Getting back on track after the Holidays

Today’s Friday and that marks a full week since we returned from our vacations. It’s been a tough week, lots of catching up to do at work with dozens if not hundreds of emails to go through and reply to and following up on pending jobs from last month so I haven’t had as much time to write as I would’ve liked. The house is a mess, luggage is still unpacked which would normally drive my partner crazy, however given the fact that he’s been super busy at work too so I haven’t gotten “the look” yet. I still may get it this weekend if I keep procrastinating.

Even though I’ve been busy at work and as part of my 2018 New Year’s resolutions I did manage to cook pretty much every night this week, except on Tuesday when we went over to my in-laws house to celebrate my father in law’s birthday. I did have a couple of pieces of fried chicken (yum) and a slice of homemade carrot cake and I regret NOTHING.  It was all delicious and we had a fun evening so to me that’s a win. The rest of the week I tried different healthy recipes that were all excellent, my favorite being these baked shrimp taquitos from the skinnytaste website. I love shrimp and this recipe is really easy to make and most importantly they taste delicious. I wish I had taken some pictures of it. 

As mentioned on my previous post I only gained about two pound over the holidays, which was a pleasant surprise to me. However, I knew that all the food and booze I consumed over the holidays were not going to be easy to get rid of so I was determined this week to get back on the fitness horse and at least loose those two pounds I gained back. As extra motivation I also joined a group challenge at my gym this week to burn at least 3500 calories between January 8th and January 14th, which I’m happy to report I’ve already completed.

I’m all sore again and even though I did struggle to get through some of the exercises after two weeks of not doing any exercise I am very happy to say that at all the hard work has paid off . I am down to 297 lbs, which means I lost the two pounds gained over the holidays plus two more which is amazing. Not only that but I really think my body is starting to change and shrink where it needs to shrink. Next week will be my two month mark since starting this journey, which means I will be measuring myself again and taking some progress pictures. There may not be much difference in weight since the last progress picture report but I am really hoping to have lost some inches (especially around my belly).

I will keep you all updated. As always I will update my progress page here every week if you want to keep track of how I’m doing.

Hope everyone has a blessed weekend and thank you for checking in on my progress.