We had a fun time camping, even tho it was short. We left on Friday morning, after I "unglued" myself from the TV and all of the news about Japan. My heart breaks for them.
I brought my Fitness magazines with me, but didn't get much chance to read them like I had hoped. My friend that has lost the 30 lbs was there and I told her about my struggles and how depressed I was that I wasn't really seeing any results. She tried to convince me that I was "trying to hard" to lose weight. And... she preceded to tell me how she lost her weight.
I know myself, tho... and if I don't stay FOCUSED, I will not succeed. So, I have to try hard! I have no other choice. She had me in tears as we talked about it. She did bring up a good point for me to remember and that is my salt intake. I need to keep an eye on how much I consume, and I haven't been. So... this week, I am going to concentrate more on that and see if it helps. Salty foods are one of the things that I crave!
I think I did very well with my eating while we were gone. I didn't really eat any junk food other than a piece of my friend's birthday cake. Oh... and I did sneak a couple of chips with dip!
I didn't have much beer (maybe 3 total), I did drink a small bottle of white wine, but that was over two days time. -- There's really only about 4 glasses per bottle! -- I also had some of my friend's drink called an.. "Irish Wake". Other than that, I drank my Green Tea.
For exercise... we brought our bikes. On Friday, we biked 2 miles thru the campground. On Saturday, we biked over 6 miles at Callaway Gardens. Both times, there were quite a few hills and not all flat ground. The bike trail over at Callaway is a GREAT place to ride!
According to my pedometer....
on Friday, I logged 5154 steps.
on Saturday, I logged 9396 steps.
and on Sunday, I logged 3552 steps.
I am proud of myself for getting so many steps in!
This morning, I felt VERY sluggish when I finally crawled out of my bed! I slept until 7:30am, which is VERY rare for me to do!! (Of course, we had just "Springed Foward" with our clocks!) I was thankful that I didn't have to work today! Tomorrow.... I HAVE TO GET UP EARLY!
Due to my "sluggishness", I did not go to the gym. I did, however, go downtown to a flea market that I just heard about! I got some of my "steps" there today. They just weren't aerobic!
Tomorrow, I hope to wake up feeling more energized. I really want to go to the gym in the morning, before work. If I can't make it to the gym... I at least hope to get some of my "home exercises" done.
Sounds like you are doing great and did really good on your camping trip.
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about salt intake, back when I met Wade I lost 40 lbs and I had forgotten I had cut out salt and butter, it's been so long since I've used either I'd forgotten. I still eat the occasional chip and salted fry, but I don't cook with salt and I don't butter my bread or baked potato. It was hard at first, but now I don't even think about it.
Keep up the good work, and I agree it is so hard to get up the week after we "spring forward", even my poor dogs are confused.
I rarely ADD salt to anything, and I don't eat that much butter. But, salt is in SO many other foods! That is the hard part. ~ Thanks for the continued support ;)
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