Extreme Makeover: Me Edition!

Hello ladies! Welcome to another edition of EM:ME hosted by Amber! If you'd like to join us in giving each other healthy support head over to Amber's and link up!

I have not had the best week, and was very discouraged by the end of the weekend. I wasn't sure I wanted to link up, but I knew that I had to share the bad with the good...otherwise what's the point?

So I have some bad news and some good news. First the bad. You'll remember (if you visit Tanielle or I regularly) that Tanielle asked me to come stay with her kids on Wednesday night while she and Hunter Dan took Ashie to the ER. She had a severe bout of croup. She's okay now. Anyway, I was just getting ready to exercise, but of course this was more important! By the time I got home at 3:15 a.m. I really didn't feel like exercising! Then I missed Friday and Saturday as well! I felt like I let myself down and Amber who I committed to do Every Weekday in May with. What a loser! (and NOT the good kind!)

To make it worse I ate horribly over the weekend. I'm talkin' soda, pizza, eclairs, boston cream pie. I was so disgusted with myself by the time Sunday rolled around. I couldn't believe I had had several good weeks in a row, then let myself do this!

I'm not giving up though. I didn't weigh myself on Monday, but after eating very low calories on Monday and Tuesday, and exercising both nights, I still managed to lose 1.5 lbs from this time last week.

Also...the really cool thing... I've been at a kind of plateau for these past 5 lbs and I have finally hit the 30 lb mark of weight lost since January. Yes now you all know how fat I was to start with! Especially since I still have a lot to lose! Also...I bought some new clothes on Monday, because mine were fitting so poorly, and I wanted some summer clothes. I was able to buy a smaller shirt and pant size than I've been wearing for the past 2 years! Yay!

Here's a picture of the cute blingy watch I got in January. This thing fit snug around my wrist.



Here's a picture from today, Pixie helped me pull it out to show how loose it's getting.

I also figured out what my problem was for increasing my walking pace to 3.4. When I tried it again this week the same thing...my legs were dyin'. I did it for a few minutes, then just for kicks I increased it to 3.7...a very slow jog for me. This was so much better! I realized that 3.4 is too slow for me to jog it, but too fast for me to keep up with when I'm just walking fast. So instead of increasing to a constant 3.4, I have kept my pace at 3.3, then increased to a slow jog for part of the time. I'm hoping to gradually increase the jogging intervals, then eventually increase the jogging speed as well. Wish me luck!

Failed again on the going to bed early! What can I do to make myself go to bed on time? Any suggestions?

This week's question:

Name your guilty pleasure. Think of a healthier choice you could use as a substitute.

Wow...there are so many!

I love anything greasy and fattening! One of my favorite's are Nachos and almost anything Mexican.

One thing I've found to help me get my Mexican fix is this:

They're full of healthy stuff like chicken, beans, rice, green chiles - yum! Although they're not smothered in cheese and sour cream like I would prefer...they're still pretty tasty!

Everything in them is all natrual. They do have 400 calories, but they are big and very filling, so I usually have one of these for dinner! I get them at Costco.

I love Dr. Pepper, and there's just no substitute, so for now, I am just doing without. I allow myself one occasionally for a special occasion...but no more sending hubby to the gas station on his way home from work to bring me a big gulp!

That's my report for this week...sorry so lengthy. What's your guilty pleasure, and do you have a healthy alternative when you have that craving?