Weigh in Day

I have to be honest, this morning when I woke up I was worried... Often when I work really hard to lose weight I don't. 

Monday's are my Biggest Loser Challenge weigh in days, as well as my Sharecare (Dr.Oz) weigh in days...

And since I gave away my scale to Salvation Army..(After reading a book that told me to)  I have to weigh in at the gym.  Kind of embarrassing doing it in front of women I have yet to meet, but it is also good motivation to go to the gym. 

After squeezing the last drop of pee from my body and removing my shoes.. I stepped on the scale.

Now before I tell you what Madam Scale told me.. I had already pre-decided that if I had lost nothing I was not working out today ... but I had also decided that I would stick with my program and  weight loss challenge regardless.

 

So back to removing shoes and stepping on Madam Scale (she is a grand scale, similar to one you would find in a Doctors office) ... And wouldn't you know it... She told me I  LOST 6 FREAKING POUNDS!!! I got off and thought.. huh that must be wrong so I re-set everything and stepped back on.... HOLY SHIT I LOST 6 LBS!  I love you Madam Scale, I love you..... I almost wept and started kissing my New BFF, but I decided that may be slightly more embarrasing than the thought of someone sneaking a peak at my number... 

Here are a few things I may have lost this week in the purge:



6 lb ball



6 lbs if peaches

6 lb fish



6 lbs of beef



6 lb baby

That's right, I lost the equivelant of a new born baby.  Not one of MY juicy babies, but I do know a few women who have born one or 2 of these elusive delights.

So the way I see it is.. One baby down, 10 more to go..


And yes.. The 6lb loss was enough motivation for me to turn around, put my shoes back on, place my headphones on my head and walk briskly over to the treadmill and turn on The View.

I made it to Day 5!!!

Day 5.. Almost complete. Wow, a whole work week and no major break-down binges!!

Although, if I were to be honest, today was tough.

It started out great, took the kids to school and off to the gym for some serious Mommy time. One of the things I love/hate about my gym, is that each cardio machine has a built in Television. 


NO - NOT ME... YET...

I love the TV's because:
A.The time goes so quickly
B. Guilt free TV
C. I end up doing way more cardio than planned just so I can watch the last segment of The View.

I hate the TV's because:
A. I feel like I never have any quiet in my life, no time to be with me and my thoughts
B. I end up doing way more cardio than planned just so I can watch the last segment of The View.

With my luck today The View had a segment called 4 hours to change your life.. everything from sex to weight to sleep deprivation.. so I had to stay on that treadmill to find out how to change my entire existence in 4 hours.

An hour and 20 minutes later I found out that an icepack on the back of your neck for half hour a day helps speed metabolism(I think..), Brazil nuts & eggs makes husbands hornier, and I should get a night light thingy to go to sleep with... I am still confused on how this will change my life in 4 hours..I guess I have yet another book to add to my list of things I should get around to reading. 

Since I stayed on the treadmill 45 minutes longer than anticipated I deprived myself of my favourite part of working out... the stretching station.. and shower...Yikes...

I am always surprised at the number of parents that still talk to me when I show up at to pick the kids up, and how close they can stand next to me.. I mean I am visibly wet people... not pretty.

At the beginning of this post I said today was tough. That is because I am EXHAUSTED. 
Note to self: You are not in shape, going full force for over an hour on the treadmill and not stretching afterwards makes you tired, sore and HUNGRY.

After coming home and having a lovely lunch of egg salad in a whole wheat wrap, I made the mistake of sitting down on the couch for 10 minutes.. that's when it happened.. the legs started to shake, the back started to ache, so I laid down for what was to be only a few minutes to relax....let's just say my PVR is back down to 12% full. 

I am still trying to figure out if I was so hungry from working out, or from boredom.. or from stress.. Regardless I did not deprive myself food, when I was hungry I had edamame beans, orange, blueberries, carrots. 

At the end of the day despite the aching muscles and bags under my eyes, I feel great.  I feel my tummy getting smaller, I have a wee bit more energy and my mood has definitely lifted.

Yup that's Me