My last post was
titled, “Pretending Monday Didn’t Happen.” In reality, I’m just going to pretend all of
last week didn’t happen. I fell of the
wagon last week, hard. I ate like a
piglet, drank A LOT of beer, didn’t track my food, and skipped far too many
workouts. I got into the mindset that if
I didn’t track my food, it was like I wasn’t actually eating. Not seeing those calories add up fueled my
denial about all the awful stuff I was putting in my body. I know it’s good to have “bad” food in
moderation to keep yourself sane, but moderation was not a word in my
vocabulary this past week.
As I alluded to in my
last post, what’s in the past is in the past.
I made bad decision the last few days, but there is not anything I can
do about them now. What’s done is
done. I can’t go back and make
changes. Now, I can only move on and
work my booty off.
Since I sucked at life
this past week, I was not successful in any of my goals. Here’s a reminder of what my goals were last
week.
1. Focus on strength training.
2. Drink at least 8
glasses of water a day.
3. Maintain a 1500 or
less calorie diet.
Those goals are out
the window now. It’s a new week, and I’m
starting fresh with new goals. My goals
from last week were great though, so I may revisit them in the future. Without further ado, my new goals.
Eat slower.
1. Take time to savor my meals.
I enjoy cooking, and
like to take the time to try new recipes and make nice meals. I spend a lot of time prepping and making
food each day that I in turn wolf down in a few minutes. Often, it feels like a waste to use all that
time making a meal that I eat so quickly.
I want to slow it down and enjoy the food I make.
2. Run at least 25 miles
this week.
My half marathon is
now only 3 weeks away. I CANNOT AFFORD
TO MISS ANOTHER RUN!!!!!! By setting 25
as my mileage goal this week, it means I can’t skip a run without falling way
behind.
3. Record EVERYTHING I eat
this week. EVERYTHING!
Honestly, I sometimes
do not add food items to my MyFitnessPal account. I act as if not adding them means I didn’t
actually eat them. That is not the
case. My body will reflect those cheats
even if my calorie count does not. By
making myself track everything, I will be able to see what I can cut out of my
diet, and focus on making healthy change.
Today already, I ate ice cream. I
wasted 300 calories on ice cream. It was
delicious, and I enjoyed every bit of it, but I could have had 3 bananas
instead, or 4 apples, or about million stalks of celery for 300 calories. I could have eaten so much more, and been
much more satisfied, if I would have used those 300 calories on fruits and
veggies.
I'm excited to move on and begin this new week! I hope everyone else is off to a healthy start this week!
