SunnyCA's Journal

I am in the weird state of having an old weigh-in day (Wednesday) and a new one (Monday for my challenges. At least now I am accountable twice a week! Today is my regular day established April 8th and I am down 2 pounds from last week! Yeah! I REALLY pushed hard this past week, almost too hard (calorie intake lower than my target) because I am so much wanting to bust into the 190's. I made it to 200.5 today. It's like putting a golf ball to the edge of the hole on a golf drive. (I don't golf, but I can see the ball hanging on the edge and feel like that). My 40th high school reunion is November 14th, only 3.5 more weeks and that's motivation for me, too. My plan for this week is more consistency with exercise, but less intensity. I have been injuring myself due to excess intensity, then having to take off a few days to recover. I don't mind sore muscles, but I have painful plantar faciitis, knee pain, ankle pain all of which is joints and tendon pain, not muscle. I also have had muscle pain and that part is good.

This really shows that regardless of perfection you can control what you eat but not always outcome. I was perfect on my plan, even going below the bottom of my planned calorie range most days. I lost 1 pound. I'd love, love, love for it to be more than that. It's not, but I know that a little bit in the right direction plus consistency will get me to goal.

Sunday October 18th





Today I will devote to cleaning.

Plan for today:
A. PAPERWORK
Continue with filing papers and throwing out unwanted papers and magazines. Continue adding to the things to be taken to charity. Goals for Sunday:
Finally finish sorting all the "papers" that are currently in the kitchen and family room. This stuff includes current bills, documents from 2008 and 2009 taxes (receipts etc), schoolwork from my 2008-2009 teaching credential program, current teaching papers, substitute teaching paperwork, death of my parents paperwork, paperwork from my photography business, and general topics I am interested in.

B. VACUUM
Vacuum family room and kitchen.

C. MOP
Mop kitchen after it is vacuumed.

D. LAUNDRY
Keep the laundry machine going all day and fold and put away each dry load. Goal: At least 3 loads.

E.FURNITURE MOVING
Finalize placement of furniture in family room. I just can't get this "right".

Food: My goal today is lots of veggies and lean protein. I may eat salads for both L and D.

Progress so far since starting the challenge:
I have been cleaning A LOT all week, mostly organizational things since my paperwork has been so out of control. I emptied 11 file boxes of paper so far this week. I scrubbed my kitchen counters and the counter in my front bathroom, plus I pulled out the refrigerator and vacuumed and mopped behind plus scrubbed sides and top of the refrigerator.