C's weigh-in: 130.6

I got sick again and took another week off of exercise. I'm so used to fighting excuses that it was hard to deliberately not exercise for a week and not feel guilty about it. I'm also not counting points anymore, but somehow I lost three pounds in the last two weeks. When I was feeling sick and melodramatic I decided I was wasting away from tuberculosis and possibly also cancer.

I feel better now and started a new turbulence training workout yesterday (tk5). I can do spiderman push-ups now, I couldn't the last time I did this workout.



I don't know how much exercise contributes to weight loss for me, but I really need it for motivation.

C's weigh-in: 133.6

I'll try to remember that any damage that can be done in a week can probably be undone in a week. When I go off track for a day or longer it's hard not to decide that it's all ruined and I might as well just give up.

Also, I got about half way to a chin-up yesterday. I'm doing one of the Turbulence Training workouts for women and it says if you can't do a full chin-up you can boost yourself to the top and then slowly lower yourself for each rep. Instead of doing that I've been attempting a chin-up on the bar and then doing pull-downs on the Bowflex for the actual reps. I'm using 140lb of weight on the Bowflex for the pull-downs, and I'm not going airborne so the Bowflex is lying.

We're going to an indoor waterpark with a group of friends next weekend. I bought a new swimsuit yesterday and have strong motivation to stay on track this week. It'll be hard to eat well next weekend but there's a gym at the hotel and I'm looking forward to working out someplace that isn't my basement.

B Weigh In: 144.0

I should be mad about this but I'm not. a 1lb gain is nothing after spending 3 days at Disney World (aka "it's next to impossible to eat healthy here so hell, I'll have french fries for breakfast World") I'm just happy not to have gained.

I am however having some issues with the gym lately. My motivation to work out is all but gone. I have never had any luck incorporating exercise into my weight loss plans. Even though I know that scientifically exercise *should* mean I can eat more food and still lose weight I never see it working out that way. The treadmill is constantly claiming that I've worked off 250 calories but my body seems unwilling to recognize this exchange. I don't doubt that working out will make me healthier but I suspect it will never make me skinny. For that I need to eat less french fries and sometimes that feels super depressing.

C's weigh-in: 138

Yeah. I got sick and stopped exercising. It felt like I had bronchitis crossed with mono so not exercising was probably the right choice. Then around Thursday I decided it was a good idea to eat cannelés for breakfast and have been eating like that every day since. Probably not the right choice.