Weekly check-in

Since things have slowed down so much, there isn't as much to report but I wanted to go ahead and check in to say, I'm hanging in there. I dropped two pounds last weekend, gained one back and have held steady. I did eat out twice this week...once Sunday (chicken tenders from Popeyes) and once yesterday (chicken and waffles at Slim Chickens for Valentine's Day) and I have, of course, been eating some chocolate this week. Moderate amounts of chocolate, though. Mostly. haha

For real, though, I have done well with portion sizes and only eating when hungry. I've cut further back on some things, tweaking favorite meals. For instance, I usually have tacos on Tuesday because Taco Tuesday, right? Well, Tuesday night I have the tacos in actual taco shells but when I eat the leftovers for lunch the next day, I nix the shells and have the taco meat, cheese and avocado on tri-blend beans--a mix of black, kidney, and red beans.

I also started alternating between chia seed pudding and avocado egg toast for breakfast. The chia seed pudding is full of fiber, calcium, and protein and is surprisingly filling. I ate it exclusively for breakfast last week. This week I bought an avocado and ate chia seed pudding two days and avocado egg toast two days. I'll probably have one or the other for breakfast tomorrow morning, too, instead of getting my usual Taco Bell burrito. Continuing small changes, right?

I haven't done as well with my steps or my strength training this week. My schedule at work has just been all over the place to prevent me from real walking and I've been tired and distracted. I did put some real effort into getting my steps in yesterday but still fell a couple thousand steps short. Maybe my body just needed the break? Either way, I'm going to push a little harder today so that hopefully I can manage to get at least one day of my full 10,000 steps in this week for motivation's sake, if nothing else. I don't want to get too far away from the habit, lest I stop completely.

As for strength training, I think what I'm going to have to do is put reminders on my phone for a certain time every evening to remind me to get up and do this. Even if it's just 10-15 minutes of  some basic movements and reps. At least until it becomes a habit.

Anyway, that's what's up with me right now. Hanging in there, still hopeful and still working.