Day 18... Going to have to stop pushing myself so hard for a bit

This morning I gave into my depression a little for a bit... not what I wanted to do but for some reason I wasn't strong enough to push through it. I stayed in bed until 12:30 not wanting to get up for some reason. I'm just going to say that it was something I needed to do and forget that I did it. Around 12:30 I got up and decided that my knee felt good enough to go to the gym. Once I made up my mind to go to the gym my mood started to change. Even just thinking about going to the gym makes me happier!!!

I decided that even though I've been having problems with my knee that I would still try to push myself and jog the 10 minutes I have been able to do in the past. As soon as I stepped on the treadmill I realized that my knee had other plans. I walked my normal 3 1/2 minutes then started to jog. I was able to jog through the pain for 7 minutes. I then had to stop jogging and just walk. It was irritating. I jogged for 2 more minutes at 1 minute intervals. I almost made it to 10 mintues but my knee wasn't having it. I finished my 35 minutes on the treadmill by walking. I then did 35 minutes on the bike. When I ride the bike my knee doesn't hurt except for on rare occasions. Even though my knee was throbbing by the end of my workout it felt so good to sweat again after missing yesterday. I proceeded to come home take a shower and the elevated my knee with ice on it. That helped but it is still sore. I did buy me a knee brace today in hopes that it will help. I need to be able to workout. It is one thing that I can rely on to do daily.

Today was the first day after my cleanse and I haven't been very hungry today. When I did eat I was able to stick to healthyish choices. After my workout I had 3 scrambled eggs, for lunch I had veggies, for dinner I had a turkey, avocado sandwich on wheat bread. I probably could of had something a little more healthy for dinner but that sounded really good. I also drank my 1/2 gallon of water today... it was really easy to do too. :)

We got our family pictures back and even though they are wonderful... I finally realized just how heavy I was before starting this. These pictures were taken 2 weeks ago and I already notice a difference. I'm not saying that I am much different now but I can tell there is a slight difference. I still have a long ways to go.

I also realized I should have taken my glasses off because they change to sunglasses outside... oops! These pictures are just more motivation for me to lose more weight and to not give up. Next years pictures will be much different.

Let the lbs melt!!!