I am finding myself slipping back into my old ways of eating. Although, I eat less, I am craving the junk that I was eating and I have given in to some of those temptations. Last week I only got to the gym once. With everyone sick, I had no excess energy to offer the treadmill. I did however go yesterday and it kicked my butt. I was really tired, but I pushed myself and completed the full time, and actually ran at a faster pace. When life gets going, taking care of myself is usually the first thing to get neglected- I hate that. This week is already packed with things every night so I know it's going to be hard to get to the gym this week too. I REFUSE to give up, I have come too far to go back to the norm. The norm is not good enough for me! I just need to get kicked out of this funk of slipping back into what I know is so simple. I did weigh in today and I did lose 1 pound (that's 11 total pounds). Not bad for not working out all week- to be completely honest it does discourage me a little I know it's one less pound, but I know I could have done better and done more. The 6:30am workout is always an option for me, but we are not early to bed people and I need to get good sleep so I can function at a level higher than my 3 year old. Well, here goes a new week...
Side question- For those of you that do work out- are you completely exhausted after? I feel like I am pushing myself so hard, that when I come home I want to crash. I feel like I can't get the energy to do anything else. Is this normal? The next day I feel great, but the day of the hard workout I am beat. Does it just take time to get used to exerting all that energy?
I usually feel better after, but that happened to John for a while and the trainer told him he was working out too hard and wasn't loosing weight...His target heart rate to get a good cardio-fat burn actually needed to be lower and then loosing weight was a bit easier. I know they have one of those signs for target heart rate at the community center, check your heart rate...find the one that is at like 60% not 80%. You might be working out too hard. I have heard that you should be able to have a short conversation while working out. You are doing incredible! Be very proud of all your hard work!
ReplyDeleteWhen I do work out...which is very few and far between if it's a planned work out, I feel great. But if it's like when I mow the lawn as fast as I can...I am very tired afterward. Maybe your just pushing yourself to hard.
ReplyDeleteThis is a battle and I rewatched some of those shows 'The Biggest' looser, while taping them for Mesha and John. What I got from them is that this will be a life long struggle. I have programming that I've been using for 30+ years that says eat one way, live one way and your trying to do the other.
on a side note:
Have you tried WW? We might have some old books to give you. The biggest help for me is to just eat right and in smaller portions. I am always amazed at some foods and how many points some of them are. Half a cheese Jacks Pizza 17 points ( I get 28 for a day). A salad with Kraft Free dressing, no matter the size...0 points.
A cup of fruit 1 point (fresh), a cup of fruit bought from the store in a disposable container 3 or 4 points.
A sandwhich with low cal bread, spicy mustard, and 4 ounces of sliced deli meat from Super Target 3 points. A Cousin turkey sub just normal 12 points. I could have had 4 sandwhiches for that.
This isn't very creative...my wife comes up with all sorts of good stuff that's low in points...filling and very tasteful.
Ok, sometimes Blogspot ticks me off....I tried to put this first...but it went crazy and I did some cutting and pasting and yeah.
ReplyDeleteYour doing great...keep up the good work! I'm all about babysteps.
Thanks Chris, yes I have done WW I am trying to incorporate that as well. The problem comes in when I do want to eat something bad, I look at how many points it is, I eat it and then starve myself the rest of the day because I made the choice to give into the bad temptation. All in all I like doing WW but it gives me outs to eat poorly too. I feel a little better today I worked out and still energy to make it through the day.
ReplyDeleteTry brushing your teeth when your craving the junk, it always helps me!!
ReplyDeleteYep it does do that, I like to call them 'trigger foods'. If I eat the junk food...then I'll way over eat that day.
ReplyDeleteI know each of us has to find our way. I know I've just started.