Its been almost a month of no real weekly weighin and updates, its almost impossable to keep up with the blog when I am out West, everyone keeps me running and while blog posts run though my head, trying to find the time to sit down on a computer and get them out on the screen proved much harder then I thought they would be.

So I had to go back to the “book” to get a accurate picture on my weight then vs now..so, I had a offical weigh in during my health check up, so its nice to have a second scale also confirm where I am at.. so while I thought I did really bad over the holiday’s and I did indulge on some really good food.. overall I did better then I thought because combined with my working hard this week, I am down 4 pds since my last weigh in a 28 days ago.. for a total of 9.3 pds out of my 50 pd goal.

** 4 pds down on the Family Spring Weight Loss Challange

I didn’t meet my goals that were posted a month ago, I didn’t journal, I didn’t drink my blended drinks, I didn’t have my kettle bell with me, and I didn’t get to the pool even once.. I did get a new bathing suit, so that I could go hot tubbing at Big Brothers, but it was hardly a workout.

I did however have goals in mind for the past week since I arrived home so lets go with them..

1. Use my journel-Yup daily..
2. No eating after 8-5 out o 7 times but no eating after 9 pm
3. Popcorn is the night snack of choice-Yes, but need to limit this to X times per week and limit the size of the pop..
4. Sleep when tired-Yes, its been a week of catching up on my rest and I am finally! starting to feel like I am getting back into the farm routine.
5. Get a few Wii workouts done-Yes 3, plus a core/upper body weights with DH

Goals for this week

1. Journey food, and Water intake-At least 8 cups of water a day!
2. Redo my eating plans based on the new resting calorie numbers
3. Workouts at least 3 to 4 times per week, my choice on what kind, but expect most of them to be wii ones, but mix it up on the type, plus at least two strength workouts with DH this week.
4. Do at least one craft project for time to settle and reach that Zen moment, Think I will Lucet some hotpot holders
5. Spend a little extra time out in the woods with the hounds, they do so love winter time on the trails.

The only other things that really fits into this weeks report is that you can tell that we are in the middle of winter, and I am trying to figure out just how much I want to eat “only” from the pantry, vs getting a few things fresh to eat per week..  I have lots frozen, dried, and canned and I still have a fair amount of winter keep potatos, 3 kinds of squash’s, onions, apples and carrots, but that’s it for fresh..

I am thinking I will be limiting myself on store got to five things per week.. 2 fresh fruits, two veggies and of course mushrooms.. This past week, I added in basket of Kiwi, Banana’s, Mushrooms, and greek yogurt, as I needed starter back in the house.

Otherwise the rest of our meals are coming from our pantry and storage, how are you finding your winter eating? Are you making most of your meals from your pantry, or are you buying lots of fresh stuff from the store? Somewhere in the middle? What have your found is still staying in the cellar for fresh use come this Jan?