Feeling so much better about myself!

This has been a rough few weeks! First, I go through a week of no exercise - caught a bug at work and was out of comission. Then, the next week, back to work, travel to Louisiana, my niece's high school graduation - my whole schedule was thrown for a loop - again, hardly able to exercise! Then, back to work and trying to find my routine again! In the past two weeks, I gained a total of 5 pounds - this was NOT on the agenda! Life happens - occasionally I would make good choices, and at other times, I knew I was off plan and would regret it!
Now, I am back on schedule, back in routine and according to my scale at home, I have almost lost all of those 5 pounds! Small steps! this is all for God's glory!

I am back to writing down EVERYTHING I eat, rather than skip because I didn't think it was many points to begin with! Boy, those little points add up!

I feel so great!

A week in review.....

Here I am, week 12 - I weighed in yesterday.

I am drained..... This has been a rough week! I was very ill this week, and haven't eaten much to even write down on my Points Tracker. It even got to the point where my doctor put me on a rice/broth/crackers and flat 7up (yes, flat) diet to help me out! I have been so week! So I can't really take credit for my weight loss this week.

My total weight loss is 21 pounds! I am very thrilled about this! Today, though, has been the first day in a long time that I have been able to eat real food and not worry about becoming sick! Now, I just need to stay on track and not try to "make up" for all the bad days I've had! Now I need to ease myself back into exercise routine!

Exercise

Let's just say........
I have moderately enjoyed exercise in my life - I am not "anti exercise;" I do not claim to "hate exercise." God gave us bodies that were meant to be in motion!
I have gone through times in my life where I couldn't imagine not exercising and I have gone through times (most recently) where exercise was the last (and therefore, first) thing on my mind! Now that Isabella has become independent in motion and pursing her own activities, I feel like I am not doing her or myself justice by sitting around!

Over the past 2 months, I have gradually increased my exercise routine - today, I just completed 45 minutes of elliptical, treadmill and about 4 minutes of weight lifting (now that this weight is coming off, my skin isn't as resilient as it used to be - well, and I've never been this big before, either!).

(Disclaimer - don't be grossed out by this next statement.........) And now that I am exercising so much more, and have lost weight, my legs don't rub together nearly as annoyingly! And my rear doesn't jiggle as much when I walk! This is just cool! Praise God!

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!

I have lost 4.4 pounds this week!

My official weight loss is 18.8!!!!!!!!

This is amazing! I worked out so much this week that I actually began to look forward to my workouts and enjoy them tremendously! I even have begun running a little (30 seconds at a time) on the treadmill - and now whenever I have to chase Isa! I just hope I don't break the apartment complex's property! I can't afford to replace it!

I am on the right track.......... Keep posted for more amazing weight loss by Diana Jean!