Weekend warrior.

Ok, here's the thing....weekends are sacred sleep time to me. It's the time when I try to spend as much quality time with my pillow and blanket as possible to regain some of the sleep I lose during the workweek. So, for me to literally leave my comfort zone to go to the gym, it's BIG.This weekend I did it not once, but twice! Since I wasn't able to exercise Thursday or Friday, I had to go to the gym this weekend in order to meet my 5 day workout goal for this week. So, despite every fiber of my being whining "I don't wanna go!", I went (and dragged The Bestie along with me). The good news is that I was able to increase my times on the machines as well as the amounts of weight I lifted. Don't get me wrong. I still sweat a river and huff & puffed enough to blow the third pig's house down, but without as much of a struggle as in the previous workouts. I'm taking it as a sign that I've conquered the first hurdle in making working out a routine thing for me.

On the flip side, although I experienced success with my exercising, my diet...not so much. Back-to-back meals with out of town friends were amazing and fun, but they put a crimp in my healthy eating mojo. Bottom line....carbs AND cake(in various shapes) were consumed. But, I'm okay with it. The opportunity to spend time laughing and eating with people I adore far outweighs any guilt I may feel about slipping on my diet goal. As long as I make sure it's not a regular occurrence, in the end that scale number WILL drop.

Goals for this week:
~survive the first week with kiddos back at school (7 am duty days are not my friend)
~at least 4 days of working out
~avoid pre-packaged/processed foods (as well as school cafeteria meals) for lunches