Why did I pick the most difficult time of the year to lose weight?! The Christmas holiday season is always full of good food and delicious treats. If there is one time of the year to go wild, it would be now.
Christmas morning started with the family breakfast at my parents' house. There were potatoes, eggs, bacon, beans and tortillas. Everything I love. I did not over indulge but I did enjoy myself. This was followed off by a couple of homemade cookies and a soda. This was the first of two sodas for the day. I drank orange juice with breakfast. A couple more cookies and it was off to my aunt's house for the big family Christmas dinner. Here we had everything else I loved: turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, beans, stuffing and gravy to cover it all. I'm not proud of it, but I let my old self take over. I had two large helpings of it all. I did drink water during the meal and later had the second soda. The worst part, though, was the numerous amount of cookies I had after the meal. I lost count after four, but I swear it was no more than ten. There was also cake and chocolates but I had none of that. I already knew I was crossing the line with the cookies, but I was not going to let myself go completely overboard.
As the evening drew to a close, I started to feel the effects of what I had done. That bloated, full feeling was back with a vengeance. As a small piece of irony, one of my aunts gave me a box of chocolates as a present. When I told her I was trying to lose weight, she then realized what she had done. Oh well, I guess some of the gang at work will be getting some free chocolate.
On the plus side, before the parade of food began I did manage to get in a double workout. I did the DVD, 10 minutes on the elliptical and four 3-minute rounds with the punching bag. Not a huge sweat on account of the cold weather, but a good sweat none the less. I was planning on weighing myself next Monday, but my schedule at work won't allow it. The next possible day for a weigh-in will be Wednesday. This gives me a couple of extra days to lose a few more pounds.
As week 2 comes to a close and week 3 begins, I am looking forward to getting back on track to daily workouts. I still plan on working out as much as I can. I still want to beat the two month challenge. I still want to run the Beach to Bay. I still want to lose 100 lbs. by my next birthday. This week might be a minor setback, but I will accomplish my goals.
