Stacey's Week 5

Well, as expected, while on vacation, my eating habits weren't so great.  I think fundamentally, I'm OK with that because sometimes I just get so tired of having to think about what I'm eating and just want to sit back and enjoy my food.  This was one of my goals with doing the 12 challenge was to continue to learn more so I don't have to think about it.  Clearly, I have a ways to go.  We did alot of exercising this week.  Walking and mostly hiking.  We hiked about 11 miles last week and it felt great.  I think the celebratory lunch and beers after the hike may have had something to do with the 2.6 pounds that I gain!  UGH!  I knew I would gain some but didn't know I would gain so much.  I'm a pound heavier then when I started the challenge 4 weeks ago. I think I had post vacation blues yesterday because I didn't have motivation to do anything.  I just felt blech.  Of course, it could have had something to do with the 500 (literally) emails I had facing me when I got back and that I worked 12 hours yesterday.  But today, I'm forcing myself to get away from my desk at lunch and hit the gym.  I NEED to get back into my running routine.  I have really noticed the difference in how I feel because I haven't worked out since our last hike on Wednesday.  I am also rethinking my diet plan.  I just can't seem to find one that works for me.  With Weight Watchers and MyFitnessPal I have to do a bunch of counting every single time I eat something and I'm tired of that.  Sanjay and I did South Beach a few years ago and I loved that.  I lost 30 pounds and then for some reason just stopped doing it.  I am thinking that this week, I will do another week of MyFitnessPal and then switch to South Beach starting Monday (need the weekend to stock up on the right foods).  Either way, I'm still making strides learning about myself and getting more into my running.  Hopefully, this week I will lose the 2 pounds I gained on vacation.

How is everyone else doing?