Weigh in 18

Well, the holidays are over. I go back to work tomorrow. So on this New Year's Eve - I'll be in bed early. I haven't done much reflection. I probably should take some time to set some goals for the coming year. Maybe later.

I weighed in a few days ago (one of my goals should be that I'm going to post more often). And over 5 days at my brother and sister's place and 6 days of company at my place, I gained 0.6 lbs. Which I am extremely happy about. I'm going to call that maintaining over the holidays. Holidays where I wasn't on a "diet" but tried to make better choices. I ate what was being served. I only ate Jenny Craig food for breakfast. Which was cereal for 2 weeks. And it helped having Christmas at my place - then I was able to control the junk food that came into my house (to a certain extent - some did slip by me).

My family use to spend a lot of time playing cards in the evening which inevitably leads to snacks, but we have been playing a lot of Wii when we get together. One day I think there was a total of 7 hours played on the Wii. And while that is not 7 hours of activity just for me, spread out for my whole family?.... Much more active than normal. So tomorrow - the new year - I start out with routine again and head back to work.

Part way through the vacation

Okay - so I didn't get a post in before I travelled to visit family. I should have know better than to expect to post on a day where I got off work at 7 am and then had a flight that evening at 6pm and needed to sleep, clean the house, and pack inbetween! But I made it to my flight and had a lovely time with family.
Now I'm back home and my folks are visiting for a few days. I have a couple of big dinners planned (Christmas eve and Christmas day), but I'm planning on eating in moderation. I decided that if I skip the special foods we only eat at this time of year, I'll feel left out and probably overeat later (when I'm feeling sorry for myself). Thankfully, there is not a lot of junk food in the house (the benefit of hosting Christmas). I'm going to stick to Jenny Craig breakfasts and eat in moderation the rest of the day!

Mini-victories

I'm in the middle of my work stretch so I don't have much to report on. I was recently told that my blog has been rather uninspired the last little bit. So I haven't posted anything as I really don't have anything to say. I'm off to work nights tonight, and I really wanted to slip down to the corner store and have some chocolate today, but I spent some time thinking about how far I have come and then I decided that it wasn't worth it. That was a little mini-win. Last night on the way home from work, I stopped in at the grocery store and only picked up veggies and chicken. I had a healthy stir fry for dinner (when I wanted to have some pasta). So another mini-win. I'll weigh in Saturday and then I'm off to visit my family in another province for a week. So until I leave in 3 days, I'm just going to focus on the little things - my mini-victories.

Weigh in 17

Well, no big surprise - I gained a little bit this week. 0.4 lbs. Which wasn't too bad for having a cold this week and not doing anything. Like I said - this time of year is really hard to lose weight. And being sick really didn't help. But it could have been worse.

Some interesting facts

Blogger has this feature where you can look up the stats of who has been visiting your blog... I just looked through my stats and am a little astounded. I have told friends and family about my blog, but I don't really expect many people to visit. Probably because I'm just rambling about how my weight loss journey is going. And the thought of posting has helped stay on track more than I would have guessed at the start of this journey. So thanks for keeping me honest.

Someone in Kuwait visited my blog. I'm not really sure how they stumbled onto my blog, but I find it fasinating that someone would glance at my thoughts. But even more interesting was that there has been 3 visits to my blog by people in Slovenia. Three visits! Slovenia! Where they speak Solvene. Bizarre.

Not much is happening right now - just working (I have tonight off and then back to work tomorrow). And while I usually have a plan for eating healthy when at work, I don't do any exercise. Maybe in the new year I will have to figure out how to incorporate exercise into days when I work. After 12 hours on my feet, that's usually the last thing I want to do. I'm going to have to think about this and get back to you. All of you. Especially the readers in Slovenia.

Not feeling great

I have a cold. I'm very sure I got if from work. I have missed the past 2 days and I'm calling in sick for tomorrow. I have slept 14 hours in the last 24 hours. I'm not doing much for activity. And I'm craving comfort foods. It's going to be a bad week....

Weigh in 16

Okay - so I'm a day late with this post. I just didn't get it done yesterday. I think someone at work gave me a cold and I'm trying to fight it as I have a lot of shifts in the next 3 weeks. I'm really not complaining - just explaining that you might not hear a lot from me for the next little while. I'm working a lot so that I can have some time off over Christmas. So the extra time now is well worth it.

Weigh in 16 is actually not bad, even though I gain weight. Two pounds to be exact. But I'm not unhappy with it - I haven't weighed in a while (due to time off work). I try to weigh in the 1st full day off work (as a shift worker, weighing in once a week doesn't work because one week it would be 5am, the next would be 4 pm - both at the start of my day). Seeing as this is my own journey, I figure why be conventional about it - like weighing in once a week. After my last weigh in, I struggled with overeating and eating the wrong foods for about a week. But then I got back on track. So the 2 lbs weight gain is actually good. I lost some of that weight that I put on. And with the holidays coming up, this is always a difficult time - I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but there is food EVERYWHERE. And not so much of it is healthy for you. So I'm trying to be mindful of what goes into my mouth. Some days are more difficult than others. But I'm actually feeling pretty good about this weigh in.

Okay - now I'm off to clean the house - I have to take advantage of my day off today to get ready for company in 4 weeks! All this cleaning is good for me. I'm thinking of it as my cardio for the day.