I'm Back In the Saddle Again.........

Not really, but I'm trying to try.  The last two weeks have been just..... chaos.  Lots of sicky germs going around our house.  Everything from norovirus to a sinus infection to some really nasty cough.  At this point in time I am not doing anything physical.  I can't take Munchkin to the gym because of his germs, and Andrew is back to working a normal 8-5 schedule.  It was a lot easier to leave Owen with him when he was getting home by four.  Now I'm starting dinner as he's getting home.  And, I know, I could totally be one of those women who gets up at the crack of dawn to go work out before he leaves for work or at 9 at night after O is in bed.  But nope!  Not gonna be me.  I want this, I want to lose weight and be fit and feel good, but I don't want to sacrifice any more time with my family.  When Owen is 100%, we'll go to the gym.  Until then, DVDs and the elliptical will have to cut it.

Now, on the food front, bug and viruses in the house have led to complete laziness and lack of creativity.  We've done everything from ordering pizza to eating cinnamon/sugar toast for dinner.  Lazy, right?  Honestly, I enjoyed every bite of everything I ate and every sip of poisonous soda and coffee creamer.  But, my body didn't.  Lots of weird gastric issues going on in there.

All that to say, I weighed myself this morning for the first time in almost two weeks.  I expected to be back at square one, back up close to 250.  I wouldn't have been surprised, considering the billions of calories I've consumed.  But nope!  241.6.  I was 240.6 two weeks ago.  Shocked?  Yes I was.  Only a pound after all of that garbage and sitting.  Needless to say, I don't feel discouraged and loathsome of myself like I thought I would.  Instead, I feel good.  I feel like this is a great starting point to get back in the game, and in a week's time I could easily be in the 230s, which I haven't seen since shortly after Owen was born.  Here we go!

This week I pledge to:

 -Drink 96oz of water per day.
 -Eat a piece of fruit or veggie with each meal
 -Do elliptical twice
 -Do a DVD once

I'm easing myself back into it.  I also have some non-fitness-related goals I'll share with you.

 -Put away all of our laundry (seriously, it's out of control.)
 -Vacuum/mop every surface possible.

That's it!  I've gotten SO behind with our house.  I mean, I've never been your typical cleaning-machine house wife anyway, but right now the house is just out of control.

ANYWAY, enough with the house.  Hope you all have a great week!  Do something positive for yourselves!