Tuesday was a disaster! An absolute disaster!! It's a long story but it revolves around a car and a dead battery and a very important appointment. We'll just leave it at that. But, on the upside of that was the very important fact that I did NOT indulge in a binge or overeat in any way to deal with the stress of the day. I did, however, have a true meltdown emotionally realizing the stress I was carrying around over things that have nothing to do with my weight loss. I credit my new lifestyle to helping life me out of that funk in nanoseconds compared to the way I have coped in the past. I did not break my plan, ate solidly, and opted for an early bedtime forgoing my workout that day. I have learned to listen to my body and let it guide my decisions.
Wednesday was a 100% improvement on Tuesday. I walked to work in the a.m. (about a 40 minute walk)., climbed stairs on my break, walked on my lunch for a half hour, walked with my husband on my afternoon break and then walked downtown to go shopping while I waited for my husband to get off work. After I bought a new nightgown (cute spaghetti strapped silky thing) and a couple of blouses for work my husband and I headed for the gym. I did 15 minutes of intense cardio and a pretty intense leg workout. We had to catch the bus so I finished my triceps workout at home. My nutrition was great...6 small meals, spread about 2-3 hours apart.
Thursday (today) I woke up with a sore throat. Great. I just remembered that I ran out of vitamin C two days ago...might have something to do with it...mental note: Don't forget to pick up the vitamin C! (it's now 9:04 p.m. and I forgot to pick up the vitamin C...*sigh*) So, I ignore the sore throat and walk to work, climb stairs on my break, walk on my lunch and on my break, and walk home. When I got home my mother-in-law and her boyfriend were here so I visited with them for about 40 minutes which stretched my mealtime out to 4 hours since the last meal...not good. That's never good. So, I ate way too much at my dinner meal BUT I had plenty of points to spare so it's all good. And, I opted out of the next meal. Since I will be going to bed early (trying to prevent getting a full blown cold) I won't need a 6th meal today.
After I ate, I watched my recorded episode of Biggest Loser, put my sneakers on and did an intense 20 minutes step session and then worked my abs pretty hard. Stretched and now I'm ready for bed! awwww shit! I gotta go take a shower first, THEN I'm ready for bed....well, and I have to get some food ready for tomorrow, but THEN I'm definitely ready for bed....um, after I set all my clothes out for tomorrow, but then I swear I'm really gonna be ready for bed.....I'm exhausted now tho....lol!
Tomorrow is FRIDAY and I have a great weekend planned! I'm going to lunch with my mom and my uncle Roy is here from Oregon to visit, I am doing TWO update videos for YouTube, I have my weigh-in on Saturday morning and we (the hubbs and our kids) are going to go see Alice in Wonderland (LOVE Johnny Depp!!) so the weekend is jam packed with fun stuff! I'll be carrying a cooler with all my food around with me and getting my workouts in on Friday night and Saturday without fail. Sunday is my off day...
Nighty night ;)
one more thought....are you doing all you can to reach your goals....? ;)
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Hi Denise,
ReplyDeleteGlad if finally found you.
So sorry to hear how things are going with you. All of them are huge issues on their own. Dealing with all them has to be tough.
The only thing you can control is the eating. I am happy you are going to do that.
Hang in there. I know it's tough.
If you want to take a break come for a visit.
Hugs
marjie