A great weekend away has me feeling really good today. The scale this morning was up (alot), but it was well worth it to have a little mini-vacation. Getting away for just a couple of days and not having to worry about my day-to-day life has really helped my outlook on things I think.

I know I haven’t been posting much recently, and I certainly haven’t been watching my calories, but I’m still busting my ass on p90x, having only missed a total of 3 days of the 51 I’ve been at it (two of which were because of surgery). As far as habits go, that’s definitely a good one to be building.

I know I can’t just sit pretty on the 42 pounds I’ve already lost, but in my efforts to not do so, I think I’ve been focusing too much on how much further I have to go, and all the mistakes I’ve made since I started to struggle. When I see little gains, or small losses, in the back of my mind, I compare it to the 1.7 pounds a week I was losing before, and I feel like I’m not doing well.

At different points along this process of trying to improve my health I’ve eaten better, worked out regularly, cooked my own food, saved money, etc. I just haven’t quite figured out how to put all of those things together at the same time.

Practice makes perfect, or so they say, so I’ll keep trying until I get it right.