Happy Independence Day week! This week has been unbearably hot. The humidity was well over 50% every day and we had real-feel temps of over 100 for five days. When the weather gets like this there is no cooking. It's just too hot. Especially since there is only AC in my bedroom and the rest of the apartment can get into the 80s or 90s. This means a horrible diet. I didn't eat much over the last five days, or I ate out at restaurants because it was just too hot to want to turn the stove on. This lead to my first week gaining weight since I have been on Weight Watchers. I am so thankful that the heat broke yesterday.
Today I went grocery shopping and stocked up on all sorts of healthy foods like fruits, veggies, turkey, cheese, eggs, and hummus (chocolate dessert hummus, it's to die for!). I am more than ready to get back on track and start losing again. I am mad at myself for letting the heat get to me and ruin my eating habits, but that is going to happen from time to time. There is nothing that I can do to change it, I can only look forward and plan on healthy meals again.
I also haven't gotten to the YMCA either. It's so hard to find time to work out because my son refuses to do anything at the gym with me, and I have him all day every day except every other weekend. I love having him around, but there are times when I just want to get out, get to the gym, and spend some time on the machines without having to fight with him to get out of the house because we aren't going to do something HE wants to do. He likes going swimming there, but I can't take him swimming and work out at the gym at the same time. Right now I can't even go swimming because I have a fresh tattoo that is still healing (open wound and chlorine...NOPE). They have a "kid zone" room there where kids can go and the parents can go work out, but it's more of a daycare for younger kids, so there isn't much for him to do there. I am sure he doesn't want to hang out with a bunch of toddlers! It's tough, I just need to find a balance or try and find a machine that he will like (haha good luck with that) so that we can exercise together.
At any rate, that is about all that has been going on lately. Just trying to keep my head above water and keep the scale moving in the right direction. Here's to a week of healthy food and maybe some walks since it's not so hot anymore!
