So busy!

I am not making excuses, but this past week was insanely busy for me.  Long hours at work, soccer practices, conference...I was exhausted.  So what does all that mean?  No treadmill time and it shows.  My weight was up 1.8 lbs this week.  Due to an early morning soccer game, I was unable to go to my WW meeting, but I did get a NEW WW scale just like I said I would and it confirmed my old scale was 3-4 pounds off.  So I trust my new scale to be more like the official weigh in scale.  My new scale said I was 208 this morning and I believe it.  A busy week, no treadmill, and *that* time of the month = 1.8lb gain.  Am I bothered by that?  Discouraged?  Not at all.  I am officially on Spring Break and plan on hitting my treadmill hard this week as well as add in some leg work.  Presently I do 30-40 minutes of jog walking on the treadmill, plus arm exercises during the "walk" portions as well as crunches on a stability ball before I even get on the treadmill.  My legs have long been an area I have wished to improve.  I don't like their shape.  I can't think of a time in my life where I EVER liked how my legs looked. Fortunately we have a "workout room" in our house that my husband has equipped with various devices, one being a Smith machine.  I plan on starting out light, but I am going to be adding in squats and calf raises to help shape and tone my legs.  Now I do realize that this could slow my weight loss, but I am not going to let it deter me.  I am going to start easy and see how it goes.

So onto the Tools for Living!  Tools for Living Step 3 - Empowering Beliefs

I think this step is self explanatory.  It reminds me of a student of mine.  His head is FULL of his own negative self-talk.  We all have those moments, but it seems particularly strong in this child and I am working with him on turning the negative self talk into positive self talk.  Empowering Beliefs are just like positive self talk.

• "My weight goal is desirable and worth it."
• "I am capable of achieving my goal."
• "I deserve to achieve my goal."
• And as Stuart Smalley would say "I am good enough, I am smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!"

I feel confident that I can do this, no matter what the set back or excuse.  I am not giving up and I am looking forward to my Spring Break!  I expect to work hard this week and finally see a LOSS instead of a GAIN at my next weigh in!  Ideally I would like to recover at least the 1.8 from this week, more than that would be AWESOME!