McFatty Monday, y’all!!!  First, apologies that it took me until yesterday to make rounds on last week’s McFatty & I’m not even sure I managed to comment for everyone.  It’s pretty much the same reason I didn’t accomplish one of my goals & the laundry is piled to epic proportions on my guest bed again.

Work.  Baby.  & a never-ending quest to regain my sex life (more on that later).  But I figure y’all are sympathetic & hopefully understand that this past week was like getting hit by a Mac truck & then hosed down with ice water in 30-degree weather.  But it wasn’t even that pleasant or organized.  & I will do better this week.

Second, THANK YOU for the veggie tips!  I went grocery shopping yesterday & snagged some fresh broccoli & asparagus, all set for roasting & lemon saucing & garlic & all that jazz, so I am excited.  Last night, I munched on spinach with ranch, & asparagus drizzled with olive oil & lemon.  DELICIOUS.  A nice change because I definitely slacked on veggies this week – the good news is, I didn’t replace vegetables with Doritos.  The bad news, I didn’t eat the amount of food required.

Good News:

• I lost 3 lbs!  Impressive considering a) I had three meals that were not Nutrisystem and b) I didn’t work out.  At all.  Goal FAIL.
• Nutrisystem really is teaching me to mind my portions – on those three meals, I pictures what a Nutrisystem serving of beef stew or pot pie was, then selected that amount.  Two of the meals were a direct result of OH MY GOD, I CANNOT EAT SPLIT PEA SOUP.  WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU MAIL THAT OUT?!?! but I tried to stick to dinners loaded with fresh veggies & little fat.
• I never have to see Split Pea Soup in my NS box ever again, thanks to ordering only my favorites from here -on-out.
• I amped up my water intake, which was a goal from last week.  My trusty Nalgene from pregnancy is once again my faithful side-kick.

Bad News:

• Last night’s performance at a friend’s house for dinner was not impressive.  I still have a long way to go about learning to say no to that second glass of wine or “No, I don’t need an entire quarter of the pie as my personal dessert slice.”
• I didn’t exercise.  At all.  Not one evening of Jillian piping through my television, or even 5 minutes on my elliptical.  There is no way I can get up earlier to work out & shower since we’re already slapping the alarm clock at 5:45am.  I’m really struggling with getting a routine down after work that involves working out once Harrison is in bed.  It’s hard to get motivated to sweat at 8pm when I know I’m in bed an hour later, so maybe I’ll try to work out the moment I get home – maybe Nate can eat while I work out, then I’ll eat & feed Harrison so he can snag 30 minutes to decompress before bath & bed.  ::sigh::  The logistics of it all still give me a raging headache.

What hurdles are you facing, rolling into Week 3?  When do you work out?  Do you work out every day, or are you one of those folks (like me) that feels successful for walking briskly through Target on a formula run?  I’d love to read posts about how you manage to swing it into your schedule, how long it takes, what you do, etc.

So here I am, two weeks & eight lbs lost into McFatty Monday.  Nate warmed my heart the other morning by telling me that I already look skinnier (& I thanked him later in a wifely manner. Now he tells me I look skinny every 5 minutes.  MEN!).  I can’t tell any difference in the way my clothes fit yet, but hopefully soon.

(i feel like i should always put a disclaimer that i don’t wear make-up or do my hair when i’m around harrison. because he’s just going to puke on me. so don’t judge the grease & sloppy bun)

I’m only making one goal for this week – to work out at least four times at at least 30 minutes apiece.  Hold me to that, mmkay?  Because the fat dimples on my arms are begging for some light weights.