Weight loss Wednesday

Warning: I will be complaining in this post. Proceed with caution. 

In the last 3 weeks, the scale has been climbing steadily. My clothes fit about the same. I have not been good at nutrition and I know that I need to work on it. 

I have been so good at my workouts. Why can't the scale be friendly?

I am running more for the half marathon training. In my experience, that's not enough to move the scale. 

I keep eating foods that aren't good enough. For example, I had a cinnamon roll for breakfast today. My weakness is free food and it is the bain of my existence. I think the rest of the day will be nutritionally sound. I don't know if I put enough into my goals. 

Weight Loss Wednesday

Welcome to another edition of Weight Loss Wednesday. This is my opportunity to share my journey towards weight loss maintenance. I remember being the overweight girl in junior high and high school. I didn't accomplish my weight loss goals until in my 30's, which meant I had struggled with losing weight for about 10 years. 

Recently, I started a Facebook group to help keep myself and my friends accountable. If you'd like encouragement, find me on Facebook and I'll add you to the group. If you are starting out in your weight loss journey, I would like to give you two solid small steps toward your goal.

(spoiler alert: I've mentioned these before in previous posts)

1 - Don't drink your calories. Personally, I am guilty of this in the form of beer and alcohol and the occasional smoothie. I try to keep those calories in balance with my workouts.

2 - Walk every day. I am good at this one. I actually go to the gym 5 days a week and I run on Saturdays with the Runhers organization.

If you can make these two small changes to your routine, you will lose some weight. Remember that losing weight is a long time journey and it never ends. (Even at goal, I am still needing to stay focused.) I really wanted to link up with some of my favorite bloggers because they are an inspiration to me.

Weight Loss Wednesday - Confessions

I confess that I did not weigh in on Saturday, which means no progress report. I confess that I feel my portion sizes are better than previous week's (smaller is good.) I confess that I did make banana bread and I've been eating some of it since Sunday. I confess that getting dental work decreases my desire for eating (chewing in particular.) I confess that gyms are getting too expensive and I may have to cave in and buy a scale.   This week has been very stressful, at least that's how it started. Bad news, with more bad news, and top it off with a dead headlight on my car. Staying positive has been painfully hard. Trying to hold my enthusiasm for the future has been a test in mental will. I will work on that for tomorrow's post: Thankful Thursday. I love all sweet comments, if you feel like encouraging me. :o) Banana Bread: