Monday, November 2, 2009

A New 30 Day Challenge

Well the past couple of weeks have been rough for me. I was doing very well fitting in exercise then...
I got strep so I was sidelined for a bit.
Baby got a fever for 2 days so I was taking care of her.
My mother in law visited for the weekend.
Now that was all in about a week and a half to 2 week period. I planned on starting again when my mother in law left but....
I got a cold. I read about when to exercise with a cold and sure enough mine was in my chest so exercise is not really recommended. Damn it all to heck. By then I totally lost all momentum and was a little concerned about what my fake trianer on the Wii Active would say.

SO fast forward...I then had to go to outdoor ed with my sixth grade student. Totally sucked leaving my baby for the first time. I was very negative going into the whole thing and it showed. I was also being very negative in general. I took a step back and realized what I sounded like. I tried being more agreeable and it made a difference in my attitude. Then I went on the trip and had a pretty good time. I noticed a lot of negative talk while I was there and I also saw some thing that made me understand more. It was an attitude adjustment. I even took off work today to get some work done but I really did not succeed. I did however get my own house in order so that makes me feel better.

On the work thing...I need to pull back from the socializing. I never really hung out with people from work or anything but I chatted a lot during the day. I am seeing that it keeps me from getting my work done and is really not necessary. I have a friend who is very professional at work. I also have an assistant principle who is very professional. I plan to look to them as role models.

Now about WW. I had a .3 lb gain one week. Blamed it on the illness and mother in law visit. Now I have had a 2.6 lb gain. Blamed it on outdoor ed and drinking excess water (did a lot of walking and not a lot of peeing). SO now I sit on my 3rd day of my week. WI is Saturday. I went out to dinner both Saturday and Sunday night. I tracked on Sunday and was way over. I have tracked today and I just binged on Paydays that were sitting here. Why I don't know. A little stress I am thinking. I did exercise today and now tomorrow is a new day.

It is 8:15 here and it is off to bed with me. I get up around 5am and sleep should help my mood and energy. I took today off so tomorrow I go to work a little less social and more professional.