This past week was a crazy one for me. It was my last week of summer, and between the panic of getting my room ready and the sadness of knowing I would be leaving the girls, I did not do a good job of bettering myself. I only got a couple of walks in and I did not eat heatlhy at all.

I am super disappointed in myself. I think it is frusterating because I was doing so good, and I was seeing and feeling the results. I need to examine why this week was not good and come up with a plan for changing it.

I think one of the biggest obstacles for me was time. I spent the days snuggling and kissing the girls as much as possible, since I knew I would be back at work soon (it really is okay though, the girls go to my mom's while I am at work, and trust me, they would rather be with their Mimi than stuck at home with Mom!). I tried to walk during the day with them, but it was so hot and my double stroller is sooo heavy!
In the evenings I ran up to school to try to get my classroom ready, so that left no time for working out.
Time also made it hard to eat healthy. I wanted to get a few more evenings of pool time in, so the nights I wasn't at school I was at my parents' pool. By the time we left to head home, there was no time to prepare a healthy meal. So we picked up fast food, or made something quick out of the freezer!

The other bad thing about this week was that it is one of the only times us teachers get to eat out for lunch! So I should of just brought my lunch right? Ummm..not gonna happen! First of all, I miss my teacher friends all summer, and so this is a time for us to catch up and have some fun together. Also, it is one of the only times I am not scarfing down my food in ten minutes...that's about how much time us teachers have for lunch during the school year! So I did go out to lunch, and I will again on Monday and Tuesday. But, I knew I wasn't making the healthiest lunch choices, and I plan on really trying harder this week.

Once school really starts and I can get back into a routine I think, no I know, things will get better. I have everything ready for healthy lunches and snacks, and I plan on fitting in my walks before I pick up the girls from my mom's house.

So I gave myself an F+ for this week...but I'm planning on an A+ for next week!

The positive note is that even though I didn't do anything healthy for myself this past week, I have NOT gained back any of the weight?!?! Also, yesterday I went back to school shopping for myself, and I was down a pant size!! Shopping is so much more fun with that happens-also more expensive, since smaller clothes just seem so much cuter!!

I promise to blog a little more often in the weeks to come, but next week will be a little crazy...I'm getting those new minds to mold, and I will be exhausted!!!

Adios,
Jennie