Not that I know how to do both simultaneously, judging by the massive amount of dominos I ate this weekend. But I mean, in theory, I know what to do :-)
No, in all honesty, I could have been a lot worse. and I have, believe me. Here is what I did to try and balance the two:
-a TON of walking. When I was abroad, I ate and drank with abandon, and still lost 30 pounds in 4 months my secret? Besides working out consistently (I had a weird schedule, so I had about 2 hours a day to kill while all my friends were still in class. and we didn't really have a lot of homework, so I was bored. A lot. And would go to the gym, or for a run. It was amazing), we walked everywhere. And I really attribute that to most of my weight loss. So this trip, M and I made a point to walk. Friday night we walked in town (about 1.5 miles), Saturday we went outlet shopping, and Sunday we walked around town. Not too much walking, I wish we had done more, but hey, it's something!
-Get a workout in wherever possible. Friday morning before we left, I made a point to go to the gym for a half hour. I burnt 450 calories, which helped me stay in my range for the day :-) It also made me feel great starting my day out too, which was just a bonus. While there, M and I made great use of the pool, and did a bunch of laps. I didn't count it (I honestly don't know how long we were in there for either day) but I know it counts for something, right?
-Try and follow portion control. Key work try, haha. I won't lie, I could have definetly done better with this, but I did try. I only ate 3/4 of my burger, and half my fries Friday night. Saturday I split my sandwich with Matt. We went overboard for dinner, but I was also drunk, and normally don't eat when I'm drunk for that exact reason haha. All in all, I'd give myself a C, because even through the bad choices, I still was conscious of what I was doing.
-Enjoying yourself in moderation. This trip was a beer trip, I'll admit that. And it's not easy to moderate yourself at a beer fest :-) but sometimes, you have to live your life :-) And Friday night, while we went out drinking, we didn't go overboard, mainly because we didn't want to be hungover for the festival, but hey, it works for my weight loss too!
-Stay Active. And not just in the workout sense. I wish I had planned something for Saturday afternoon/Sunday morning, just because one of my favorite parts of our Portland trip was the little sightseeing things we did. Like going to the wildlife reserve (which was huge and an awesome workout walking around. Helped me work off my hangover!). We had talked of walking along the coastline, but it was chilly and we were both tired. Next trip we take, I'll definetly plan something extra to keep us going!
All in all, it was a great weekend. Really relaxing, a lot of fun, and exactly what I wanted for my birthday. I wish the fest was on my actual birthday, but hey, whatever. It's funny, because I love my birthday, but this year, I think with all the stress and anxiety of moving out and money and just everything that's gone on lately, I'm just not feeling it. Maybe I'm getting old (yuck). Either way I plan on having a nice weekend, brunch with my sisters, out with friends, and then delicious southern BBQ with M on Sunday, for the actual day. Yum! It's probably what I'm looking forward to the most, haha. I also want to hike this weekend, which is equally exciting ;-), hopefully we can do it a few more times before it gets truly cold outside, you know?
Anyways, nothing really else is new in my life, besides my current infatuation with the Hunger Games. I'm on book 3, 80 pages from the end, and it's seriously how sad how much I love these books. They are amazing and fantastic and beautiful all in one. Which is rare to find these days :-) I won't lie, book two made me cry and I have been so sad reading book 3. It's been a long time since a book affected me this way, and I kind of love it :-) And can't wait for the movie! I love the casting, and have really high hopes, so hopefully it will fill them, right?
Either way, I need to finish this book. The past two nights have been sleepless, because I stay up reading, and then am all jittery because I am so enthralled in reading it. It's not good, not good at all :-)
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Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Because You Can't Let Life Pass You By
Am I right?
That is the theme of my life right now. I've talked about it before, but lately I've been feeling burnt out from tracking. From watching what I eat. From doing Weight Watchers. It's not like I'm not seeing success, but I just feel tired. I walk by people at work eating their muffins and their pasteries on Breakfast Thursdays and wish I could do it to (And I know you can, but the points aren't worth it to me) and not care what I'm consuming.
