Empty Nest: fessin up week 4

Monday, July 4, 2011

Fessin' Up Day: Week 4

It's time for the Slimmer this Summer update/check-in/fess up post for week number 4.

I was able to stay true to my goals for the challenge again this week!

Water intake stayed the same-- I was able to drink 64 oz of water each and every day followed by another 16-24 oz of my beloved iced green tea made with spring water, Splenda, and lemon juice.

Exercise: I walked every day again. I still can't get Tucker to go more than two miles so, once again, I only got in 12.5 miles this week. What I really need to do is go back out there after I bring him home and get serious. I did compensate in the afternoons with Zumba, Pilates, and Just Dance for Wii! Pilates is T.O.R.T.U.R.E. But I LOVE it!

Calories: Once again, I have not had trouble with keeping the calories down. I am still giving credit for this to 1- livestrong.com; b- Debbi's delicious recipes; 3-my own sheer determination; and d-the challenge.

Here's the breakdown for week four:

Monday: 1025
Tuesday: 1181
Wednesday: 1066
Thursday: 958
Friday: 1198
Saturday:1225
Sunday:
Total calories for the week:

Discoveries? YES. I feel a self-sabotage coming on in the form of frustration that the weight is not coming off as quickly as I'd like. It's an old mind trick of mine that gets me back into some very bad habits and defeats any and all positive efforts. However, I am determined to ignore it. It's not that the scale isn't moving, it's that it isn't moving quickly enough. Which is stupid.

Goal changes? None this week.

Here are the numbers for week 4:

Weight loss: -5 lbs (Total for 4 weeks: 22 pounds gone forever!)

Inches: -2.5 total (chest:= -1; hips = -0; waist = -1.5; neck = -0) Total for 3 weeks:-15.5 inches off forever!

I am still waiting on the proverbial 'other shoe to drop' almost daily. I'm extremely grateful that it hasn't but I have no idea what the future holds. All any of us can do is continue to take this thing one hot summer day at a time.

Hope everyone has a fantastic week!

Welcome!

Being a transplant to the low-country of SC for 31 years is still not long enough to be called a ‘benyeh.’ If I stay until I’m dead I’ll probably go a ‘comeyeh’ since I am, originally, ‘from off’ (which is the upstate but, rules you know). By day I take care of my sweet little granddaughter, Baby M and do all those things I did when I was a SAHM raising four daughters which has translated to, ‘by day, I am exhausted.’ By night I blog, blog, blog, and blog some more or I sleep, depending on my level of exhaustion (do they still make Geritol?). I have a very unhealthy addiction to sweets (nearly any kind will do) and all comfort foods not covered under the ‘sweets’ category. I’m known for speaking my mind so, if you don’t want to know, don’t ask me. I love to find the humor in my empty nest life. I live life hard and smack into that brick wall almost daily because I’ve always had to learn the hard way. Why change now? I’m so glad you’ve come to laugh with me as I do this middle age, empty nest thing like a BOSS!