REALLLYYYY???? I missed THREE days? Geez what is up with that?
Ok so I can honestly say it's not because I have been cheating or just being lazy. Thursday is my really long "Friday" that I am not sure I can even remember. Wait yes I can cuz I was sooooo exhausted by the time I got home all I wanted to do was sleep. Really, that's why I can't remember exactly what I did. But I do know that my nutrition has been good, even if I would have to look back that day and see what it was I ate. HHHMMm losing time and memory, this has to be something about getting old.
Oh my, oh my Thursday is just a blur. I don't even remember what I did that day. I do know what I didn't do. I didn't write down my foods. I didn't exercise. I ... I ... I just don't know. I do remember being really tired and NOT wanting to go to work. I had one of those sleepless nights that left me pretty drained. I know I need to be wearing my CPAP but ... well I have no legit reason, just excuses that are toooo bad to mention.
Sleep is just as important to health as the diet and exercise. I have dealt with this on a personal level and have been forced to realize this. I have read about it and talk to my Dr about it. If the body doesn't get enough rest it doesn't have the energy to burn off the weight. I have had multiple sleep studies done that tell me I don't function well without it. I have used my cpap DAILY over periods of time and know it does help my quality of life. So why don't I keep using it? Again I don't have a good reason. Laying here and night and getting comfortable and THEN realizing that I don't have it on. You know once you are comfortable you don't want to move. I take the time to get my pillows and blankets just right and I don't want to move when I am in my pouch. Sadly if I would pay that much attention to putting on my mask, as I do getting in my pouch, I would sleep better. I know that when I don't sleep well all that time I spent on my pouch is worthless cuz I don't stay there long enough to really enjoy it for the night. Lesson? Go the extra step and put on the mask before I get settled.
ok so moving on ... Friday, now that day I remember. The one day this week that I could have slept in till I wanted to I am awake at 6:00 in the morning. NO no no!! I wanted to sleep. Eehhh it's all good cuz I didn't feel tired so I got up and started my day.
After a lazy morning I went to see James. He kicked my butt!! Well actually before I met with him I did my body combat at home. I had planned on doing at least half an hour but my knee had other plans. I did make it 20 minutes before my knee started getting mad at me. So I stopped for that time being. THEN I went to James and he kicked my butt. I did the boxing and I felt it.
Sadly I hadn't been "good" this week. I ate out to many times. Apparently I didn't write down all my calories. And yes I missed sleep .. boy do I miss sleep :D It was time for damage control.
We got in some boxing in some of the routines we normally do. I was getting better form and I can tell my endurance is getting better, even just from when I starting the boxing. When I started it felt like forever doing two minute rounds. I am now doing three minutes round and it just don't feel like it's more. I finished out the last round with some hard hits and it felt good. Look down at my HRM and it was over 400 calorie burn. Yup that's what I needed.
Then off to lunch with a friend. Jason's deli was the choice because it has a great salad bar. Funny how misleading that word salad can be. Have you ever noticed that? I think it's sadly funny how people will order/make a salad then cover it with JUNK. And no I don't just mean tons of salad dressing. They think because the word salad is there they are eating healthy. Don't be deceived like that. Be careful on every choice you make.
I can say that I was really good on mine. I had lettuce, onions, beets, egg, just a lil bacon bits (I didn't say I was just perfectly good :D ) and a lil cheese. Ahh there are the jalapenos ooohh and the banana peppers, I love those things. Then was the lil garlic toast pieces, I didn't seem them til I look at my friends plate and had to have them. I know bread is a weakness but I only got a few ... the first time :D I did use my ranch dressing but I only drizzled it along the top. The salad was so good I had to have more, of the same stuff without the bacon bits and cheese.
As my friend and I finished and were talking about how much to write down for calories chart it hit, not me her. The "salad" bar had some naughty things on there too. Chocolate mousse and fruit "salad". Now the fruit salad sounded ok, it's fruit right? No,no it has "stuff" on it. And the mousse? Well it was BAD!! No I don't mean tasting bad, calorie bad. Just half a cup of this stuff was 360 calories. Sadly she had already eaten over twice that much AND the fruit salad. "yup it's off to spin class for me" she said.
We did talk about how, even if you don't plan in advance, at least review your choices before you eat. It has been a hard road for me to learn to do that. Not in the sense of making myself look but in the sense of actually finding something that I feel like I should be eating. I try not to get in the mindset of If I eat this I will need to do this much exercise to work it off. I ask myself is it worth it? When I do look at it that way before hand I usually make better choices. There have been a few times I just opted not to eat, not always the best choice either.
Friday I had planned on doing body combat with the ladies at class but after the morning workouts I wasn't sure it would have been the best idea. I knew I had planned to do the 5k for Saturday and I really wanted to save my knee for that. I felt good about the decision because I had already did two workouts that left me with a good 600+ calorie burn and my food choices were good.
Well that has us up to Saturday and the 5k but you will have to wait for that part. It's time to get ready for church so I can get my praise on. Have a super day all
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