2 Steps Forward; 1 Step Back...

This week was a bust. I pulled my calf muscle on Monday (It had been really, really tight for the past few weeks; so I guess I should have listened to the pain more earlier), so there were no workouts. I had a birthday dinner, birthday lunch, 1 banquet and 1 pot-luck party all within 48 hours and I definitely didn't track - or even make good choices (delicious choices, but unfortunately they all were delicious instead of being picky or strategic with my choices). I also gave in to all of my cravings - including an entire box of GS Shortbread cookies that I spread with chocolate frosting. Don't get me wrong, there were some good choices in there, including multiple salads, plenty of water, and regular fruit with breakfast.

So, I faced the scale this morning and made it to the 11am WW meeting. My friend who had the birthday celebrations suggested I should go, accept it, make better choices this week and then be excited when next week I have a really good week. So I was shocked when I was told I lost 0.4 pounds!!! Woo-hoo!!

I know that I can't make these kind of choices every day, or even every week, but I was excited to see that it wasn't a horrible gain. Thankfully this week my life goes back to normal: work 8am-5pm, can bring my own lunches, cook my own dinner, get some workout in as my calf is feeling almost back to normal.

I was planning on getting a workout in today, however a migraine has taken away my afternoon and I still feel like crap. I think I will be spending the night vegging out on the couch, maybe doing the dishes (as they have been staring at me all week) and watching my DVR. You know what, I am okay with that.

I have ate well today: drank 6 servings of water so far, banana for breakfast, leftover steak medallions from TX Roadhouse - amazing by the way and peppers with salad for lunch, and 2 3 WW Mini-Bars since this morning (They were on sale, so I bought the ones that taste like Thin Mint Cookies and Samoas Cookies. Pretty sure I'll be buying more next weekend before they go off sale). Time for more water and more Excedrin for this rebound headache and maybe a bit of food as I'm still nauseous.

I realize that I can't just blog about my triumphs in this journey, but I need to blog about the stumbling blocks too. My plan is to have more triumphs than stumbling blocks, but whatever happens I know I am on the right path.