Monday Link Up

So I laid out my goals on my last post for sort of a long term game plan.

I am doing a link up today at Operation Skinny Jeans.....I love the idea of small weekly goals to try and meet and to focus on the small picture, not the huge mountain I have to climb.

So here it goes here are my goals for the week:

1. Follow my exercise plan that I laid out.

2. Stay within my calorie range everyday and track what I eat.

3. Have a CONTROLLED cheat meal on Thursday when I am out with my husband.  Still haven't decided if I will drink or not.  I REALLY, REALLY, need to see a good week.

This weekend I would say I was really successful.  I am pretty happy.  I worked out really hard on Saturday and it felt great.  I missed my Sunday workout, but I am ok with that because I was gone all day with my daughter at a track meet, the gym was closed when I got home and then my husband and I took the kids to go see the movie 42.  So it was ok.

 (at my daughters track meet, great view but really crappy weather)

My food was really good this weekend, I had a couple tastes of Nutella that I should have on Saturday but I tracked it all and stayed within my calorie range.  I also, ate some things I should have on Sunday but not to bad.  I was gone all day and I also made some really good choices saying NO.  So it really was so much better then what I usually would have done.  But I really don't want to step on the scale.  That stupid scale scares the shit out of me right now.  I feel like if I even look at food I gain 5 pounds so........

I have my workout planned for today and no food with me.....not the best but I will make good choices.

On a side note, I spoke about my husband starting to get healthy.  Well he has been a rock star.  Really done great with his eating, not really exercised but he is taking baby steps.  So he gets on the scale and lost 9 pounds last week.  So jealous happy for him.  (Seriously WTF?????)

Also, here are some pictures of our garden that we have been dreaming about for years!!  So happy with it, small and managable....I hope.

(Clearing a space for a melon patch)

Happy  Monday and here is to a great week!!!