December was a tough month for me. I set my goals in the challenge thread and I was pretty awesome in the beginning, and only 'ok' towards the end. Exercise didn't happen at all thanks to a series of unfortunate events. First week I got sick, a cold - made me feel too tired to do anything. The 2nd week that cold morphed into infections - double ear and sinus and I missed work for almost the whole week (went home early Monday and didn't come back all week). Was still weak the following week and finally by Christmas day I felt good! I thought I'd start working out again that last week of December, and then the day after Christmas I kicked the side of a cabinet at full force, bare foot, and my toe was bruised/bleeding, and the top and side of my foot and ankle were so sore I could barely walk for a couple of days. So here I am in January, first week back to work and I can't sleep enough to have the energy to add in exercise. I'll give it another day or so and then force it, but damn. Can't catch a break! The good news is that I met my weight loss goal in December despite the struggles (down 4.4 lbs). The downside to that is I had actually lost 9.4 lbs midway through December, but gained some back when the holidays happened and my parents and their stupid cooking got to town.

So far my biggest challenge is feeling like a burden because nobody else eats this way. It seems to annoy my husband a little because he wants to be able to eat the same things (easy things). Lunch is SO hard. We work at the same place so we lunch together, but lunch out is complicated because everywhere has a bun involved. I've decided, though, that I'm going to write down the restaurants we work near and then go check their menus and pick out some go-to's to try and make it easier. I don't want it to feel like a hassle to anyone but me...