Week 4

-.8 for a total loss of 4.2 :)
I get so nervous/excited when I wake up on Wednesday "weigh in" mornings. I'm so excited to see the progress but so nervous at the same time. When I weighed in today I couldn't see the scale and she took a little longer to write the number so I got really nervous for a minute, but thankfully it turned out good. 
   The beginning of my week was a little rough. I was staying in my point range but I felt as if I were not eating well. I was saving points and eating some unhealthier things and after a few days I was starting to feel it. It's funny that even though I was eating my points, if it wasn't healthy it was making me feel different. I love the way a change of food and exercise can make you feel. Those days I was eating like that were also days that I was not exercising. Once I started exercising was when I started to truly feel guilty. It's amazing how much food and exercise go together. When I am exercising I crave healthier foods, when I'm not exercising I crave unhealthier foods. I love the feeling of craving healthy food. I tried onions and bell peppers in my salad for the first time this week and loved it! Well I didn't love the onions, I liked the onions but I loved the bell peppers. Now I am trying to game plan for thanksgiving. I know what I normally eat can not be eaten this year. I am so thankful that we have been talking about it in the meetings. By time thanksgiving day comes I will have thought about what I will eat on that day for about three weeks. Hopefully I'll stick to my game plan ;)
   I have been LOVING exercise! I kind of slacked at the end of the week last week, but on Saturday it was on. Saturday and Sunday I did the Biggest Loser bootcamp DVD. Man oh man I am still sore from it. It was much harder when I added the second part (week 3) to it that I had not been doing. On Monday I went to Jenee's bootcamp class at the rec at school. Well that just added to the soreness, but I love her class so much. She is so encouraging and so energetic. She's not one of those instructors who yell at you, she is super sweet which is why I think I am so motivated to work harder in her class. 
I also bought a bike this week :) My roomate Amanda has been having one for a few months now and we  have been talking about me getting one so that we can go on bike rides together. Well Santa came a little early this year and I got my bike this week ;) We rode our bikes to campus and then went pay our water bill and then back to the house and then later to the gym. haha We were so excited that day and just wanted to ride everywhere. The plan is to ride our bikes to the gym everyday, workout, and then ride home. We also want to go to the St. Tammany trace more often and ride along the trace for a few hours. I will probably bring my bike home on the weekends so my mom and I can ride together on Saturday mornings. I am so excited about this new fun way of exercise. 
  The most exciting phone call this week was when my mom called a few days ago. She went to the doctor and the doctor told her that she HAS to change her eating habits and get some weight off. I am so thrilled about this because I have been begging my mom to start weight watchers with me since I have started. I ask her to exercise with me when I am home but she always rejects. Well she totally has a new attitude on things and I am excited to start and continue this life journey with my mom. She is not doing weight watchers, she is doing something else the doctor suggested, but just being on this journey to healthiness together is exciting.