Fitness Friday (11/22)

This past week has been a tough one.  I apologize in advance if this will offend anyone, or if I share a little too much.  I need to fess up and deal with it. Then move on.  

I feel like a hypocrite today.  I ate things this past week with dairy and gluten in them.  Normally I will taste a product enough to form an opinion if I am doing a review.  A little taste isn't going to kill me, but when I keep eating it... That's when the trouble starts to happen.  I tell myself that I don't need to eat it. I tell myself that just one bite isn't going to hurt.  Well, I am wrong.  I DO NOT need to eat it.  That extra bite is going to hurt.  The extra bite leads to more bites.  These bites lead to headaches, and I just don't want to have a headache anymore!  Today is the first day in a week and a half that I didn't wake with a headache.  That in itself is enough motivation to not put dairy or gluten back into my body in huge amounts! 

Last week I told you about a struggle that is still very fresh in my mind.  Seeing the girl that I am right now and not the girl that I was.  After discussing this issue a little further with my husband, I found a picture of me, holding Ally when she was about 9 months old.  So, time frame of photo: about 4 years ago.  

The person in this photo was disappointed in herself, but didn't show it to anyone.  A smile will cover up anything.  I had lost the job I loved so dearly and still miss today.  I was working for a company that most people despise.  I was in management, but that doesn't seem to make it any better.  I didn't feel good in my own skin.  

I refuse to be that person again.  This week I had a pity party for myself.  It was a hard week, emotionally for me.  We celebrated my Mom's birthday as well as yesterday marked one year of her passing.  It is an excuse, I know... but I'm using it.  The days seem to get easier, but her memory is not far from my thoughts.  

On that note, I took this photo of myself yesterday. I see that the two pictures are the same person, but worlds apart.  

Alright, alright...  The thing you guys are all waiting for.  I managed to find 1.5 pounds this week.  I weighed in at 220 pounds this morning.  As I mentioned before I am disappointed, but the week is over and this is a new one.  Time to start tracking what I'm eating with myfitnesspal and stay away from the junk that my body does not like.  My goals still remain the same and I hope to have positive results to report next week.  

Goal #1: 35 lbs lost--I MADE IT!!!!! 7/28/13 
Goal #2: 50 lbs lost--Holy COW!!! 9/12/13 
Goal #3: 65 lbs lost --