Since I seem to be ahead on posts and this doesn’t get up on the blog until Friday, I’m just going to jot down my progress and what’s going through my head each day. Overall it’s been sort of a “detox” week. You never understand how inactivity and eating junk affects you until it’s no longer the norm. A week and a half was long enough! Here is my journey out of it…
Monday:
Did – Got up around 8:45, very bleary eyed. 30 mins DDR as planned in the morning and was too hungry to do yoga so I sank into the couch with dinner and didn’t get up instead. Bad Quix! Will make it up sometime this week. Had a very healthy day of eating (ate a promax 20g protien bar for breakfast, a homemade tuna sandwich for lunch, carrots and snap peas with hummus for a snack, chicken masala, rice,half a tortilla, and peas for dinner, and a honeycrisp apple for desert) coming in right under 1500 calories. Weighed in at 159.0.
Felt – I am feeling very bleh. I think a week and a half of no consistent exercise and not watching what gets in my cakehole has actually made me tired, almost a little depressed (I’m not my bouncy, energetic self), lethargic, and I have this little bit of nose/throat funk – had it for almost a week now but it hasn’t turned into anything. I’m sure it’s not helping that it’s *greygloomyrainy* outside. That always makes me in less than a happy mood if it lasts more than a day or 2. So I am going to ignore the way I am thinking and feeling and dive back into healthy and hope this will all pass. Looking forward to setting out for a run tomorrow, but just feel too exhausted right now to see how that will be any good.
Is this what I felt all the time before? I seriously feel like I am slogging through molasses for the last week since the day after the wedding. I feel like I am broken. Someone needs to find the circuit that shorted and replace it please. I can’t remember a time when my body has felt so… useless. Not even after the half marathon – after one day off I was up and ready to go again. At first I told myself that it was good to give myself a break before the wedding. Then, after I just felt like I needed to sleep for days and it’s just not getting any better even though I AM getting plenty of sleep. Hopefully just returning back to normal habits will right me, because this sucks. I think this part is worse than the weight gain.
Yes, this too shall pass. I just need to get through it and learn from it.
Tuesday:
Did – Got up around 8:45, just about as bleary. 5k run and weights at the gym after work. Ate another promax bar for breakfast (can’t beat 20 g protien for 200 calories even if they aren’t the tastiest), had snap peas and a plum for a snack, some leftover homemade lentil soup and a gigantic salad for lunch, a junior burger for dinner and then I realized I was WAY under my calorie range so I snacked on some raspberries, a 100 calorie bag of popcorn, some turkey pepperoni, a few rice chips, and a sugar free popsicle. Came in at just under 1400 calories. Weighed in at 156.8
Felt – Morning – still bleh. It’s still grey and dreary, I’m still in this state of nose/throat thing being icky but not bad enough to call myself sick. I feel tired but not tired enough to feel like I need rest, but tired enough to make workouts feel like WORKouts. I still suspect this is just my body rebelling after taking more time off working out than I have in years WHILE eating junk. I’m hoping that slogging through another workout or 2 and later in the week when the sun comes out, I’ll be back to my normal self.
Evening – WOW! What a difference a little sun and a great workout makes. My nose and throat feel better, my mood is back to happy, and the workout felt GREAT (even during). This is totally encouraging!
Wednesday:
Did – Got up around 8:45 slightly less begrudgingly. 30 mins DDR in the morning, yoga session at night. Ate another promax bar, a turkey sandwich for lunch, fish, brown rice and veggies (wedding present fresh fish from Alaska) for dinner, and a honeycrisp apple, snap peas, pita chips, and hummus for a snack. I did splurge on half a serving of ice cream and a special k bar for desert but I had the calories for it. I came in just over 1400 calories. Weighed in at 156.2.
Felt – It was still hard to get up this morning (I was hoping to get up a little earlier), but I think it was more because I was kinda sore from my workout and also was having weird dreams. DDR was tougher that normal, but definitely a marked improvement over Monday. My nose is still running, but my throat isn’t sore! My mood is definitely in a better place. I don’t feel like I’m about the grab the day by the huevos and storm castles, but I don’t feel like curling up into a little ball and hiding away either. I’ll take it.
Thursday:
Did – Got up around 8:35, more alert than I have all week. I could have gotten up earlier but I was having a cool dream, and when I did, I kinda sprung out of bed instead of being bleary eyed. I did a full weights session (one set max reps with the ball), and after work I made up that yoga session I missed as well as ran a 5k! I was totally workout woman today! Ate yet another promax bar (I’ll have to change it up a little next week but they’ve been great this week) for breakfast, a cut up black bean burger, some corn/bean/pepper relish, and tortillas for veggie tacos for lunch (this was SUPERB), snap peas and some jerky for a snack, and grilled chicken, taterflowers (half mashed potato half cauliflower) and veggies for dinner. I also splurged and had a few vodka drinks. I came in just under 1500 calories. I forgot to weigh in the morning, and at night after my run I weighed 156.4.
Felt – I am finally feeling emotionally like myself, and workout wise feeling close to normal – though I still have this freaking nose funk on and off. While I still don’t feel 100% strong, I’m feeling like I can get there. I’ll have to build my running up a little more next week because that seems to be doing wonders for me in terms of both mood and physical well being.
Today I’m weighing in at 154.8 (yay, under 155!) and feeling pretty darn good heading into the weekend. If there is anyone out there who’s not on the workout train or off the wagon eating-wise, just climb back on! Let me give you a proverbial hand. Get through a week and you’ll feel SO GOOD. I know I do.
The goal now is to get through the weekend as close to 1500 as possible, and next week… well, we’ll talk about it then. What have you been up to this week? Any awesome plans for the weekend to share?
Pictures from graph jam, because graph jam rocks!
and I told myself I would not be upset with myself if it was under 160. I wish it had been MORE under 160 but at this point, it’s all down from here. By today, I’m at 156.2. Not optimal, and still over my “oh shit” weight of 155.0, but the goal is to NEVER SEE THIS WEIGHT AGAIN.
if I want extra credit on alternating weeks. I want to see how I feel during/after it, but I’m considering doubling up sessions those days and see if I can just call it a full workout instead of adding more cardio too. I am going to put it in the Netflix queue and give it a shot (before I spend the money on it). If it sucks, I will be looking for more strength training recommendations.
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