Being home alone = recipe for disaster

Well, I learned this weekend that being home alone all day means that I'll eat ALL the food. If I'm at home on a weekend day, my boyfriend is usually there with me, so I don't eat things I shouldn't (because then he'll KNOW, haha). But he was working this weekend and I ate too much crap. It wasn't all out binge, but it was more than I would have normally eaten. I think the next time he has to work on the weekend, I'll make a more conscious effort to make plans with friends so I'm not tempted by things in the house.

Overall, though, the week has been really good. I look forward to jumping on the scale tomorrow morning (Tuesdays are my regular weigh-in days) to see how the scale says I've done.

Strength Training

Does anyone have any guidance/websites/apps on beginning a strength training program? I've done some weights before, but I've always felt that i was just wandering around doing exercises that I know. I'd love a personal trainer, but that's just not in the budget right now. Both free weights (at the gym) and body weight (at home) recommendations are welcome!

Suggestions by fellow Dietbetters:

• Website/App: Cody
• http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbinfo.php?page=BeginnerWorkoutPrograms
• The book "New Rules of Weight Lifting for Women"
• Pinterest has lots of great suggestions for exercises and sites. I'm sure that a search on "beginning strength training" would give you a wealth of info. YouTube would probably be the same.
• You tube. Google. Classes at the local gym

More suggestions are welcome!

I want to EAT.

Today is one of those days when I just want to EAT. Anything you put in front of me, I'm going to want to eat. I just finished breakfast and I'm wishing I had more food just to eat. You know what I'm talking about. Going to focus on staying busy at work (after I read through all of the updates since I was last here) and keep my mind off of food. But boy, I could do some serious damage today, left uncontrolled.

Weekly Weigh-In

Tuesdays are my weekly weigh in day and today I was excited for it. I've been working really hard to eat healthy over the last week and it worked! I'm down 5lbs this week! Sure, last week was my TOM, so I'm sure I was retaining some water, but I'm proud of this loss. I celebrated by taking a short walk before work (I was 10 minutes early, so I walked a couple of blocks) and eating a healthy breakfast. Here's to another healthy week!

NSV

I've been avoiding all the post-holidays treats in our breakroom by having a peppermint whenever I'm craving something sweet. I really wanted a cookie after lunch, but I told myself that I'd have a peppermint then, and if at 3pm I wanted the cookie instead of my healthier snack, I could. Turns out, it's almost 3pm and the sweet craving is gone and now I can have my healthy snack guilt-free! It's the little things.

Not exactly what I was planning...

Starting 2015 off with severe lower back pain is not exactly what I had planned! Hopefully this IcyHot will work wonders and I'll get back to feeling fine tomorrow! I had to reschedule my gym session today for this weekend (I can still make 5x for the week). Guess my body just needed a day off. BUT, my eating has been on point the last couple days, so I'm not too worried about it!

Post-Race Blues

It's been just over two weeks since the half-marathon. I'm finally getting back into the workout swing... I took 2 zumba classes last week, had a short 15-minute weight lifting session (pre-zumba class), and went for a 2.43 mile run. Tonight I'm headed back to zumba and I have 2 runs scheduled this week (Christmas/gym not having classes/traveling have prevented much more than this) -- but overall, I'm OK with my exercising. I'll knock it up to 4-5 days a week after the new year/things settle down.

What I've been struggling bigtime with is my eating. I've been eating EVERYTHING in sight lately. And things not in sight. I've gotten into a really crappy habit of stopping somewhere on my way to work and getting a soda and a snack or two or three. I'm probably eating 1000 calories before 9am. It's out of control and I'm not really sure what's happening. All I know is that I need to STOP. Every day that passes I know it's getting harder and harder to get to my 30th birthday goal. If I get things in gear now, I can still make it, but I'm sabotaging myself. And I don't know why. My life is in a really good place right now. My depression is sneaking back in, but I think that's because I'm eating like crap which means I'm not getting good sleep, which brings down my defense mechanisms. It's an awful cycle.

For now, I'm going to go to the library and pick up a book about weightlifting and then head to the gym. And have a reasonable dinner when I get home (thanks to TheBoy). And hope for a better day tomorrow.