Week 9 Results: Losing the battle, but winning the war

There's no easy way to say this...so I'll just state the facts.  I gained 2 pounds this week.  Overall I made good choices, but I've definitely let some bad habits creep back into my life.  I think the reason behind the weight gain involves those bad habits and extra sodium.  Plus I went out to dinner on Saturday and even though I avoided the bread basket and only had 3 bites of dessert, sugary after dinner drinks were consumed. O.K., 3 sugary alcoholic drinks!  Alright confession is good for the soul, right?  Now it's time to learn from not so stellar weight loss and  concentrate on nutrition and exercise goals laid out in this previous post .

I think for this week to get back on track, I'm going to journal food and exercise.  Then I can look back on it to see what works for me.  (yes I'm assuming I'll have positive results).  I will.

Today's Nutrition:

Meal 1:  Peanut butter, chocolate chip oatmeal, with Super Seed, vanilla, Sun Crystals

Meal 2:  3 slices turkey (Hormel natural, nitrate free) and cucumber from our garden with rice vinegar, turmeric, salt, pepper

Meal 3:  handful of raw walnuts and sugar snap peas

Meal 4:  chicken breast tenders, broccoli with butter, and rice with veggies

Today's exercise:

• 30 minutes on precor for cardio
• bicep curls with 20 lb. straight barbell (2 sets of 15)
• bicep curls on weight machine 30 lbs., then dropping back to 10 lbs. (2 sets of 15)
• Britney Spears' ab workout (dang, forgot the bicycle crunches)
 

• finished with stretching

 I'm really proud of my accomplishments today.  I stuck with my exercise and nutrition goals!  I received a nice note from a friend.  Life is good.

Daily Inspiration:

If you want something you've never had before,

you have to do something you've never done before.

-Author unknown

Today was a success.  Tomorrow I just need to repeat today...one day at a time...I'll get there.

Thanks for reading y'all.

Have a great Tuesday.

Take care,