Ok I don't wish that. I'm happier now than I've ever been, I just hit a wall, so to speak. You do anything for a really long time, eventually you are going to get tired of it, you know? I don't care who you are and how much success you've had on weight watchers. Eventually, it gets hard. And annoying. And you sometimes just think to yourself "I just want to devour a burger" without abandon. Or drink myself silly without thinking about the points plus damage.
So I took my vacation, and vowed not to think about Points Plus. At all. I was going to enjoy myself and have a good time. And take a break from it all. And it was great.
Seriously people. Great. I have so many victories to share (and some bad things too, but I'll share those as well. Full disclosure, right?)
Victories!
-I can honestly say that at every meal I stopped myself when I was full. That includes not finishing my fries at the fish and chips place, ordering a small burger from mcdonalds (hey, sometimes you need it) and bringing home the pizza from Flatbread Pizza Co.
-We walked everywhere! The first night we walked the mile and half into downtown Portland. Then we walked from bar to bar. Saturday we walked around downtown. Especially Saturday night. We went to bars clear across town, and even though it was raining, we still trecked it out. Sunday was our big day. We went to a Wildlife park, and it all spread out. In addition to being a blast, it felt like a great workout afterwards!
-M and I did not drunk eat once. We wanted to, a bit. The second night we even bought snacks so we could do it healthy style. But we resisted, and I'm proud of us for that!
Not so Victorious:
-I drank. A lot. I also threw up the second night from drinking, which I haven't done in almost 8 months. Yikes Marie, Yikes. We partied a bit too hard. Next time we go away we both agreed we don't want to be hungover both days :-)
-I may have snacked a lot Saturday afternoon. Hey, I was hungry!! And on Vacation! :-)
We had such good food while we were there though. Awesome Jappanese, great pizza, great Fish and Chips, amazing Belgian style french fries. I was in foodie heaven!
All in all a good trip. I did overindulge drink style Saturday night, but things happen, right? It could have been worse, and as of right now I'm only up 2 pounds, which I'm okay with.
I've realized a lot of my happiness is based off the scale, which isn't fair. So much of my success is based on what isn't in those numbers. Personal Happiness, Athletic ability, loss of inches. How can I achieve all that and still not lose weight some weeks? And then proceed to beat myself up over it. I need to relax on the scale for awhile. I'm still going to weigh in, but I'm not going to make it my life. If I hit what I want to hit, great. If I don't then I'll just have to do better this week. It's a journey, and I can't live my life constantly restricting myself. There is a line between indulging all the time and just living my life. It's totally doable, I just need to work on my self restraint, and figuring out what's truly important to me.
I do have to update on my race, I'll do that another time though. It's going to be a long one :-)
That is the theme of my life right now. I've talked about it before, but lately I've been feeling burnt out from tracking. From watching what I eat. From doing Weight Watchers. It's not like I'm not seeing success, but I just feel tired. I walk by people at work eating their muffins and their pasteries on Breakfast Thursdays and wish I could do it to (And I know you can, but the points aren't worth it to me) and not care what I'm consuming.
Ok I don't wish that. I'm happier now than I've ever been, I just hit a wall, so to speak. You do anything for a really long time, eventually you are going to get tired of it, you know? I don't care who you are and how much success you've had on weight watchers. Eventually, it gets hard. And annoying. And you sometimes just think to yourself "I just want to devour a burger" without abandon. Or drink myself silly without thinking about the points plus damage.
So I took my vacation, and vowed not to think about Points Plus. At all. I was going to enjoy myself and have a good time. And take a break from it all. And it was great.
Seriously people. Great. I have so many victories to share (and some bad things too, but I'll share those as well. Full disclosure, right?)
Victories!
-I can honestly say that at every meal I stopped myself when I was full. That includes not finishing my fries at the fish and chips place, ordering a small burger from mcdonalds (hey, sometimes you need it) and bringing home the pizza from Flatbread Pizza Co.
