So here I am. Blogging.
Let's recap the weekend and where I am physically and mentally:
Friday, July 2nd:
There was only 4 of us in the office so it was extremely quiet. I had a lot to do, so it went by pretty quickly though. When lunch time rolled around, it was decided we should go out to lunch. First choice was Chiptole, but when we got there it was waaayy too busy so we ended up at Panera Bread. I had 1/2 turkey sandwich and 1/2 ceasar salad. Should have gone with a different salad, but I didn't. For dinner Matt whipped up a chicken pasta dish. Healthy yes? LOL I didn't do any exercise.
Saturday, July 3rd:
We had a quick breakfast (1 banana and 1 egg) before heading on down to LA for the weekend. When we stopped to get gas, Matt got us a carmel latte. Yummy? Yes. Healthy? Most likely not considering I could taste the sugar everytime I took a drink. We stopped for a quick snack right before the grapevine: 1 ricecake and watermelon/cantalope. And water. When we made it to Matt's parents house we had lunch: Turkey sandwich with potato salad. We hung around, took naps and relaxed after a long drive. Then dinner time rolled around: spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread and salad. And two glasses of wine. That night Matt's parents sent us out of the house to get some "us" time. We planned on going to see Toy Story 3, but the 8pm showing was sold out. The next time was 11pm which we didn't want to wait for. We watched around the outside mall and then proceeded to ColdStone's where I indulged in a Birthday Cake Remix: cake batter ice cream, sprinkles, brownies and fudge. Ohhh yeah.
Sunday, July 4th:
Happy Independence Day! Matt and I head for a nice bike ride down to the beach while Matt's mom watches Ava. It was AMAZING! I swear, if I lived at the beach I would bike, run, swim, exercise EVERDAY because 1) the weather is perfect 24/7 - 365 days a year and 2) I would need to look hot in a bikini so I could be among the other gorgeous people at the beach. The ride was roughly 4 miles roundtrip with a grueling uphill that Matt made me do. But I felt great once we got back to the house! And then I proceeded to have waffles (with syrup) and sausage for breakfast. Goodbye calories I just biked! We later took Ava down to the beach for a few hours:
We walked back up the hill to the house so I counted this as exercise #2. We have turkey sandwiches again for lunch but this time with watermelon instead of potato salad. We veg, take a little snooze and then have dinner. Nothing says 4th of July like a BBQ! I have a hamburger, small serving of potato salad, regular salad and fruit. I didnt finish all my hamburger, but do consume a slice of chocolate cake and a cookie for dessert. We walk back down to the beach (exercise #3) for the fireworks with Matt's cousins and head to bed around 11pm.
Monday (Today), July 5th
Travel day again! We head to breakfast on the pier with Matt's parents. I have two eggs scambled, hash browns and toast. I also have 1 cup of coffee. Not too bad, but I ate almost all of it when I should have stopped half way through. We get on the road around 11:30am and Ava and I sleep for a good hour. We stop at a Wendy's for lunch. I have a grilled chicken sandwich with a side salad. I was smart this time and ate the salad first so when I ate my sandwich I only ate half because I was already full from the salad. I had a diet coke with my meal as well. For dinner we had PB&J's because I was too lazy (and it was 90 degrees in our house!) to cook.
So that was a quick rundown of the weekend. On the way home Matt and I talked about our weaknesses and strengths when it comes to exercise and eating right. It was actually a great conversation that made me realize that my two biggest weaknesses are 1) motivation and 2) dedication. Which makes sense since you need motivation to stay dedicated (these two weaknesses are true in other parts of my life, but thats a different blog post at a different time). The cycle usually starts out great, the first week are so I am all in, but by the third week my motivation and dedication are starting to loose steam. And I think a lot of that is trying to change myself all at once: jumping into cycling, going to the gym everyday, counting calories, etc. Its a lot to do at the very beginning and I should pace myself with my weight lose journey. I can be very impatient with things and losing weight is no different. I have to take each day as a new beginning and stop worrying about what tomorrow or the next day or two months will hold. Before I know it I will be in a whole new routine that's normal and I wont have to struggle with counting calories (all the time) and exercising will occur on a regular basis. I will continue to blog everyday about my ups and downs for the day and my "ah ha!" moments I have along the way. Call this Stop Being Fat, Mama version 2.0 (I took that idea from you Miranda :) as I am ready to overcome my weaknessess and becoming a healthier (and lighter) mama!
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