And We All Fall Down...

Or at least, I've sure fallen down this week. Badly enough I gained a pound and a half. Yep, GAINED... a pound and a half. Which is exactly the opposite of what I want to be doing. And yeah, I could make the excuse that six days (as of today) of cramps are to blame, but really, that's an excuse. And I used that excuse all week to eat a little too much, snack a little too often, and not exercise nearly enough.

 I have to remember

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So what if I messed up this one week? So what if I started today with a chocolate croissant, in bed, because it's Mother's Day? That doesn't mean I'm down for the count.

That means it is time to get up, get moving, get going, on the rest of my life. My coach pointed out a couple of weeks back that if I mess up at one out of five meals, I still have a bunch of chances each day to get it right. One mistake doesn't mean I have to keep going on that path. It's like being on a bus... if I got on the wrong bus, I would get off, and find a way to the right one. I certainly wouldn't just sit there while I get farther away from my destination by the moment!

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So that's what I have to do now... pick myself back up, dust myself off, and get going.

The other thing that's been holding me back the last two weeks is my knee. I injured it during a bad landing at a trampoline park a couple of weeks ago. And most of the time, it seems pretty good now. Then I'll move wrong, and it hurts like hell again. So I caved and bought a knee support thingy, which really seems to help. I only plan to wear it during exercise right now, as I want the knee to heal, and I don't want to be dependent on a support device. IF the knee doesn't get better, yes, I will go see a doctor.... uuugh. In the meantime, I've been reading about strengthening said knee. I can do squats, step-ups, and lunges without any actual pain, so that's good. It only hurts when I straighten the knee too far.

Last week, on our weight loss challenge conference call, we talked about excuses. And the bottom line message was NO MORE EXCUSES. Because we'll always have them. I promise you, I can think of a million and one excuses at any moment. I can think of an excuse at the drop of a hat. Really, I am very, very good at excuses, which is why I'm still fat, why my final paper for the semester isn't finished, and why my house is perpetually cluttered.

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This week, I will stick to the following:

Turbo Carb Cycling
(with one exception - HC Friday, LC Saturday, instead of the other way around, because I weigh in on Sunday mornings)

A gallon of Bikini-in-a-Bottle* a day
(*water with Herbalife fiber, protein drink mix, metabolism-boosting-tea-concentrate, and aloe)

Exercise Monday through Saturday, with these workouts OR at least 2-3 cycles of the 7 Minute workout app; and on Saturdays, Iron Yoga/bike rides/hiking.