger of her sons...which we sadly had to miss) she doesn't speak English.  I thoroughly enjoy her company and we laugh and joke a lot.  But it's not in English.  So some days it hurts my brain to have fun.  Anyway, like I was saying, Stan was home, the boys were thrilled and nothing more could be the order of the day than pizza and movie night.  And I made a Jello No Bake cheese cake for dessert.  With raspberry topping.  And I ate the Reese's peanut butter cups Stan brought me from KM.

I tried really hard to eat well last week.  And I exercised 5 days, just one less than my normal goal.  But I've been stagnant at loosing weight.  Boooo.  I counted my calories and paid attention to what I was taking in, not always making the most fabulous choices but doing the best I could with the week that was given me.  And after weighing my lowest right after returning from my wonderful ladies retreat, I found myself a kilo (which is 2.2 pounds for those of you who were like me and never learned the metric system...just you wait, if you move out of America you will be forced to do so) back up from that and holding tight.  It made me sad.  But not sad enough not to enjoy family night. 

My resolve is that this week I just have to clean things up.  Actually I'm going full on hard core for two weeks.  I realized that I have been totally lazy in getting my water in.  Anyone who has attempted weight loss knows drinking enough water each day is key.  So for the next two weeks I will drink only water.  No Coke Zero, no crystal light.  I will drink coffee, cause lets face it, the goal here isn't to make myself go crazy.  And I'm so addicted to that stuff that it would take years to detox.  But I am definitely limiting myself to 2 cups.  No sneaking in a third (or fourth) to get me through a hectic morning.  My other goal is to drop down 100 calories per day.  Not a big deal, but I'm hoping enough to boost me over this hump.  Also, I'm gonna mix up the workouts.  Change things up enough to work some new muscles and get MORE CARDIO!

My weight loss is usually a week delayed (is this normal for anyone else???).  I see big drops the week after I really do well.  I'm hoping that by the end of this week I will push through the next, even if I'm not getting those instant results that we all love.  Water.  Lower calories.  Exercise.  Let's Go!