Happy Halloween!

Today begins the start of the holiday season. First comes the bags and bags of candy. With three kids trick or treating there will be plenty of candy for weeks to come and candy is definitely my weakness. My solution? Put all the good stuff outside in a vehicle. Far enough away that I have to burn calories to get to it.

Next comes Thanksgiving with the high calorie meals and leftovers. Shortly after the Christmas season with parties, cookies and candies galore.

The eating is not the only problem of holidays. A lot of it is not being able to exercise because we are too busy visiting or with company. After getting out of a routine it is difficult to get back in it. My solution? Do it anyway!!! I may not like doing videos with company here but I can get on the treadmill or play outside. With company around I have more people to watch the baby and I need to take advantage of that.

My gameplan today is to do double time on exercising, cardio and strength today. I already messed up eating banana bread for breakfast (warning very high calorie!). Now I have 1150 calories left for lunch, dinner and candy. I usually have at least 1500. I know I will ant candy so I need to plan for that and burn extra calories.

I was feeling down this morning because my weight loss slowed down so I looked at my journal. I have lost 1 pound since last Wednesday, but my calorie deficit since then is 3600, so 1 pound. It is my own fault because the program is still working. I can not expect to lose a pound every other day, or I will get disappointed and quit. Lesson learned! Keep trucking on and slowly but surely it will come off.