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Survived Christmas Day but it's not over

Whew, I survived Christmas day without overeating. I believe that's partly because I was hosting the event in my home. Whenever I host any event, it's hard for me to sit down and actually enjoy what I've slaved over, although I did do a lot of tasting to make sure the food turned out ok. Too bad standing does not count toward a workout because if it did I should have lost about 5 pounds. I was on my feet from sunup to sundown. The balls and the heels of my feet were hurting so bad that I could hardly walk this morning. I believe I was working on about 2 hours of sleep for the entire day.

Today is a different story. I finally had a good helping of what I cooked yesterday since I could finally sit down and enjoy it. I have been nibbling back and forth on sweets all day, which isn't a good thing. I encouraged everyone yesterday before leaving that they needed to take as much as they possibly could. Even with that said there is still a good amount of sweets leftover for me to devour. Way too much temptation! I go back to work tomorrow so that should get me back in the swing of things until this weekend. Did I mention that this was our son's 1st Christmas, not to mention his first birthday is this coming weekend? I'm hosting that party in my home also, the same weekend of New Year's. The excitement isn't over yet.

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Sweet Tooth

Lost another 2 pounds!! This is great considering I only made it to the gym once last week. Personally, I think it's the stress that dwindled away those 2 pounds. My sweet tooth has calmed somewhat but not nearly enough to justify the loss. The other day I stopped at the Godiva store and purchased 3 different chocolates then ate them all that night. I felt so guilty afterwards but they were so good. The temptation is just so high around the holiday season. I also had some ice cream over the weekend; a bad habit that's making a come back! So as you can see I am not in control still but I did get my workout in today.

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Losing Control

Help! I have been falling and can't get up. I have been snacking on oatmeal cookies like crazy and I want more. I made some homemade oatmeal cookies last week and I know I ate at least 2 a day. One day I even ate one for breakfast. What a way to get my oatmeal.

I have also had a sweet tooth for the last week. I have constantly wanted sweets. Like today, I needed some ice cream and nothing else would do. Before I indulged in ice cream I had an apple to see if that would curb the craving but it didn't help. It might have even made it worse.

I have been stressed this year over the holiday season. I have done nothing on time and my to-do list is growing by the day. We usually decorate the day after Thanksgiving to kick off the holiday season. This year; let's just say we purchased our tree this weekend.

Moreover, not only am I hosting Christmas dinner at my house, but my husband and I are also giving our son a birthday party 4 days after Christmas. He will be turning one! While it's exciting that our baby will be turning one and it's his first Christmas, I am stressed about entertaining in our home.

I feel like the house should be near perfect and there's a lot to do before it reaches that point. There's less than 2 weeks left to prepare and I am ready to pull my hair out. This has left very little time to work out. I went to the gym yesterday but only completed my cardio portion of the workout once again. I just can't seem to get it together.

On top of that, I have been having really bad headaches and backaches and have been prescribed 800mg Motrin for the pain. Oh yeah, to top that off, I haven't lost any weight in the last two weeks as shown at my last weigh-in . That's depressing with itself. Hopefully, this time next week I'll be in better control of my life!

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Back to the basics

I finally made it to the gym over the weekend and it felt good to be back. Sometimes I get a little restless when I haven't been to the gym in a couple of days. I suppose that's a good thing. I actually just came from working out tonight also. I only got a chance to do 40 minutes of cardio. I'll have to catch up with the weights probably on Wednesday.

On the not so good news side, my cholesterol has crept back up. I just got my results and it wasn't pretty but I should not be surprised. I haven't been eating oatmeal like I was in the beginning. It's very hard for me to eat oatmeal now because I ate it almost every day for a few months. Now all I want to do is gag when I eat it now. I will try it again maybe in a couple of weeks so that I can get those numbers back on track. I am trying to give myself a grace period so that when I eat it again it's like new.

In addition, this week, my office mates found out that I was a part of the WebMD Fitness Challenge. I had been keeping it a secret so that it wouldn't be any pressure while I was at work. Now since it's known it kind of makes me more accountable for my actions because I will feel like everyone's watching what I do and don't put in my mouth. We'll see how it goes...

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No gym, no progress

Ugh - It's Friday already and I have not made it to the gym all week. The last time I worked out was on Sunday. Every day this week I have had things to do and have not had the time to get to the gym before they close. Today, I slipped and had french fries with my lunch - not good either and not to mention I had soda and candy earlier this week. While these incidents separately are probably not a big deal, cohesively it doesn't look or feel good. I see it as a slippery slope again. And the bad thing is I actually feel heavier after eating those fries. While the fries were good, I don't miss the feeling I get after eating them.

On another note - my lower back has been killing me. I can't even sleep well at night because of it. I am not sure if my workout is to blame or something else. I've already had one doctor's appointment on the topic and I have another one on Monday.

I'll check back soon.

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