Crash and Burn….again

So, I led people to believe I was this greatly disciplined gal, about to take on the challenge of my ever increasing waistline. And, this blog kind of took on that theme, which was really not the intent when I started writing (albeit seldomly), but that’s fine. What’s not fine is that I have ended up doing what I always do…fizzle out. One major challenge and I have a heck of a time getting back the motivation to try again.

Well, we tried again to get back on track, but I didn’t blog about it, because I kind of wanted to start to have secret success…hopefully not another secret failure. Anyway, Andy and I invested in gym memberships, with a few training sessions, and bodybuggs…yeah, we put money into it.  And we got going with fervor!  And we were being more consistent with getting to the gym, even if it was 9pm, counting our calories, and succeeding! Andy lost 10 lbs. quickly, and I lost about 4 lbs, not AS quickly.  But one hectic week hit (kind of two) as we started a few major house projects, because I was hosting a big baby shower, and we wanted to get the house a little further ahead in it’s beautification process.

But in the midst of that OUR beautification process got derailed. Our diets crashed because we were so busy and short on time, we were eating out a bunch, and not taking the time to check the calories. And I was baking a lot for that shower, so I was eating a bunch of sugar…Anyway, we also got off the momentum we had going at the gym.

Now, a month later, we’re still struggling to find that momentum. And we’re about to have even more to do with the house…because we’re putting it on the market!  Woohoo! Not really excited about that part…but we are excited about the house we are trying to purchase. We have the opportunity to buy my grandmother’s house, which is incredible.  It’s going to take a while to make it our style, but it’s a great sized house to be content in for a long time, with plenty of room for entertaining, and room for a growing family (don’t jump to conclusions), and for my business. It will also take a while to transition, as it is still choc full of my grandmother’s belongings, and she is still very present in our lives, so we are working to guard her emotions and wellbeing as we make some tough decisions about her possessions. But we will be rushing to get our house in shape to put on the market as early in April as we can swing…which means 2-3 weeks of CRAZINESS!

…which means 2-3 more weeks (at a minimum) of struggling to get back on track. It really does take time to think out your food, and track every bite. Even using awesome technology (my calorie tracker on my iPhone is a huge help), you spend quite a bit of time doing it.  And with one vehicle, we have to BOTH be in the right time frame to make it to the gym.

BUT I’M NOT GIVING UP. It’s a matter of principle…whether for my own health, or for the crapload (woah, Andy just channeled through me!) of money we spent to make us have more accountability…we’re going to get it on track. It may be baby steps as we go through this season. It may simply be committing to make it to the gym at least 2 times a week, even if it’s just for 30 minutes on the eliptical. But it would be something. And something may be all it takes to keep us from crashing and burning yet again.

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