A New Week
I still think weekends are the roughest, but this weekend, the children showed me great new ways of exercise. That was exciting. We have a device to hook up to a PS2 that is called a dance mat. You can do singles or doubles. The game puts up little arrows that tells you which button to hit with your feet. It is an absolute awesome game to play with kids. They are great motivators and make it fun. They didn’t even laugh at their fat mom jumping around and making a fool of myself! Not only am I not young and limber, I have the WORST rythm ever! The kids were great though, and I think I’m going to add a little FUN to exercise! My wonderful hubby also got my bicycle running again for me again too, so my dog and I are going to start going for rides again.
The actual eating right is getting a lot easier. Cravings are getting under control for the most part. It is just difficult because I am so slow at losing weight that I usually end up quitting out of frustration. Why should I work so hard and get nothing out of it? I managed to lose my 2 pounds this week at the last minute right before weigh-in, but that was just the two that I had managed to keep all week. Not NEW pounds!! I only managed to stay even is all.
It is still difficult to try to lose weight without hubby also joining me. He had m&m’s over the weekend while watching movies and it about killed me. I didn’t touch a one though! It has been getting a little easier than it was the beginning of last week. I’m hoping that is a good sign.
I’m not sure if anyone else has had trouble with horrible mood swings over dieting, but last week was bad for me. It made me realize how much I rely on food for non-hunger issues. It made me VERY grouchy when I wanted to lean on food for emotional issues and couldn’t. Then it was depressing that I am like that. Of course if I only ate when I was hungry, I probably wouldn’t be overweight!
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Hey BeeBee–Glad to hear you found a new “fun” form of exercise! It sounds great! Also happy to hear that you are having a little easier time with managing your cravings! That is very difficult! Sounds like you are headed in the right direction! WAY TO GO!!! Keep it up!
Ohhhhhhhh, I’ve been wanting one of those dance mat games! I’m contemplating getting my son one for Christmas.
Congratulations on sticking to your plan despite husband having m&m’s in the house. Good for you!
Remember that slow and steady wins this race, K? Don’t get discouraged. Never, ever, EVER give up!
From reading this blog, you seem like a person that might gain a lot of insight into why you overeat, etc. if you kept a private journal. Write out your mood swings, and when you eat and why. It helped me to see why I was eating and how much of my eating was purely emotional and/or bboredom eating.
Lots of hugs,
Shan
I wonder if I could get away with buying one of those for my dog :)….It sounds like a blast. I know my mood swings are totally related to the weight loss itself. I find myself depressed when I don’t make it to they gym or I eat something I “shouldn’t”….
LOL! Gal, my dog doesn’t get to ride. Just me. She runs while I ride. I just have her on a regular dog leash around my wrist while I pedal mya rear end off!! She’s a shar pei. Wonderful dog and does a great job watching where I’m going so she doesn’t get run over and I don’t get pulled off my bicycle. It is nice to have her with me because it motivates me to make sure SHE gets her exercise. Bigger dogs have sooo much energy that it is a great way to get my exercise helping her get hers!
Thank you Molly and Shan! I am feeling better this week, and it is getting easier to not give up. I guess I’m a lot more emotional than I ever thought I was!!
That sounds fun!! I want one! Good job on your loss!
