Can't Believe It's Friday Already!

Where on earth did this week go?  My kids didn't go back to school until Tuesday, which sort got the week off to a weird start.  But it's Friday?  Holy cow.  What a blur. 

Here was my week in a nutshell:

Monday - went to the gym, then spent the day with the kiddos before they headed back to school.  Made some laundry detergant.  I thought I was completely out of it...but midday through making the new batch I realized I had about 5 gallons yet!  So I now have about a  6 month supply! 

Tuesday - took the day off from working out to let my body rest.  Kids went back to school.  Worked out in the garage and worked on housework.

Wednesday - went to the gym, picked up a neat locker-type piece of furniture (for $15!!!) for the foyer...which then led me to rearrange the entire foyer.  This still is not 100% complete, but I hope to finish it up today.  Tumbling was cancelled, so we enjoyed a night at home.

Thursday - spent the entire day at home, but didn't accomplish as much as I'd like to.  Ground some flour and made some bread (with a new recipe...didn't like it).  Picked up some hay for the goats at a neighbor's house.  Made a yummy dinner and watched Rio with the kids in the evening (great movie btw!)

Today - went to the gym despite feeling icky when I woke up (I think I'm getting a cold), ran to the store to get milk and a few essentials to get us through the weekend until official grocery shopping.  Going to grab a shower, pop lunch in the oven, eat lunch, and head to the garage for an hour or so to do some paperwork for our accountant that I have put off for too long this week.  After that, I'm finishing up in the foyer and putting some shelves out on the porch to store pet food, potting soil, etc.  I hope it works ok!

So that is my week!  Not too productive, but good enough for being a not-normal week! 

No Guilt

Today I didn't work out.  At all.  The most exercise I got today was carrying my crockpot full of chili to the van.  And I don't care.  I just couldn't bear the thought of working out today.  Not that I'm giving up on working out...just thought maybe my body (and mind) needed a break.  So I took today to send the kids off to school and get back into a semi-normal routine.  I did some housework and some laundry and some bookkeeping in the garage.  And it felt good to accomplish some things and not break a sweat! 

And you know what?  I don't feel guilty one bit.  Tomorrow is a new day...and it also happens to be gym day, so I'll be back to kicking my own tail and burning some serious butter tomorrow morning! 

My Dirty Rotten Stinkin' Terrible No-Good Weigh In

So you can probably guess from the post title that I didn't have a good weigh-in this morning.  And you're guessing right. 

Let me back up and give you a recap of my week....

I worked out EVERY DAY last week!  And I worked out extra super hard 4 of those days.  The other three days I ran a total of 12 miles. 

Yesterday morning when I weighed in (just out of curiosity), the scale said 175!  I was so excited!  So thatweigh in is what spurred on my 6 mile run yesterday...to ENSURE that I would keep that loss until this orning's official weigh-in.  So I'm not sure what happened.   Today the scale said 177!  That is up 2 pounds from yesterday morning AND 1 pound from last Monday's weigh-in! 

So today I'm TICKED.  Ticked because I worked my tail off to do what...GAIN?  GRRRRR.  I keep telling myself that MAYBE it's muscle.  But I don't really believe it...not sure why.  Maybe because that feels like the an excuse.  I could also say that maybe I was putting undo stress onto my body and it was in shock from all the hard exercise I was making it do.  Again, another excuse. 

I guess I will just wait until next week and see if I've lost weight over the long-term.  So change that weight loss goal of mine to 27 pounds instead of 26.  How humbling.