This week I...

Ok I know I've come up with just about a million of these, but I am making an effort to post more regularly, so here we go!

Monday Post- Recap/misc
Tuesday Post- Meal Plan
Thursday/Friday- This week I... and I will list everything notable, both good and the bad


Sound good? Here we go

This Week I...


Got In some activity every day

 
And was in a reasonable amount of calories (although I definitely ate more than that the 21st and the 22nd, whatever happened there)

• Weigh In Results:+.4- 204.8 Obviously not what I wanted, but I'm moving on. I upped my workouts and had my best week in a long time. I know the losses will come, eventually
• As I said, I had a good week overall. I did snack a bit, but I tracked it. And focused on netting zero at the end of the day by getting workouts in, and limiting myself, especially with drinks. I hope to keep that up this weekend

Which brings me to...

Next Week I'll

• Get in 5 workouts. At least 2 should be over 500 calories burnt
• Meal plan
• Hopefully hike this weekend!
• Not let the scale get to me, especially when it says stuff I don't really want to hear

Meal/workout plan

Plan for week
	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	workout
Monday	Cosi Strawberry Parfait	Buffalo chicken sandwich (homemade)	curry chicken thighs, rice, veggies	cardio/strength at the gym
Tuesday	overnight oats	ground chicken asian stir fry	fish tacos	ripped in 30
Wednesday	overnight oats	ground Chicken asian stir fry	Chicken Cattiatore	rest/walk
Thursday	overnight oats	LO chicken Cattiatore	Steak and Cheeses, salad	run or gym
Friday	overnight oats	eat out (salad)	Pizza	walk @ lunch
Saturday	eggs/bacon/ toast		Chicken Sausage	walk/run
Sunday	out		@ parents	hiking

Revelation

Because I'm due one, right?

I'll make it quick.

I tracked everything today. I mean ev-er-y-thing. And I was over by 400 calories. Which was annoying. But I gave into chocolate temptations and had some M&M's earlier, so that was a big chunk of it.

So I forced myself to hit up the gym, and ended up having a really good workout.

I'm talking walking on incline, biking, and heavy weights. It felt good, and although I didn't bring my heart rate monitor so my estimate isn't accurate, but from my fitness pal (and based on what I did last time I did a similar workout), and the fact that my heart rate was consistently into the 160s, I estimated it to burn 700 calories.

So now I'm at a positive 300.

And I took my time eating (per boyfriend's suggestion. He thinks he's so smart, so I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of knowing that he may have been right), and thought to myself "what am I going to do with those 300 calories"

Do you see where this epiphany is  coming from? haha. I realized I don't need anything else. Sure, I could have that glass of wine, or convince Matt to grab some ice cream with me. But the truth is I'm content with not having any of it. I'm drinking a bit tomorrow night (It's beer brewing night!) , so I don't need that glass tonight, and while I might have a cookie or something later, eating a dessert right now isn't going to help anything. It's not going to keep me satisfied for the rest of the night, nor do I need to fill up that calorie limit.

Food should be for enjoyment, not to satisfy a craving/fulfill a need that I think I have. Sure, I need to eat, but It should be when I need to, not because I feel like I have to, does that make sense?

Either way, it feels good to be (semi) back on plan :)

Ten Things Thursday

Because I need to update more.

1. I maintained last Friday. It was bound to happen, right? I'm over it.

2. I restarted the Couch 2 5K, sort of on a whim. I have only been running 1X per week (doing it on my  terms haha), easing into it so to not upset my hip. And so far, well fingers crossed! I ran two nights ago, 2.3 miles running and walking, and it just felt so good. I missed it so much, and even more importantly, my moods have improved 10 times over haha. I just hope I can keep it up!

3. My eating was eh last weekend. I did ok  Saturday, but sunday was full of cakes and cookies and a whole lotta not working out at all. I hope to change this this coming weekend.

4. Besides my running on Tuesday, a walk on Sunday, and a run last Thursday, I have been one lazy bum. I blame the 90 degree weather. I did get 35 minutes of walking in what feels like 105 degrees with this humidity, so that counts for something, right?

5. As a result of my eh eating and bum status, I gained a whopping 2 pounds this week, bringing me right back up to 202.4. Didn't like seeing that today. At all.  Moving on.

6. Workout plan going forward:
    -Friday- ripped in 30 DVD. No matter what
    -Saturday- a walk, and swimming!
    -Sunday- a hike
    -Monday-gym
    -Tuesday- running
    -Wednesday- off
Sound good! I figure Saturday will be light, since it'll be my first swim in a long time. And by Wednesday, I'm going to want a day off!

7. Tomorrow night I'm grabbing drinks and a movie with two friends (sans men haha) and then Saturday night I'm probably babysitting. A nice, quiet weekend, which is honestly what I want. I've gotten drunk too much lately, and it hurts my weight loss

8. I took a long hard look at my efforts, once again, for the what, millionth time? And I think my drinking has been a big problem of mine. But not the frequency, because honestly, I don't drink more than 2-3 times a week normally. I think I need to cut down on the quantity. Like maybe, let some of the wine stay in the bottle, and instead of having 3-4 beers, have 1-2. I'm planning on focusing the next few weeks on pacing myself, enjoying myself, and not sacrificing myself for the sake of having a good time. Weight loss isn't without sacrifice, and I need to remember that. And I will. Already this week I've restrained myself a few times, which is a start

9. My eating results for the week:

And I feel like I was honest with myself too, although I don't know why the 15th and 16th aren't showing. They are in there at 1566 for Saturday and and 1705 for Sunday

10. So I'm still stagnating and being all wishy washy. I don't want to be! I'm really trying this week, no meals out or holidays (Father's Day did me in) to tempt me with. Sticking to a plan!