10% in 10 weeks-week 8

I'm pretty sure this is week 8 winding down & after a STELLAR week last week I got sick, had a sick 21 month old & no motivation to eat right OR exercise until today. LAME!
I'm pleased to say that this week has been another one of those eye-opening times where I remember WHY I like to work out & eat well. I have felt so gross & fat all week. I can't WAIT to get into the gym on Monday & grocery shopping tomorrow for all the yummy, healthy food I love to eat is going to be SO FUN!
I'm not down any more pounds but I know that next week will change all that. I am changing up my workout (again!) and making a plan for getting my cardio in every day next week. Mark & I will be out of town the end of week 10 so I think I'm going to move out finish line to the following Saturday (the 19th of March). We'll see where I'm at leading up to that though. If I'm winning I'll just quit while I'm ahead (what can I say? I really want that Coach bag!)
Thanks to all who have given me an encouraging word either here or in person. Your support & encouragement (and knowing that people are actually watching me to see what I'm accomplishing!) give me the motivation to keep going when I feel like giving up.

UGH, I suck

This update is mostly just because I have guilt. I have guilt about not blogging. I have guilt about having nothing to blog about. I have guilt that I'm not doing anything to blog about...the title says it all.

I'm actually doing a bit better this week than in weeks past. I've already been to the gym twice this week & I even got a pretty good upper body workout in at home this morning. I have a game plan for tomorrow (with a backup plan even!) and I'm feeling pretty great!

Some random life stuff has come up & while I don't have high hopes that I will be the big winner of my wager with Mark (which I wanted to start over but he made some comments that showed me what a big, sore loser I was acting like) I am excited to see where I'm at on "the big day", March 12th. Not that far away!

This is officially week 7 and I'm only down 1 pound (gained a bit, then lost a bit) "officially". I'm not sure where Mark is at but I think he is still about 7 pounds down total. That leaves him 13 pounds to go & me with 19! YIKES! But he also still hasn't declared what he wants his prize to be so maybe I'll remind him of what MY prize will be when I win. Wanna see it?

Here it is! Isn't it GORGEOUS!!!

For those that don't know, this is the Coach "Maggie" Mia handbag. I didn't realize what it was called when I saw it in the Coach store a few months ago but it was LOVE at first sight. Of all the bags in the store it was by far my favorite. And then I look it up online only to discover that it was MY bag! I mean, why else would they name it after me?!?

So, look for me in a few months, at least 20 pounds slimmer & carrying this beautiful bag.