Time to Report!

So in my last post I came up with the idea to be accountable to all of you on a daily basis for 14 days to help me build healthy habits again.  I was making daily status posts on Facebook about whether I had a healthy habit or bad habit day.  It was considered a healthy habit day if I stayed in my calorie range and worked out.  Bad habit days were when these didn't happen.  So here are the results:

The first 6 days ROCKED!  I worked out for 1- 1 1/2 hours each day and I ate within my calorie range.  On day 7, I had a continuing education dinner for dietitians at a fantastic restaurant.  I ate a delicious meal including a chopped salad and salmon.  But the side dishes were augratin potatoes and creamed spinach.  And then the killer, creme brulee.  I LOVE CREME BRULEE!  So I ate unhealthy that day and did not work out since we got done late and I was too full to workout after.  This is when everything started going down hill fast.  I started having half good habit and half bad habit days.  It was like I would eat healthy but then not go to the gym.  Or I would go to the gym and then eat terribly which counter acted the progress I made at the gym.  And then the ultimate habit killer occurred, I went on a last minute road trip to California.  I was stuck in a car w/ delicious (not so healthy) treats for 12 hours each way.  Plus we ate at Jack in the Box at least 3-4 times (since we don't have those in Utah).  And we ate out for every single meal and I did not figure out my calories once on the whole trip.  When I got home I should have reported bad habit days all across the board for Thursday through Sunday.  AND I gained 5 pounds over the weekend.  Booo!

Luckily I have been able to kick it back into gear over the past week and I've taken 4 of the 5 pounds off so far.  I've been better at going to the gym and I've been trying to make better food choices.  But I still need to be even more consistent with the gym and start tracking my calories again.  I have been debating whether or not to start the good habit/ bad habit day posts again for another 14 days.  It was working really well when I was doing it.  I think I will, so I hope you all don't get annoyed with it.  Sorry this post wasn't very inspirational or anything like that today.  I mostly just wanted to let you all know what was going on with my weight loss progress and what happened with the last challenge.  I'm going to add in some fun pictures from my trip so you can at least see how beautiful it was in California.  I hope you all are persevering with your weight loss (and weight gain!) goals.  Just keep swimming! 

 Me in a tree! 

 Beautiful Santa Barbara California! 

5 reasons why I gained weight with the trip.  Delicious treats from a Danish bakery in Solvang, California.

Camile and I in front of the waterfall outside of Solvang, California.

And cute, quaint downtown Solvang, California.  I adore Solvang!