SUCCESS!!!

This was a successful week, for 3 reasons:

1. I lost 2.6 lbs. Another 1.4 to go and I'll be back where I was. I know I can accomplish that this upcoming week, and after that, hello progress-ville:)! I've missed you---I have trouble with my mindset when I'm 're-losing' weight, so I'm looking forward to getting to a lower weight again so I can be losing 'new' weight:)

2. I almost blew it yesterday, but recovered and did something I've never done before...started eating better in the MIDDLE OF THE DAY!!! I'm definitely a 'wait till Monday' kinda gal, but this time, it was minutes and I was back on track! I made the mistake of making hummus the day before (roasted red pepper, mmmmmm:) because I have a hard time controlling myself where homemade hummus is concerned. Now, I know that hummus is a healthy snack, but it still has calories and quite a bit of olive oil in it, so it can't be overeaten without consequences. I was super stressed on Friday b/c Judah had had a terrible night and was now having a very difficult day of napping, so my go to: FOOD! While the kids were snacking, I demolished probably a full cup of hummus with crackers. And then thought I'd top it off with a cup of frozen yoghurt (roughly...I was eating straight from the container;). Now, I could've blown it at this point. BUT I didn't! Victory! Thankfully, b/c I'm breastfeeding, am tall, and have a lot of weight to lose, I get a lot of points each day. So I added up the damage and planned out the rest of my day: Asparagus soup w/10 whole wheat crackers for lunch and 3 eggs scrambled with a big salad and 1 tbsp. of dressing for supper. Oh, and an orange for a snack. It was a bit tough to not eat anything else all day, but not as bad as I thought it'd be. I find that breastfeeding makes me hungry all of the time (even when I eat a full meal, I'm still hungry) so that was the hardest part. It was so worth it though, when I stepped on the scale this morning:)!

3. I exercised this week. It's been way too long, and it felt great to get back into it! I went for 3 'workout walks' (I walked more than that, but I'd only classify 3 as workouts), lifted weights twice, and did abs every day!

My goals for next week: -4 workout walks -3 days of weights -abs every day -try not to use all of my weekly flex points
-drink lots of water every day

I still haven't taken my before pictures, I have to do that before it's not really a 'before':) That's another goal: next week, before pictures posted:)!

Have a great week everyone!