Week 9 Check-in

I'm feeling better these days. This week the scale is down 1 lb, for a total of 6.4 in February, not bad! I'm quite confused about my Tanita scale, though. The non weight values bounce around like mad. Fat % is still 46-47%. I really hoped that number would move some. It's lower at night, around 43%, but still...

I did have a little slip up last week. My husband got on an airplane with my wallet (he managed to leave my keys at the info desk, but I didn't want him to leave my credit cards and driver's licence there) on Thursday, grocery shopping day. So, I had to pantry dive for dinner on Thursday night. I made (relatively) healthy pizzas on whole wheat crust, and a salad. Well, the pizza was tasty, but not great by any means. I then did my grocery shopping after dinner, stuffed with pizza. I suppose that was a good thing, because my slip was then limited to one candy bar. I ate more pizza for lunch the next day, then got back on track.

My exercise has been a bit erratic. I know I said I was going to try Slow Burn for a month...but I didn't even make it a week. I did the first day, then by the time I was supposed to do the second work out, I was feeling sick...so I skipped it. (this was all 2 weeks ago) Last week I just fell back to my normal routine, but light. Monday and Friday I did 30 min strength routines. Tuesday I spent 45 minutes on the bike. And that's it. This week is looking sketchy.

I've been spring fluffing my house like a mad woman. Partially due to my severe case of spring fever, partially in preparation to sell the house (some time this year). Anyhow, this lead to a rather spur of the moment painting of the kitchen, up the stairs and the upper landing. We'd been talking about doing it for some time, but suddenly someone was available. So he's here, (invading my work-out space) today and tomorrow, and possibly Wednesday if he doesn't finish. I could sit on the bike, but I do my strength training in our great room, which is adjacent to our kitchen...and basically, I like my privacy and would die if a fat roll popped out, you know? Anyhow, sorry for blabbering on...

We only have 2 weeks and I'll be on a plane to Florida. I cannot wait, but am a bit disappointed that I didn't make more progress on the scale. I did purchase a new swimsuit (in size regular 18), and a couple of shirts. I normally do loads of shopping on our trips to the US, but this time we're flying a different airline with severe (and I am talking an absurd 20kilos per person including carry-ons and my sons car seat and stroller) luggage restrictions. I did purchase some fabric for my spring fluffing project, but not as much as I want/require. (Hubby is going to NYC in early April, so I'll load him up:-))

Well, that's an update for now. I'll try and post something deeper (on my emotional weight battle) later this week.