Allergies are Ruining My Life

I swear they are.  I've felt bad since Saturday - My throat has been killing me - my nose is running - I have a cough that just won't go away.

It's been my excuse for not going to the gym. 

I walked the neighborhood last night with Parker.

I was going a little too fast for his little legs and ended up carrying him for a bit...

At least it was something. 

I haven't weighed in a while - I'm scared to - scared what the scale will say back to me - that I'll have gained weight...if I have, that won't be good.  Doc said I need to lose at least 1/2 a lb a week. 

It's getting harder and harder for me to go to the gym at 6am. 

I know that it's important to my health to go and I'm paying for it - but some mornings I just don't want to.

I went Monday night - it was super busy and I wasn't a fan.

I got up and went Tuesday morning -

I failed to go this morning. 

I should have - really should have - but didn't...

I have the munchies tonight - and just want to go eat a butt load of food - but I'm resisting.

I'm not even really hungry - just one of those moods I guess - I dunno

I feel like I've been at this forever - but it's hasn't even been 3 weeks -

Week 2

Week 2 was def a little harder than week 1 I think.

It was harder getting out of bed each morning to exercise - I think I only made it to the gym twice in the morning, but I did walk Tuesday evening around the neighborhood and I mowed the lawn last night - so that counts for something, right??

I am down another pound.  I'm doing better at turning down sweet treats!  I have schwan's tc fudge bars tucked into the freezer that are only 50 calories and it's perfect when I want some chocolate! 

We went to chili's last night for dinner with Adam's parents - It was hard trying to find something healthy to eat besides a plain ol' salad.  So I ordered an Oldtimer - had them put it on a wheat bun and asked for a side salad instead of fries.   They still brought me fries, but I immediately put them in with Parker's fries so they would be off my plate.  I did eat three though!  I just wanted a taste! 
I also took the croutons off my salad and I ordered a vinaigrette salad dressing. 
I dipped my fork in the dressing and then put lettuce on my fork.  That way I ate less dressing and it wasn't swimming in it.  Oh how I love a salad swimming in Ranch Dressing!
I also drank about 4 glasses of water - the waiter said that I must have been thirsty - I guess I was since I hadn't really drank anything after I mowed grass for 45 min.

It's all about making healthier options.  It's hard - but the results will hopefully be worth it.

I put all of my food and exercise into myfitnesspal.com every day.  I used to use sparkpeople.com, but the app on Adam's phone is a lot better with myfitnesspal, so I switched.  It makes it easy to know how many calories, fat, carbs, etc I have left and an easy way to look back and see what I've done.

Hopefully week three will be successful as well...

2 lbs down!

I weighed Saturday and I was 2 lbs down.  I think the 1/2 lb gain was just a fluke with the scale...

I mowed grass for an hour Saturday to get a workout in since I didn't head to the gym...

I cheated Sat night though at the movies with my 2 year old and had popcorn and part of an orange cream iccee that was amazing!

Which means I def have to work out tomorrow - for a long time...