Disappointed....

I am disappointed in the results from the last few weeks. 

I have been so tired lately that exercise has been the farthest thing from my mind.  I am feeling stretched a little thin.  Our house was hit by a doozy of a flu/cold.  Not to much vomitting but fever and aches for days.  All five kids got it and of course when you spend that much time cuddling and comforting the little ones, we are bond to get it as well.

So the exhaustion from care of them, the lack of sleep due to whining kids, and the outside commitments at the school have all taken their toll and exercise has been virtually nonexistent.

I still have had the chores outside to do.  When you shovel out two barns full of shavings, and lift pictchforks full of hay, there are some calories burned and sweat does run.   We did help the school with moving from the old wing into the new wing which was a lot of heavy lifting and walking.  We do lead a very active life!

So I have to try and keep the calories down.  I have been pretty good with limiting the intake.  When eating out, It's not a couple burgers anymore but it's a salad.  At home I have been able to stick to one helping and have managed to stop the late night snacking.  One other thing I had under pretty good control was the nightly ice cream.  I used to have a big a bowl of that almost every night and have lately have only had two or three bowls over the last month or more.  I didn't realize how many calories the ice cream was adding to my day.

The goal for this month is going to be similar to last month.  Keep down the late night eating and the after dinner snacking.  I am going to try to keep meal times at meal times and not be eating in between.  Part of that goal will be to try and get the supper dishes put away and cleaned up as soon as possible after supper.  Not having it sitting on the stove tempting me every time I walk past will be a huge help.

Weigh in wize, I had lost 10 pounds, but over the last couple days I have put back on 6 of those.  I can this 10 pounds my "easy 10"  They are the 10 that come and go as they please.  When I step on the scale I know I will get on of two numbers.  The 10 might be on or the 10 might be off.  I would like to get under that plateau and keep it there.  Here's hoping.