End of Week Six

A month and a half? Really? It has flown by. Let me start off by saying we haven't been working out lately. We did for the first two weeks every morning and did great. We were also eating healthier - lots of vegetables and protein, no carbs. Then Kristen's mom and dad came to visit. Over Halloween.

I exercised two days that week, and I think I exercised one other day since then. So...bad at the whole exercise bit. We also didn't eat as healthy as we had been eating. The following week we had good intentions with food, but had some rough days (especially with the kids) where we ended up not making a single thing on the menu the entire week, and almost no exercise as I mentioned.

Then we just slacked the following week. Like, didn't even try. But it was mostly because we knew we were going to Texas to visit family (which was a lot of fun). Of course, while in Texas we ate out a lot. We got back from Texas yesterday, and ordered pizza for dinner. But you know what?

I STILL LOST WEIGHT. Down to 173.4 lbs. as of this morning. I attribute it primarily to portion control. I eat less, and only eat until just before I'm full at most. If I eat too much, of course I'm going to gain (unhealthy) weight. So I don't. In fact, last night I had 3 slices of pizza instead of my usual 4 or 5 (or more). In fact, I broke my rule with that third slice, because I was already pretty full.

Anyway, the point is that we're still working on it, even though we've slacked as of late. And the key (for me) has been not overeating. I also don't eat something unless I really want it. For example, why waste my time (or calories) on a Crunch bar? If there isn't a Reese's, I don't bother. Same with soda. Most of the time, water is just great - once in a blue moon, it's nice to have an ice-cold Dr. Pepper, but other sodas? Juice? Not worth it.

Certainly I need to start working out again if I want to get more in shape, but at least I'm not going back up. That's what I'm trying to avoid.