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I did not really have high expectations for this past week. I didn't really eat like I wanted and I just felt off my groove :o). I found out why on Friday. Makayla, Micah and I found out that we had strep throat. YUCK! No wonder water was yucky and I was super tired. But the good news is that I stayed the same and did not gain weight. I hope to get back on a good track this week so hopefully next week those numbers will start going down again. Hope you are all hanging in there. I have struggled a little bit because I LOVE love LOVE Halloween candy. And to top it off we have about 4 more Halloween parties. But I have found it easier to only eat one or not at all. I realized that since I have been trying to improve my eating habits my tummy gets upset when I eat the bad stuff. Hope that this streak continues, I don't know how well my self control will hold out!

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3 pounds lost last week! I have been shooting for 1 - 2 pounds a week so 3 was super exciting. Especially since I haven't really been exercising. I am hoping to get into my new exercise routine by next week so hopefully that helps :o) hope to have success this week too.

Back on the Wagon!

Well after gaining 10 pounds of emotional eating weight ... I am happy to say that I lost 3 of those pounds. I was really good at walking almost every day of the week. Pushing kids up a totally wicked hill to get Makayla to school twice a day was doing me good. But I got in the habit of driving instead. Not good! I am doing my best to exercise in other ways every day.

Here is my new motto

Eat Less, Move More!

Clint is working out more and that helps to motivate me too. I just bought a notebook that is going everywhere with me. It is my food Journal. I have realized when you have to write everything down that you eat you think twice about eating it. I really hope it makes me think about why I am eating and that it will help the emotional eating and the eating just because. I am trying to program my brain to only eat when I am hungry.

I have a new goal to work out for 30 minutes every day. I find when I do the every other day or 3 days a week I justify I can use another day of rest and stop working out. I turn 29 this December, I am giving myself until I turn 30 to reach my goal weight. So I have one year and 2 months to get 53 pounds off my body and keep it off. It will be so nice to have more energy and what equals to my 5 year old off my body. It is nuts to think that I am carrying around Makayla with me always. Man no wonder I get so tired :o)

So keep checking back - if anyone even reads this - and share in my triumphs, disappointments, and progress!