Thanks, everyone.
You all are being too kind.
I'm having one of those "funky" days (probably due to PMS) but in sending Leigh some Gala pictures and my Check-In photos I realized that I really haven't changed as much as I "think" I have. I've sort of been stuck the last few weeks ..... not sure if it's laziness or just dealing with the crap of allergies and what not, but I'm frustrated. Yes, I did talk to Leigh and I'm working through this with a goal of having a spot on week.
I just wanted to put it in my log because the struggling comes out of nowhere for me (maybe for others, too). One minute, I'm on cloud-nine because I'm counting the number of compliments that I've gotten in a day and not even a week later, I'm thinking that I'm not making any progress and how pitiful my pictures are.
Maybe it's just hormones, but regardless, the feelings can be so detrimental to a program. And without someone like Leigh telling me that everyone goes through this and how I have to push myself through this week......I know I would go back to the same old habits and would have given up. I've just got to work through this week and make sure my menus and exercise are as good as they can be so that I can prove to myself that I can work through this.
I took today and tomorrow as personal days from school. I had to use them before the year was up and even though it isn't the prettiest day, today.......I needed it! I've been keeping plenty busy by defrosting the freezer (obviously not automatic defrost) and cleaning like a mad woman.
Tomorrow, DH and I are going to go furniture shopping and then his dad turns 85 tomorrow.......so, we are having him over for a grilled pork tenderloin. It probably won't be warm enough to eat outside, but at least DH can grill it.
Today's workout:
55 mins. on Treadmill @ 3.5% incline
2 mins. jogging/2 mins. walking aiming for 70%-80%
5 min. warm-up @ 3.0mph @ 3.5% incline
45 min. workout w/ HR 151 (~ 80%) burning 459 calories!!!
5 min. cool-down @ 2.0mph @ 3.5% incline
Followed by some standing IT Band Stretches, calf stretches and quad stretches.
I have some $$$ on my Amazon account and it's burning a whole in my pocket so, I'm going to go look for more music to download tonight.