Monday Momentum - Keeping it Real

I'm coming up on my one year weight loss anniversary.  For months 1-4 I was a weight loss machine and dropped over 45 pounds.  The next two month I was a little weaker, but still making progress and ended up with a total of 55 pounds lost.  February through mid July of this year I've been derailed.   Stress was a big factor to begin with...then it just got easier to be lazy in my food choices.

I've been steadily getting back into the gym (which I didn't do at all during that big weight loss).  It's easier now that Olivia is working mornings at the gym, because I have to drop her off right there so I have no excuse not to go in.   I'm wanting to add a water fitness class, but the thought of having to get in and out of a bathing suit just makes me cringe.  But on a positive note, I'm down 2 bathing suit sizes from last year.

Our garden has been producing lots of zucchini, lettuce and basil, so I've been eating lots of salads and zoodles.  I was given some fresh Swiss chard recently and found that to be pretty tasty when wilted with garlic and bacon bits.

I've tried a few new recipes, and just so you know I am NOT a fan of chia seed pudding.   Leaving the chia whole gives it a pearly feel in the mouth, like tapioca on steroids.  Blended chia makes for a gelatinous/slimy feel that just turns me off.  I never really considered myself to be a food texture snob, but just not feeling this one.

So I've said all that to say I've been struggling.  But I've not given up, just given in a few too many times.  The scale has started to move...very slowly, but at least in the right direction.

This weeks goal, get to the gym a minimum of four days, and increase my water intake drastically.

Do you have a specific goal for this week?