-We walked everywhere! The first night we walked the mile and half into downtown Portland. Then we walked from bar to bar. Saturday we walked around downtown. Especially Saturday night. We went to bars clear across town, and even though it was raining, we still trecked it out. Sunday was our big day. We went to a Wildlife park, and it all spread out. In addition to being a blast, it felt like a great workout afterwards!
-M and I did not drunk eat once. We wanted to, a bit. The second night we even bought snacks so we could do it healthy style. But we resisted, and I'm proud of us for that!
Not so Victorious:
-I drank. A lot. I also threw up the second night from drinking, which I haven't done in almost 8 months. Yikes Marie, Yikes. We partied a bit too hard. Next time we go away we both agreed we don't want to be hungover both days :-)
-I may have snacked a lot Saturday afternoon. Hey, I was hungry!! And on Vacation! :-)
We had such good food while we were there though. Awesome Jappanese, great pizza, great Fish and Chips, amazing Belgian style french fries. I was in foodie heaven!
All in all a good trip. I did overindulge drink style Saturday night, but things happen, right? It could have been worse, and as of right now I'm only up 2 pounds, which I'm okay with.
I've realized a lot of my happiness is based off the scale, which isn't fair. So much of my success is based on what isn't in those numbers. Personal Happiness, Athletic ability, loss of inches. How can I achieve all that and still not lose weight some weeks? And then proceed to beat myself up over it. I need to relax on the scale for awhile. I'm still going to weigh in, but I'm not going to make it my life. If I hit what I want to hit, great. If I don't then I'll just have to do better this week. It's a journey, and I can't live my life constantly restricting myself. There is a line between indulging all the time and just living my life. It's totally doable, I just need to work on my self restraint, and figuring out what's truly important to me.
I do have to update on my race, I'll do that another time though. It's going to be a long one :-)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Vacation weeks ALWAYS drag
Don't they? I took Friday off ages ago for my pending vacation with M. Since he got his job (which totally outweighs this), we can't leave here till around 3, so I have the day off to hang out, get ready, etc etc. I might try and book a little beach time in there too ;-)
This weekend was busy! I ended up eating a sandwich that did not agree with me (it tasted fine, but I'm wondering if the pesto was off. I was buzzed while eating it, it could very well be the case). So most of the beer fest was spent clutching my sides in the bathroom. Lovely way to spend 45 dollars, let me tell you. I felt bad, for myself and for M since it was just the two of us. Hopefully the next one goes better!! I learned my lesson, I will always eat beforehand!! It was still fun though, for the time I got to enjoy it :-)
Saturday M and I managed to get in a little gym time. I spent a solid 45 minutes working on strength training, because I still felt a bit off from Friday. As of Wednesday I was still sore. And I was honestly wondering if I maybe I pulled a muscle, since I hadn't done anything in a week and a half (Strength wise anyways, I've been busy!!). However I went to the gym last night, against all odds.
I left my sports bra at home. so I had to go all the way home, and then change and head to the quincy PF, which I hate. It's always busy and people are always standing around judging. Especially in the weight area.
But I went , and am proud to say I stood my ground and did upper body weights in the free weight section, even with all the big muscley guys crowding the area and walking around (seriously at least 3 of them almost walked into me). I actually got a good strength workout, even though I purposely didn't use my lower body at all. I used 7.5 pound weights, and can feel it today! I also spent 35 minutes on the eliptical, working my way up from level 7-10. I think from now on I'm going to start on level 8, because the first 10 minutes were very easy, and my HR was pretty low for me (around 140-150). Normally it's low for the first 5 or so and then picks up, so I think starting at a higher level with bring me back to that!
All in all a good workout, which I was happy with. I was so nervous that I had hurt myself, but I really felt no pain, which was awesome :-) And today I feel so much better! It's funny how tricky that line between normal soreness and bad alert soreness is, isn't it?
