February 1st
This is day 5 of calorie counting and I must say….this is incredibly easy! I bring up my spreadsheet each morning and plan my calories for the day. Hubby does a spreadsheet, too. It is such a relaxed way of eating for me as there is no guesswork….my numbers are there in black and white as a visual confirmation that I’m on-plan. I’m hoping that the planning will help me this weekend. Weekends are my hardest times for staying on-plan as my schedule is too random. This weekend, one of my best friends who lives right across the street from me, is moving back to Florida. Her daughter is my youngest daughter’s best friend…they practically live together and her daughter is almost like another one of my daughters. They leave on Sunday. I’ve been dreading this day, so I really need to be careful not to comfort myself with food. I thought about changing my official weigh-in day to Friday’s so the weekends wouldn’t mess up the scales, however, I’m going to keep it on Mondays as I need to be accountable. I still haven’t managed to get myself back on the treadmill. I’m not sure why. I really need to dig down deep inside and find my drive to exercise again.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am
Weekends are hard for me, too. And good for you for realizing how hard Sunday is going to be and having the need to have a plan in place. As far as weigh-in days are concerned, I had to move mine to Sundays for a different reason but what is nice about it is it keeps me accountable through Friday night/Saturday but if I feel the need to splurge on Sunday I can since the next day is Monday. Maybe that will help.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:48 am
You and me both honey…weekends just kill all my effort for the week and I am with you on the exercise neglect as well. I don’t think I have walked but 3 times since Christmas and that is soooo unlike me…I normally do 3-5 miles a day but I just got out and can’t seem to get it flowing again…
You hang in there with the calorie counting…that is what works best for me tooooo.
Hugs,
Judy