Day 8: End of Week 1

 

Here we go ! It's a new year. Time to get back on track with diet and exercise. The goal is 100 pounds by 12-31-25. Can I do it ? Well, I won't know unless I try. My original Day 8 blog can be found here. I was still trying to accept the office closing but was hopeful for the future. I lost 7 pounds my first week !

So, today marks the start of week 2. I weighed myself just now (around 11:15 am) and the scale read 285. That's only a 2 pound loss. I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. I would also be lying if I said I was surprised. Pizza, beer and a chicken tender Wednesday night. Four chocolate chip muffins that were 370 calories each. Chicken tenders and ranch dressing for dinner Thursday night. No treadmill use. What the actual hell did I expect ?!?!?!?! I will take these 2 pounds and work harder on days 8 through 14, in hopes of showing a better result on day 15. Yes, tomorrow I'm going to have lasagna for dinner, but that is not the end of the world. Yes, Wednesday I may have pizza & beer again. Also, not the end of the world.

Breakfast was 180 calorie Eggo waffles with sugar free syrup and an 80 calorie yogurt. I didn't have a morning snack. Lunch was a 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt with some pretzels. 

I plan to get the tree down today. I'd also like to vacuum the rug and reset the furniture. I'd also like to wash the dishes and get the kitchen cleaned up. As I look around there is a lot I need to do and the entire day is stretched out in front of me. Of course, that means dragging myself away from the couch ! It helps that my tablet needs charging, so that is underway now. I'm also not finding much of interest on tv, so that will help me get off my tush ! It's 11:55 now and as soon as the current video I'm watching is over, I'm getting OFF this couch !

It's 4:10 pm and the tree is down and stored upstairs. I also took down most of the other decorations and stowed them away upstairs. I still have to take the ceramic tree upstairs and put away the large glass jar on the dining room table. I also need to take down the lights on the kitchen window. That will only take a minute as it's just a couple tacks holding them. I haven't done anything else, but there is still plenty of the day left !

In unwelcome news .. we now have a winter storm watch from Monday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. Basically all they're saying now is the potential for heavy lake effect snow exists, but they're not sure exactly where and what volume it will bring. This makes it doubly important for me to stop at Walmart tomorrow. I really only need milk.