I feel like a complete failure.  I have been working twice as hard this month at working out and changing up my routine.  Eating properly.  At this weigh in I gained.  I can contribute it to stress, hot weather water retention, muscle gain.  Whatever it was, I just am so depressed.  One more month of the contest and I have to do something to get back on track.  I know I am not going to win a prize, but I want to be a winner in my own eyes.  I want to hit my goal weight that I set for the contest.  If I don't, that's fine because I'm going to continue on this journey until I hit my ultimate goal. 

Back to working out and eating right....

So I went on a little vacation to Bawston and then to Cape Cod.... I ate seafood until I couldn't stand it anymore!!!  I rode my bike from Cambridge to Boston Commons and it was fabulous. A year ago I never would have been able to ride my bike for 4+ hours without passing out.  Best exercise ever.  The Cape was gorgeous.  Great time with brothers family. Loved seeing my oldest niece and her boyfriend.  xoxoxo

Now it is back to reality.  I got home and my fitbit flex arrived. This is the best monitoring device EVER!!!  I can't wait to track my sleep schedule. 

Well I'm off to get my house fit... I'm not the only one that needs worked on!!!!  Peace out...

I just spent 10+ hours in a car driving. Traveling for me means eating. And eat I did. Chawdah and fried fish. I didn't eat the fries though. Today I plan on walking everywhere so I sure hope the damage I did will be reversed. Travel is a part of life, I gotta make sure that I don't mess up what I have worked so hard at achieving. Just a little shout out to JFK... thank you for the nice complement. I have a hard time accepting nice comments, so I hope you were being sincere. Well I can't sleep so I'm off to explore Bawston!

Travel is a part of life. With travel comes poor choices in eating for me. And being in a place known for cream based soup...yeah I indulged...chawdah It was a cup of chowder and it was delish. Done, out of my system. Next is going to be the luscious seafood.

A shout out to JFK...thanks for the complementes. Its hard for me to accept nice comments, but thank you.

Im off to explore Boston. Great place to work off this fattening food!

Drum roll please...brrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrrr...I'm down 3.8 lbs. Hit my goal.  Boom!  New goal set.  Two months of the contest left.  Once it is over I can continue with this journey WITHOUT making myself and everyone around me crazy! 

 

Having a plateau is not fun!  I'm reading book after book regarding diet and exercise and how to get through this.  I know every body is different, but come on already!!!  I keep telling myself, "Self, this is the month you are going to kick butt and take names!"  Don't get me wrong, I'm not unhappy with my slow progress, but with all of my effort, I want to see MORE!!!! 

 

At least the weather is getting nicer and I can take a slow morning walk before work so I can get my metabolism stepping up a bit.  Still going to my 4x a week bootycamp and 1 day of cardio.  I need to start attempting to train for my first 5k of the year.  Haven't picked out a race yet, I need to find the perfect one.  More than likely will be Friday Night Lights in Mentor.  That way I can have my brother and my nieces run with me. 

 

Well, here's so a productive week... peace out.