did i do it??

I ended off last week's post by saying that my goal for today's weigh-in was to get back into my 138-143 pound window.

So did I reach that?

Well, no I didn't, to tell you the truth. But I'm okay with it because I worked really hard this week and made a lot of good choices. I started running again (after about a month hiatus...and even the month before that, things were pretty few & far between...and short!) so that kicked my butt! I went for 3 runs this week - one 2.5km one on Sunday evening, one 2km one on Monday morning (while the girls were at VBS) and one 5km one on Wednesday morning (again, while the girls were at VBS).

I have realized that I detest morning running when the sun is already high up in the sky. I much prefer evening running when the sun is lowering. I may not sweat quite as much (although I still sweat a lot no matter what temperature or time of day), but I certainly enjoy it more!

As for eating, I did pretty good...until Wednesday evening. I was having a bit of a pity-party for myself, and did some emotional eating of chips & salsa. Not an over-abundance of them, mind you, but enough since I shouldn't be eating in the evening at all. At least especially not just when I'm sitting at home by myself. If I was at a get-together or something, then it might be a somewhat legitimate excuse.

I did cheat and have Pepsi twice this week too. My bad. Once was on Tuesday for supper at my parents' place where a Mexican meal was being served...and everyone else was doing it! I had sort of figured last week already that I would allow myself ONE cheat-Pepsi on weekdays. But then I had another one yesterday at work. It was a big(ish) fountain drink from the food court that I got with my lunch...but I only drank 1/2 of it while I was eating. After that, instead of keeping it at my desk to sip at over the rest of the afternoon, I tossed it in the trash.

Yup, that's right. I. Threw. Away. Pepsi. It sort of hurts my heart just thinking about it...but I figured it was better to waste it in the garbage can than waste (and I use that term loosely) in my body. So I consider that a small victory within my failure.

So other than those few 'screw-ups', I felt really good about how I treated my body this week and I accept my small 0.2 pound loss. I am already feeling better just from the last 2 weeks of smartening-up. So I will aim to reach my goal this coming week instead!