Lifestyle Challenge | Week Ten Update

WHOA... we are into the double digits now... still in some disbelief that I am still going and not only that but still on plan!  I can honestly tell you that I haven't had a slip up yet.  I know that with the upcoming Halloween and Holiday seasons, that likely won't stay true for long BUT... as of 10 weeks in, I am still going strong.

Today was also an awesome day on the scales because I dropped another TWO pounds which put me over my 26.5lb goal for 10% of my body weight lost.  Yep, I am officially down 27lbs, effectively SMASHING the first goal outta the water.  WHOOP WHOOP!!!

In other news, my boys have been away since last Tuesday so I have been flying solo at home.  Now, in years past (this is an annual trip they take), that meant sitting on my duff and ordering all kinds of fast food, snacking of every kind of junk food and drinking all the pop.  This year, I wasn't even tempted to do those things.  It actually caught me a little off guard because I planned the menu for when they were gone and we grocery shopped as per normal and then the first night they were gone, I cooked and worked out.  Simple as that!  It wasn't until I was chilling out, watching the Jays game, that I suddenly realized what I had done... I had survived my first night alone without even thinking of cheating!  WHAT???!!  Who am I?

WINS for the week:

1. Cooking - No, not a standard win because I cook most weeks BUT... with my boys out of town, I am more than impressed with myself and the fact that I cooked three times, with plenty of leftovers, so I didn't eat out once!  A new record for me when flying solo!  I didn't even have Subway...
2. Walking - While I didn't get to the gym, no real excuse, I did a ton of extra walking.  I was in early to work each day so got a good 20-30 min walk in and then another at lunch.  After work, I took Joey, our Golden Retriever, for a 30 min walk so all in, I was getting over an hour of walking each day!

CHALLENGES for the week:

1. Gym - For some reason I have been slacking on the gym lately.  While I am still getting my steps in every day and doing lots of walking, I don't want to go to the gym.  I think because the weather is nice and I am able to do it throughout the day, I don't feel the need... maybe as the weather changes (if it ever does), I will want to move indoors.  We shall see... in my mind, as long as I am getting it in, it really doesn't matter where.

I'm shocked that there was only one main challenge this week, because the boys were away, but I am struggling to think of anything else.  Thankfully we will be a full family unit again tomorrow night so things can get back to normal... until school starts next week.  UGH!

Lifestyle Challenge | Week Nine Update

Every time I title one of these update posts, I am amazed by the time that has passed since I started this challenge... it's been NINE weeks!  Insane!

For today's update, I am happy to announce that I am down another 2.5lbs for a new total of 25lbs... TWENTY FIVE.  That's only 1.5lbs away from my first goal of 10% body weight lost.

Each week that I step on the scale, I am so thrilled to see a change but something else has become clear to me... I am so much happier.  When I started blogging, I was on a 'quest' to become a healthier, happier version of myself and I can actually say that I am there... while still working on the healthy aspect, I am doing things that make me happy... smiling more, spending quality time with my family and just enjoying life.  Old habits that felt like a weight on my shoulders, like YouTube, are now something I do for entertainment.  I only watch videos when I am walking or working out and even then, I sometimes forget to see what's new.  WOW... such an awesome change in such a short period of time!

WINS for the week:

1. Water Intake - I don't know if I touched on this before but I guzzle my water like it's my job BUT, I decided to focus on increasing it to 120oz a day and did that everyday last week.  Not only do I think that's helping me eat less (thirsty not hungry) but my skin is so much smoother. However, I don't think that the nightly pee-breaks are as fun... hahaha!
2. Walking - While the gym was lacking this week, I was able to spend some great quality time with Steven going on almost nightly walks to catch Pokemon... sure, it's a silly game but we have a great time catching them and hatching eggs.  Family time plus activity is a bonus in my books!!

CHALLENGES for the week:

1. Hunger - I had a couple of days this week where I couldn't stop the feeling of needing to EAT ALL THE THINGS!  I didn't cave and now that I think about it, it was likely period cravings but it was sure a challenge to push through.  
2. Gym - Not sure what was up but I wasn't into heading to the gym at all this week.  I did go twice so that's still a win but my plan of 2 days on, 1 day off sure didn't happen.  While my steps each day are totally fine, I feel like I should be doing a little more.  Here's hoping that I can get back on the gym bandwagon this week!

Last up... I have to share my new nails!  I did another declutter (post to come) and actually went and got acrylic nails on Saturday.  Yep... I have travelled over to the dark side and am in love!  HAHAHA... who knew?!?!

Eek... now to Pinterest to find my next nail design!!