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Well I had gotten off track for about a week and a half. It started with finding out I was pregnant and I decided to try and lose 1lb a week instead of 2lbs a week which was a mistake. I stayed on track with calories but was lacking in exercise and I gained weight. Then my husband Jimmy got sick and was in the hospital and I didn't pay attention at all to what I was eating. When I weight myself yesterday I couldn't believe how much I had gained.

So yesterday I decided to get back on track. Then Jimmy's boss showed up at our house and laid Jimmy off. Jimmy had only been out of the hospital for 14hrs but I guess it couldn't wait. Our future is a huge question mark right now. I know that God will take care of us and provide for us but the not knowing what the future holds is hard. I want to stay home with my children and I came to the realization a couple months ago I was going to have to work part time at some point which is why I have plans to start school in April. But now I may have to work full time and it breaks my heart to think about being away from my babies that much.

Anyway I stayed on track yesterday and exercised as well. This morning I had lost half of what I had gained back so hopefully the rest will come back off just as easily. Today I've been upset a lot but I'm staying on track. I'm not going to let it get the better of me. God is on my side and he will see me through.

Change of Plans!

As most of you know by now I'm pregnant! So going to be changing things up a bit. My goals are going to have to change. First I'm going to try to lose 1lb a week in stead of 2lbs a week. Also I'm going to slow down on the running and will not be doing a 5k at the end of summer as I will be 7 months pregnant.

I've already been slacking on my exercise in the last week partly because I was sick with a bug for three days and partly because I've been using being pregnant as an excuse. But I realized I need to keep going. I don't want to gain the weight back and I'm plenty big enough that it will not hurt the baby if I lose weight.

No more excuses! I'm going to exercise today even though I feel bloated and my husband is sick on the couch. No more excuses!

weigh in and struggles

I've had a difficult week this week. I had many challenges and I can't say I was successful with them all. The last three days have been very busy. And I had many meals away from home. At times I made some good choices and other times I did not. I went over my calories on Sunday by quite a bit.

One on the reasons I went over Sunday was because I didn't do any exercise Saturday or Sunday. Yesterday I didn't make the best choices either but I did 45 minutes of exercise so I was able to stay within my calories.

When I get a little down is when I make the bad decisions. I'm going through some things physically and I could use some prayer over the next few days that things turn out OK. Also pray that I don't allow this to throw me off track anymore.

This week was not my best. I weighed in at  281lbs so I lost 2lbs this week. I'm happy with this loss because any loss is good and 2lbs is my goal every week. However I'm also disappointed in myself because I know I could have done better but today is a new day and I'm back on track.

lost since Sept. 2012    34lbs
lost since Feb. 5th     18lbs 
to go to first goal    8lbs
to go    101lbs