Thursday January 17, 2013

Today's Good Things:
Logged and blogged
Under on calories for the day
Exercised
Family Fun Night
Didn't stress-eat/good food choices

Today's Not So Good Things:
Didn't do well with emotions/stressful situations today
Still struggling with sleep
Baby is acting strange, doesn't want to eat other than nurse


I've got two nights in a row on the elliptical machines this week. :) The first night I used a Smart Stride machine (or something like that) and it felt hard to press on for the full 20 minutes, but I did it including a 3 minute cool down after. I had to go pretty slow, though, so I only burned 127 calories when it was all done. Tonight I used a regular elliptical machine and was able to go much faster, burning 187 calories in 20 minutes. I had to hurry out after that, though, to get the little ones for Family Fun Night. We were all a little disappointed because the games didn't involve much movement. But, we had some fun getting to know the other families and doing some silly stuff together. I really like it that we have some time carved out in the week to just have fun together.

So far, the Y has been great. It's a little stressful getting there. It's a little crazy dropping off so many in the kidzone when I go to work out. But, wow, do I love having some time to just move myself and not chase people around. I think that Benjamin is a little young for the room and I need to keep a close eye on him. But, when David and I are able to go alone, it's just awesome. It feels like such a great escape.

I weighed in last night at the Y and then again at home on the wii. The scales are different, but I am up a bit, which I expected. Not up as much as I expected, though, so that's good. Maybe this month of sugar free and yeast free is helping a little. Not sure. But, I'm motivated to keep it up and see what the scale says again next week.