Weekends are Killer

If I could get through the weekends without eating/drinking like a horse, I would probably lose 5 lbs a week. Another typical week has gone by. Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday and (even though I'm not Catholic or religious) I decided that it might be a good idea to eliminate pop from my life for 40 days. First few days went okay. Definitely did suffer from caffeine headaches (which SUCK) on Thursday but made it to Friday without pop.... then came Friday night.

Typical Friday night in good ole Byron. Headed over to the neighbors for a night of drinks, board games and cards. Wasn't really feeling the beer or vodka/juice drink so ended up drinking Rum/Diets all evening. I rationalized this by saying to myself "only when drinking". Saturday night rolls around . . . same story. Kenny and I drove down to Mankato to hang out with our college friends and had an awesome night! Of course, drank the rum/diets! Man, do I love rum/diets! Another night of pop drinking.

Then on Sunday (after NO sleep), ran the SMJTT in the morning (hugely successful by the way) and then went back to the cities to bowl in the MN Women's State Tournament. By the time I got to actually bowling, I was EXHAUSTED! So who did I look to for relief . . . yep that's right . . . Good ole Mr. Diet Pepsi. After the excruciatingly painful three games were done, headed to Chili's with the family to enjoy a birthday dinner with the little bro . . . again had to hit the pop cause I was sleepy! So this whole giving up pop idea was NOT successful this weekend. Trying to get back with it today.

Now, let's talk about food . . . I love food and it SUCKS! Definitely ate out a LOT this weekend which was not so good. Gary's Pizza on Saturday night in Mankato (delicious) and Jimmy John's after the bars (can't break the Mankato/Jimmy Johns tradition). After the tournament on Sunday morning, it was a quick stop at McDonalds, followed by dinner at Chili's (and of course at Chili's, I had the 1500 calorie salad and a birthday brownie dessert). So now, it's Monday. I'm feeling bloated, dehydrated and sleepy. I think I need to work on this weekend thing!

Want to send a shout-out though to everyone that I saw this weekend! Got to spend time with two of my best girls in Mankato, future groomsman and his bride, some of my favorite gals from the Linds Northern Stars bowling team and spend time with both sets of parents!

Because I have been failing on my blogging skills, I would like to inform you reader that I did in fact weigh myself last Thursday AM and I came in at 197.8 lbs. Trying not to be too upset about gaining a bit of weight because I started strength training last week. My bestie sent me an early birthday present: Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred and so far I am LOVING it! It is only a 20 minute quick circuit workout that kicks your @$$! I did it four days last week and took the weekend off. I also have been trying to mix the elliptical in with the new video but I need to find the right combination so that I can get both the cardio and strength! Thanks so much Kris for the awesome gift!

If you have made it this far, you are probably sick of reading about my crazy, hectic life so I think I'm just going to leave it at that!

Thought for the day (since my weekend was not the healthiest):



Talk to you soon readers!