I had one scheduled "cheat" on the diet for a day that I went to the spa. I have been to Lake Austin Spa once before and some time there is what Jonathan got me for Christmas this year. I had an amazing time! I also knew that I was going to eat whatever was on the menu! I was very good and got gluten-free and chose the lowest carb options, but there was no way I was not going to eat there. It was wonderful. And then that same weekend we went camping and we took a bottle of wine with us.
I even made low-carb smore's! Jack wasn't thrilled with the marshmallow, but loved the graham cracker and chocolate.
And lifting Jack, all 38 lbs of Jack, is an easy on-the-go work out.
The following week I didn't do meal planning because we had been camping and I just didn't make the time to do it. I ended up getting stuck out running errands with no food. I did the really awful thing and went through the drive through at chick-fil-a. I will likely NEVER eat fast food again. I would rather starve then feel that way. Had I not known what caused it, I would have driven myself to the ER. I really thought I was going to vomit and pass out all at once, for about 6 hours. It was really really awful.
The only other cheat was on a date night to see a concert for ACL. Jonathan won tickets through work and after the show we went to the W hotel and had mini burgers. They were AMAZING and totally worth the cheat.
Had I been working out like I could before the ankle sprain, I don't think those cheats, spread over 3 or 4 weeks would have thrown me off much. But I haven't been able to work out like I want to.
I've been going and sitting on the stupid arm bike thing, or they have a sitting down elliptical type machine too that I've been using. It just gets really boring. Last week I actually did the regular elliptical for almost an hour before my ankle started to hurt and as soon as I felt anything in it I stopped. But it was sore for 3 days after that. I was able to walk around a park all day yesterday and it did fine so I'm hoping I can get back to normal soon. Last week and this coming week have been tough as far as having someone to watch Jack so I can actually go to the gym too. The weather has been beautiful and I would love to toss him in the stroller and walk the 1.5 miles to the park up the road, but again my ankle isn't quite ready for that. It pisses me off too! I feel like I'm waisting the amazing weather especially when I know that it's going to get hot before long and I won't be able to do it.
As far as numbers go, I've lost 17 lbs in 7 weeks which averages out to 2.4 lbs a week. That is nothing to balk at, it's pretty good, I just don't think it's enough to win this competition.
The more impressive numbers are the body composition numbers. I had Tony re-check them last week and in 6 weeks I had lost 25 lbs of fat and gained 10 lbs of muscle. That is awesome! I have shrunk out of a few pairs of pants and I can see the difference in my body too. Thank God! At least there is that.
So I'm going to keep trucking along. I feel great, I'm not hungry and I definitely don't feel like I'm starving myself. Heck, this morning I made chocolate chip cookies for breakfast that had 6 grams of carbs in them. I've been on a baking kick for some reason. I also made pineapple upside down cake the other day. Mostly for Jack, but I tried it too. It was pretty good, but it has a bunch of coconut and I'm not a huge fan of it. Still, it was pretty good. I've been cooking all of our meals and they have turned out great and I've been trying some new ones too. Meal planning is still a MUST to make all of this work though!
I'm working on a post about Jack. There are some exciting things going on!
Damn, girl. 2.4 pounds a week is awesome. Give yourself some major credit!
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