Day 1 (or is it 360 something?)
Made it through day 1 of being back on-plan yesterday. It was tougher than I thought it would be. I’m trying to do phase 1 of Southbeach again so I can detox from the sugar and get a great jump-start to losing weight again. But, I really hate Phase 1. I miss my morning bowl of steelcut oatmeal and I miss my fruit smoothies. I’m also a bit headachey and feeling fatigued. I know this is from the detox, but its not too much fun. But…..the scales dropped this morning! Yesterday morning, I got on them (I weigh every morning) and they were up by 3 pounds! I just knew that my overeating over the last few weeks had finally caught up with me. But, this morning, those 3 pounds were gone. Must have been some water weight as I had to get up twice in the night to use the bathroom. I’m hoping that I can drop a pound of two by Monday morning so that I can have a loss for the first week of the year. So, I’ll be staying on phase 1 today and staying on-plan this weekend.
Today is housecleaning day. Other than losing weight and getting fit, I also made a resolution to finally getting my house clean and organized and keeping it that way. My biggest challenge will be re-training my 2 daughters and my Hubby to pick up after themselves. My big suggestion to those of you with small children….start teaching them now! Your house will thank you.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Good for you for starting over, and being so disciplined.
Glad the scale is cooperating!
January 8th, 2008 at 1:57 am
I agree 100% I used to clean for a lady with 6 daughters and 2 sons and NONE of them were made to do anything!! I told her she was wasting her best resources with letting her kids sit around while an outsider cleaned the home.
My kids were NEVER allowed to sit around while I waited on them after they reached the age of 3-4. If they were walking they could carry something. By age 7 my oldest could do everything in the house that I could do except cook.
My daughter at 8-10 cleaned my house while I cleaned other people’s houses.
If you expect nothing out of them that s what you will get…NOTHING!