Mamavation Monday (well, actually Tuesday)

I'm still getting over being sick. My sore throat is gone, but I've still got a cough lingering. I had my Scentsy launch party last Wednesday. My sister and I spoiled ourselves and got mani/pedis. I've only had a few other manis and only one other pedi. I would love to treat myself all the time, it was so relaxing! I got gel nails for the first time, that was a lot of fun, though it was extremely stinky!

Of course, I worked all week and my energy level is still pretty low, so exercising was non existant once again. I'll keep putting that on my goals list and I will get it accomplished. It's hard to motivate myself to exercise though. Before work, I either have only a little time or I just want to sit down a bit. I head off to the casino and run my ass off and by the time I get off work my feet are sore and all I want to do is get off them.

Challenges

1. Still getting over being sick, energy level very low.
2. Eating at work! I only ate at work twice, one time I gorged on breakfast food and the other I had some pizza. I do have a lunchbox that I recently won. I just need to get to the grocery store for healthy options to put in it.
3. I'm finding it very difficult to motivate myself to exercise.
4. I forgot that one of my goals was to track my calories and food.

Successes

1. I weighed myself at the mall when I was getting my mani/pedi. I'm at 232 pounds. I'm nowhere near happy about this weight, but I actually thought it was quite a bit more. I'm glad that I have my starting point though. I still need to get measurements in.
2. I drank my four cups of water everyday! There were several days I drank double that, but four was my goal and I hit it.
3. Last Thursday, it has been 8 weeks since I've had fast food. I have eaten at Subway though. Subway and Panera are the only two places that are "fast food" like that are on my ok list. I love Subway! I used to go there all the time when I was in high school and I would always order a ham and cheese. But once I tried something new, I was hooked on trying new subs! My current favorite is Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki, delicious!

Goals

1. Stay away from fast food! I think my goal is 3 months and then I might treat myself. Depending on if I even want it then that is.
2. Four cups of water per day, more is of course better!
3. Measure myself.
4. Track calories 4 out of 7 days this week.
5. Exercise two times this week, for twenty minutes each time.

Billie's Question of the Week
     If you have a physically demanding job like myself, how do you motivate yourself to exercise     outside of work?