New Week, with New Resolve

Hello Gang! Sorry I've been MIA for the last week, but RB & I got a new baby puppy. Her name is Kimber, and she is now 8 weeks old. Last week was tough on everyone as we were getting acquainted, and she is still in the potty training phase. Last night she slept for 6.5 hours, so I'm not dragging like I was last week! I can't wait until she is big enough to go running with me, that will be so fun :)

Well, I'm back on the wagon, and am keeping track of all calories and exercise in my livestrong.com MyPlate page. One thing that I'm trying to do this week is to not eat really late, and to get at least 2 water bottles worth of water in, using my awesome new Brita water bottle!

I have had many doubts regarding last week, you know what I'm talking about; "I blew it, now I have to start over", "I just need to cut my calories way back, to make up for the overeating", "I wish I could just give up!". However, I know in my brain that one week of not doing great is not going to completely sabotage what I've done already, and if I am up a pound or two, that is ok, life happens. If I start going over last week, I ask myself, "what good and healthy thing did I do last week?". As I look back, I didn't stop for fast food several times, and waited to eat until I got home, I did less snacking because I was eating higher calorie meals, and I did get 1 day of exercise in. So if I look at it that way, it wasn't too bad. I think if we can try to recall all of the positive things we do at the end of everyday, this could really help our healthy living mindset.

If you read this blog, please leave a comment of something healthy that you did last week. Hearing other's positive examples can have a huge impact on what we do.

beckSTRONG!

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