Well, I rocked, then I sucked, then I
rocked again :) I started off the week strong. I was doing a good
job without snacking, but halfway through the week I started to lose
focus. Yesterday I completely lost focus. I went out to lunch at a
Mexican restaurant and then we ordered pizza last night. I need to
learn self control when I go out with family or friends. I don't
want this to be a temporary diet. I want this to be a change that I
can keep up the rest of my life. Let's face it, I'm not going to
stop going out to eat with family and friends. Usually when people
want to get together that's what they do around here. What I need to
do is learn to order better. There is no reason why I should still
be ordering pop. I need to stick to unsweetened tea or ice water.
These both do the trick, even better than pop because pop often
leaves me still feeling thirsty, so why do I still do this? Going
out to eat is horrible, but most restaurants offer low fat options.
Whether I go for a low fat option or not, I need to make friends with
the good old classic doggie bag because we all know restaurant
portions are out of control. I would have probably been OK with the
pizza last night if I would have stuck to two or three pieces (they
were the small square types of pieces). Something, I have heard of
people doing before and maybe I should start doing is asking for a
doggie bag at the beginning of the meal to stop me from over eating.
Fancier restaurants sometimes take your food from you to bag it for
you, but most restaurants around here just hand you a box, so if I
put some of it in a box before I start eating and only leave on my
plate what looks like a reasonable amount to eat, I would be less
likely to over eat while going out. I may look funny doing it, but
people who know me and love me will understand why I am doing it.
The reason why I said I rocked after I
sucked was because of my workouts. I did meet my goal of working out
three times this week. This morning I stepped on the scale to see
that I had gained two pounds, instead of letting it ruin my day and
maybe pig out at breakfast like I have done in the past, I took
a step back, refocused, and continued with my day. I started off by
making a list of reasons I want to lose weight. There are 31 reasons
:) With that list in mind I headed to the gym, and ended up doing
two hours! I did one hour on the tread mill, thirty minutes on a
bike, and thirty minutes on the elliptical. I am still not running,
but I am headed in the direction. I tried running on Wednesday and I
literally got the tread mill up to speed for a split second and a
pain shot up my back, but yesterday I was able to run for two minutes
with no pain. I guess the best way to sum up the week is that I hit
a little speed bump but I have sense recovered nicely.
Week= +2
Total= -9
Happy Running!
Sally
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