Not So Fat Tuesday?

All right. I have a confession. It's pretty, um, ridiculous, what I'm about to admit. 

I was so tired today, I mean really dragging, that I wanted some Dr. Pepper (which is in my fridge staring at me every time I open the door) so badly that I actually got tears in my eyes at one point. I don't know if it was my fatigue plus the fact that I still crave those bubbles plus the tired! I was so tired! I know it is mostly in my head, the thought that a caffeinated beverage would help me feel less tired. But, man! I wanted a drink!

I didn't have one. 

I know. I'll wait for you to get up off of the floor. 

Here is what has been going on:

-only water, except for a couple of small (4 oz-ish) glasses of chocolate milk after exercising
-exercise video every day, on level two of 30 Day Shred
-added walking last Monday, have walked all but two days
-jogged my loop once (that was fun!) (I'm being serious)
-eaten less (I'm certain my calorie count is way low, I don't keep diligent, militant track of what I eat and how many calories are in it...one day I wrote down how many calories were in my food until dinner, only because I didn't really know how to figure it out with a roast from the crock pot, but even so, I think my total was around 1200)
-eaten more healthy snacks

I have weighed myself only twice during the time period when I started this whole thing (April 28); the first time I was down four pounds from the last time I weighed at the doctor's office (last summer...I can't imagine that I was any less than that, and maybe more). Today I was down six pounds from that doctor's visit number. That was encouraging. I am definitely seeing changes in my arms and legs (Missy Jill gave me a supportive word regarding this...arms and legs will change first, then the tummy will follow suit) (I am really looking forward to the tummy following suit!!) and I know I'm stronger. It doesn't hurt to sneeze like it did the first three days after I started all this. Christian would laugh and laugh when I sneezed, because I would make a terrible grunt after each one; my abs were so sore!

Today has been one of the hard days. I have been so tired (Did I mention that already?) and unmotivated to do the exercise thing. I need to do my video, even though it's late. I had been trying to do the video earlier in order to get more out of the calorie burning effect, but today it just didn't happen. The kids are encouraging me, though, and Mike is impressed with the fact that I've stuck with it for this long (and NOT HAD A SODA) (NOT EVEN ON MOTHER'S DAY) (AND WE WERE OUT TO DINNER AT OUTBACK AND I ATE A SALAD). So, in the end, on this Fat Tuesday, I feel good. 

But tired. 

And I am definitely anticipating the day when I can no longer make a heart with the flubber on my belly. And now I'll leave you with the questions that likely generates in your mind. 

Comments

[Elaine]

Good for you! I would not have been able to resist the pop in the fridge. I have to keep things out of the house if I really want to avoid them. Jelly Belly jelly beans are my Dr. Pepper. If they are in the house, I will eat them. All of them. Keep up the good work!

[The Lumberjack's Wife]

Good for you!! I also can make shapes with my belly. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

[Mindee@ourfrontdoor]

Christina I am so impressed with your efforts. Good for you!

[Kara]

Is it possible to be envious of someone's willpower? I am so impressed!

[Life of a Doctor's Wife]

Hey! Good for you! This all sounds fantastic! Keep at it, girl. You can do this.