That's more like it!That's a loss of 4.2 pounds from last week's weigh-in, for a total weight loss since the beginning of this challenge of 7.2 pounds. That's really awesome. Like, again, it might be a little water silliness and next week might be another bummer as it goes up a bit, but if the overall trend is down, I'm just so happy. What encouraging news. Now, how did I get here?
How I Ate:
Even though I had a few high-calorie days this week, I also had a few pretty low ones. This resulted in a average daily calorie intake of 1390, with days as high as 1670 and as low as 1081. I remember going over and over what I ate on Monday, my low day, to see if I'd forgotten to log anything and asking myself if I was hungry, but it turns out I apparently just had a dip in what I needed to feel full. Probably the best victory of that day was measuring out the pasta I had for dinner and cutting the portion from a cup to a half cup, telling myself if I wanted more I could come back for it. It turned out with the steamed broccoli, Italian sausage, and pasta sauce, I didn't need more than a cup. Also, that gave me a great portion of leftovers the next day for lunch.
The handful of "bad" meals I had this week were all within or very close to being within my daily calorie goals for the day, from chili fries for dinner one night to pizza with Catherine and Chris the other day to the awesome sandwich, chicken bites, and fries that you've already seen in pictures. I do feel like I could have made an effort to resist temptation, but at this point I'm really excited that so much of my healthy eating has become habitual. It also helps that all but two or three meals a week are eaten at home, and we just don't buy tempting, crappy food.
So yes, in the week ahead I hope to have a more steady amount of calories from day to day and to eat more fruits and vegetables. If I can make the good choices easy (like washing all the spinach or blackberries so they're always ready to be eaten), I'll have a much better time of it, I know.
How I Moved:
This was a good week for exercise. I went a few places, like the mall and the CN Tower, which were a decent distance, and on top of my four EA Sports Active 2 workouts, I did a bit of Wii Fit Plus running, some weight lifting, and dancing/running while washing dishes. Seriously, it's great. You open the cabinets under the sink so your knees don't keep bumping the doors, put on your heart rate strap, and set the heart rate monitor watch somewhere it won't get wet. Play Lady Gaga or the Black Eyed Peas or something, and just move while washing. It's stupid and fun, so I was all over that.
How I Felt:
Nothing new here, I guess. I still have days where I feel like a rock star or at least an up and coming singer/dancer with her own Disney Channel show, but others where I'm in a horrible spiral of depression and moodiness. It sucks for real, but it doesn't seem to last too long, more than four or five hours. Chris is great at snapping me out of it, but I feel like I need to be able to help myself. I'm working on it, I'm working on it.
In other news, I'm working on a project for this fitness challenge some friends and I have been doing that's not so focused on weight-loss and that emphasizes mini-goals of the user's choice to help motivate them toward a balanced and healthy lifestyle. It sounds like a bit of work, but it also sounds fun. This is all in the pre- pre- pre- planning stage, so it's all just bouncing ideas back and forth, but it's going to happen, really!
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