OKAY.
boy am i LEARNING FROM THIS PROCESS!
1. travelling throws me off my workout progress but NOT off my eating progress anymore! i have done so well understanding what im eating and why, seeing it all in chart form and value form, i have accomplished one of my major goals - making this a natural habit.
2. like i said: travelling throws me off my workout progress. i know i could do better with that, and ill work on it.
3. a major reason ive ever gained weight: portion sizes. thats simply it. and i think thats the issue with lots of people: you cant go to panera and get a salad and think youre eating healthfully, you cant just have a turkey sandwich or a fruit salad and think its healthy. yeah, its a 'healthier' food choice than doritos, BUT, portion-sizes-wise, you may have stayed within calories/carbs/sodium/fat etc with a bag of doritos! and staying within calories/carbs/sodium/fat limits is what helps you lose body fat.
4. im very good at this. and im very happy. however im annoyed that i havent gymmed it up harder. ive been away from home for 16 out of the last 21 days, in 4 different cities! keeping up the eating part is something im proud of and happy with.
so, in general, this project is going well, doing its job.
still, need to keep it up hard-core.
starting this monday, i am not going anywhere until the end date (april 1) - so ill have every single day to hit the gym hard and continue with my great progress so far.
thanks again for all your support - im really surprised how many daily encouraging texts/emails i get, and your encouragement on this blog is super fun, especially from new friends across the country!
thanks, all!
happiness!
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
thursday 3-4
im posting this way late, but thursday was GREAT. another really great day. i did a great job, didnt feel "diety" or deprived, and had a really hard workout even though i had a crazy busy day.
friday we left for a wedding and were out of town till just now, sunday afternoon. i am proud to say two things:
1. i did an INCREDIBLE job and made REALLY good choices the whole time! usually i junk it up for airplane rides just to comfort myself, and this time i realized i dont have to junk it up, there are plenty of things to eat while im travelling that keep me on the program. the only things i ate that i usually wouldnt have eaten were wedding cake and some majorly sugary icing-covered cookie samples at a grocery store. SOME. meaning, more than one sample. probably a whole cookie's worth... which means i KNOW my numbers for that day would have been bad. however, absolutely everything else i ate the entire weekend (other than wedding cake and the cookie samples) (oh oh oh, and beer at the wedding, but not even a whole one! and shared sips of sangria) - everything was responsible and accounted for, even though i couldnt record it on my program thing. what i regret is that i didnt drink more water, i know i wouldnt have met my goals. i tried, but not enough and could have done better.
2. i weighed myself on a totally different scale and realized that ive lost 8lbs since i started this contest! the scale at my gym has GOT to be off.
so im posting my day from thursday. i didnt have a 100% day because i didnt have enough water. ergh!
also, i realized as i was out of town that i DO have a way of keeping my chart on track while i travel... instead of following the program without being able to enter it in the chart, i figured it out (the chart and program are on my laptop and i dont usually bring it). woot. loooots of travelling this week so ill try it out.
thurs:
friday we left for a wedding and were out of town till just now, sunday afternoon. i am proud to say two things:
1. i did an INCREDIBLE job and made REALLY good choices the whole time! usually i junk it up for airplane rides just to comfort myself, and this time i realized i dont have to junk it up, there are plenty of things to eat while im travelling that keep me on the program. the only things i ate that i usually wouldnt have eaten were wedding cake and some majorly sugary icing-covered cookie samples at a grocery store. SOME. meaning, more than one sample. probably a whole cookie's worth... which means i KNOW my numbers for that day would have been bad. however, absolutely everything else i ate the entire weekend (other than wedding cake and the cookie samples) (oh oh oh, and beer at the wedding, but not even a whole one! and shared sips of sangria) - everything was responsible and accounted for, even though i couldnt record it on my program thing. what i regret is that i didnt drink more water, i know i wouldnt have met my goals. i tried, but not enough and could have done better.
2. i weighed myself on a totally different scale and realized that ive lost 8lbs since i started this contest! the scale at my gym has GOT to be off.
so im posting my day from thursday. i didnt have a 100% day because i didnt have enough water. ergh!
also, i realized as i was out of town that i DO have a way of keeping my chart on track while i travel... instead of following the program without being able to enter it in the chart, i figured it out (the chart and program are on my laptop and i dont usually bring it). woot. loooots of travelling this week so ill try it out.
thurs:
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