This last week was a bust, all around! It was a bust for what I did with exercise. It was a bust with my weigh in and it was a bust for the couch!
The weigh in week started really strong. It was the weekend and we had a productive weekend! I got my strawberries planted. We mowed. We weeded. We cleared brush. We did so much! I was going strong!
I even took apart our old couch! Literally, I busted it up! I first ripped off the fabric and then I started to deconstruct it piece by piece.
I have always enjoyed taking things apart. It is interesting to see how things are made and put together. Who would have known! So it was a fun time for me!
It wasn't until Wednesday that I started to feel it. Ok, if I want to be honest, my throat started hurting on Tuesday and on Monday I kept saying "I'm so darn tired". But I thought that I was tired due to our crazy busy weekend and I thought my throat was just raw due to the fact that this acid reflux thing (you can read about where it started here.) seems to make my sinus' drain all the time. But no, by Wednesday I had to admit that the head cold (moved to chest) that Jason was dealing with had been oh so kindly shared with me!
Luckily for me, I never got it too bad. I just feel run down, sore throat and some sinus drainage. I think what has saved me from really getting sick is the fact that I have been religious about taking my vitamins. I've also been really on top of eating lots of fruits and veggies. (Thanks to that book Built to Move that I read a while back. You can read my post about it here.) I also listened to my body and I slowed down and rested....a lot!
Which brings me to my next bust. I did not stand even a single hour this week at work and at my standing desk. I didn't get on the exercise bike even once. I did NO formal exercise routine. I didn't do anything!
My food was the only thing that was not a bust! My average daily calories was 1300! That's awesome! I had lots of fruits and veggies! I ate nutritious foods! I did great!
But I did have one more bust....and that was with my weigh in! I stepped on the scales expecting great things! I didn't get great! Luckily I didn't get horrible either! What I did get was a loss of 0.2 pounds. 2/10ths only! Not even a half of a pound! Like I said, not horrible. Horrible would have been a gain! So I didn't do that! But dang, I want more loss!
I'm not out! I know that I am feeding my body nutritious food. I am giving my body what it needs. This weight loss journey is NOT just about weight loss. It is about being healthy and I know that I am feeding my body healthy options! That is just as important! In the meantime, I will monitor my calories more closely and see if I can get the weight to reflect my efforts! I'm not giving up! I've got this!