Sorry I've been out for a while. We are moving in about three weeks, and we are working as much as we possibly can until then. The restaurant has been super slow- so we end up working doubles everyday to scrape by. In doing this, I have lost focus on working out and making sure we are eating healthy. We go in to work in the morning, have about an hour or so break, and are at work until way past supper time. So, we make a frozen pizza, or pasta for dinner. I don't work out before work because we sleep in until it's time to get ready. I knew that this month would be bad for weight-loss, because I honestly don't know how to focus on working/saving money 100% and weight loss 100%. If anyone has any tips, please let me know!
I missed TOPS this week because I've also had a migraine for the past few days. It's sneaky and keeps coming back. The headache has been pretty manageable, and I'm making it through all my shifts without having to go home, so I can't complain too much about it. So here's what happened the last two weeks:
Two weeks ago at weigh-in, it was awful. It was the second week of working as much as we could, so we hadn't been making dinner each night. I got on the scale at TOPS and I was up 4.6 pounds! In one week. Then everyone else got on the scale, and we were all up by a lot. Our scale was breaking. Our leader took it home and fixed some of the wires that needed to be soldered together. My scale at home isn't too reliable, but it said I stayed the same weight... The following week, after the repair, we were all down again. I was down 3.6 pounds. I'm sure I just maintained my weight over the past few weeks, I haven't lost, and I haven't gained.
We are burning a lot of calories with all these extra hours, but they are calories that we wouldn't normally be eating, so I haven't lost. I'm five pounds away from my first goal, and it seems like I won't get there unless we figure out how to plan ahead for healthy meals. I will be researching healthy meals we can make ahead of time, and are simple enough to reheat at 11pm when we get home from work, if I find any good ones, I'll pass them along!
During this month, I have gotten to a weight where I fit into one of my motivation wall outfits! I had a pair of shorts hanging on my hallway wall, and I tried them on a few weeks ago. They fit! I wore them to class:
We are done working doubles for the week, we only have the hours to work single shifts, so I'm hoping to get some workouts in this weekend, and we will at least be able to cook healthy on Saturday and Sunday night. I can tell my body misses healthy things. I have been craving Tilapia with veggies all week. I haven't been jonesing for cheat foods, I miss my broccoli. I hope to be down at this next weigh-in, and I may even be down the week after that. I have surgery scheduled to remove my wisdom teeth late next week, so I'm hoping the no food diet will help out :)
I'm struggling with not losing weight.. I want to keep losing each week. But, sometimes, when you're strapped financially, it's ok to shift priorities for a month. Once we are settled into new apartment, I'll find a gym again, and get back on track. Maintaining my weight is still a huge success when our lifestyle has shifted so much. Right now, we have to focus on the dollars. Next month, I'll focus on the pounds.