And throughout everything this week: little sister's graduation, M's birthday (which included Tapas and Sangria. Amazing), the beer fest, and only working out twice (but taking long walks with the puppy two times as well), I am still showing a maintan from last week, at least. Which is exciting. I can honestly say that I did well with all these events. I didn't drink too much on Sunday, and only ate 2/3 of my meal. I stopped myself with tapas when I was full, and M and I only got a half liter of sangria, instead of the full. And thanks to quasi food poisoning I only drank half what I planned on drinking at the beer fest. So I consider this week to be a win! I can't have crazy 40+ AP weeks all the time. That's just life, I need to accept that. And I think having this weekend away will be great for me. M and I plan on working out on Saturday morning (tentatively) and swimming both days, plus we are going to walk to town and back from the hotel (its a big road, very safe and about 1/.4 miles each way), so I'll get some APs to combat the drinks and delicious food! I need a weekend off from tracking, and plan to jump back on the WW bandwagon sunday night, hopefully not inflicting any damage.
My focus this weekend will be the same as my birthday. To indulge without going overboard. To not stress about points, but instead focus on hunger signals and what I need vs what I want. I think it's going to be great for me!
This weekend was busy! I ended up eating a sandwich that did not agree with me (it tasted fine, but I'm wondering if the pesto was off. I was buzzed while eating it, it could very well be the case). So most of the beer fest was spent clutching my sides in the bathroom. Lovely way to spend 45 dollars, let me tell you. I felt bad, for myself and for M since it was just the two of us. Hopefully the next one goes better!! I learned my lesson, I will always eat beforehand!! It was still fun though, for the time I got to enjoy it :-)
Saturday M and I managed to get in a little gym time. I spent a solid 45 minutes working on strength training, because I still felt a bit off from Friday. As of Wednesday I was still sore. And I was honestly wondering if I maybe I pulled a muscle, since I hadn't done anything in a week and a half (Strength wise anyways, I've been busy!!). However I went to the gym last night, against all odds.
I left my sports bra at home. so I had to go all the way home, and then change and head to the quincy PF, which I hate. It's always busy and people are always standing around judging. Especially in the weight area.
But I went , and am proud to say I stood my ground and did upper body weights in the free weight section, even with all the big muscley guys crowding the area and walking around (seriously at least 3 of them almost walked into me). I actually got a good strength workout, even though I purposely didn't use my lower body at all. I used 7.5 pound weights, and can feel it today! I also spent 35 minutes on the eliptical, working my way up from level 7-10. I think from now on I'm going to start on level 8, because the first 10 minutes were very easy, and my HR was pretty low for me (around 140-150). Normally it's low for the first 5 or so and then picks up, so I think starting at a higher level with bring me back to that!
All in all a good workout, which I was happy with. I was so nervous that I had hurt myself, but I really felt no pain, which was awesome :-) And today I feel so much better! It's funny how tricky that line between normal soreness and bad alert soreness is, isn't it?
And throughout everything this week: little sister's graduation, M's birthday (which included Tapas and Sangria. Amazing), the beer fest, and only working out twice (but taking long walks with the puppy two times as well), I am still showing a maintan from last week, at least. Which is exciting. I can honestly say that I did well with all these events. I didn't drink too much on Sunday, and only ate 2/3 of my meal. I stopped myself with tapas when I was full, and M and I only got a half liter of sangria, instead of the full. And thanks to quasi food poisoning I only drank half what I planned on drinking at the beer fest. So I consider this week to be a win! I can't have crazy 40+ AP weeks all the time. That's just life, I need to accept that. And I think having this weekend away will be great for me. M and I plan on working out on Saturday morning (tentatively) and swimming both days, plus we are going to walk to town and back from the hotel (its a big road, very safe and about 1/.4 miles each way), so I'll get some APs to combat the drinks and delicious food! I need a weekend off from tracking, and plan to jump back on the WW bandwagon sunday night, hopefully not inflicting any damage.
My focus this weekend will be the same as my birthday. To indulge without going overboard. To not stress about points, but instead focus on hunger signals and what I need vs what I want. I think it's going to be great for me!
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