Well I haven't exactly been on top of things this past week - last week I felt like I was ran over by an 18 wheeler, and this week hasn't been much better. To top it off my oldest who has issues with sinus/allergies and has had tubes 2x, is having ear issues again.., Took her to the Dr to find out she has a double ear infection, not to mention sinus drainage and the aches to go with it. The other 2 have horrid coughs, and my middle daughter may have caught a bit of a virus from my nephew - so needless to say it's not been the best week.
This weekend we ate OK - not great, but not horrid either. I did break my "NO FAST FOOD IN FEB" rule and we ordered pizza on Sunday. I feel completely guilty about it, but given my situation I'm not going to beat myself up too bad. We are back on it this week food wise - I'm starting to feel confident in my food choices, and I know I need to do a bit better on the 'measuring' aspect.
As far as working out, I get a thumbs down. =( I will start on a work out and have to stop from lack of breath - my sinus drainage is STILL awful in fact I wake up in the middle of the nite gasping for breath because my throat is swollen from all the drainage. I do feel though I am getting somewhat of a workout considering I have climbed our 4 flights of stairs a GAZILLION times doing laundry, getting kids what they need and so on.., Today I actually almost feel normal - at least after I got out of the shower this morning I did. =) I have been getting TONS of sleep to 'heal' my body, so I'm hoping this is the end of it.
I have created a challenge for myself: as many of you know I sit at a desk ALL day for my job. Usually the only time I get up is to shake someone's hand that has came into the office, grab a file, or go to the bathroom. So what I've decided to do is each hour I will go to the restroom and I will do 10 jumping jacks! That will be 80 by the end of the day, and I will have quite a bit of my 'work out' in before I'm even off work! I'm sure my co worker will be wondering what the heck I'm doing going to the bathroom every hour, but who cares!
SO that is my goal for EVERY day this week - even if I miss an hr (appointments, people coming in, etc), I still will have a minimum of 50 jumping jacks a day.., which is definitely going to help in my road to weight loss!
My other goal is to keep up my water intake - my throat is horrid dry but it hurts when I drink so the past few days I have been slacking .., I HATE that I feel like this the first week were 'on our own' but we are all going to have trials and tribulations on this journey, and mine just might have came a bit earlier then most.
I welcome any suggestions, tips, and of course support =)
I am glad you are starting to feel better. You have a great goal with the jumping jacks. I'm proud of you for not allowing your illness to keep you from getting back on the exercise train.
ReplyDelete:) Here's to a great week and you meeting your goals.