Weekend

I'm not going to lie.  This weekend has been tough, and I'm thinking this week's weigh in is not going to be as rocking as my first.  The week had been pretty good for the most part.  I worked out Sunday through Thursday in preparation for my work's holiday party on Friday.  Working out 5 days straight was tough and something haven't done in a long time.  It was tough to keep the pedals moving on Thursday.

I made it through with a pretty good effort though, and felt good going into the rest day.  I ate well on Friday knowing that the food at the party would be delicious because they wouldn't make anything the healthy way.  I'm sure the food was basted in fat, coated in butter, and sweetened up with sugar.  Basically the wrong way to do anything for somebody trying to watch their calories.  Even so, I felt I ate fairly reasonably, and didn't go overboard.

Then Saturday came and we were taken out to breakfast by some visiting family.  Also delicious.  I got my favorite omelet breakfast at Perkins and proceeded to devour it.  It was amazing.  I also decided I would look up the calorie content when I got home so I could enjoy the breakfast, then plan the rest of the day around it.  I had quite a sticker shock when I looked it up, I had pretty much eaten my entire calorie allotment for the day.  Oops.

I was planning on doing a yoga video, but never really found 90 minutes to actually do it among everything else I did, including replacing a facet in the kitchen, ,which only took 90 minutes, which is pretty awesome if you know anything about how long my projects normally take.  Perhaps the most amazing part is the fact that I didn't have to go to the hardware store at all, I actually had all the necessary parts and tools when I started!  That never happens!  But I digress...

Not really sure what else I did, but it wasn't working out; I know that.  I had eaten pretty sparsely the rest of the day with a sandwich for lunch and popcorn and chips and salsa in the evening.  However, my kryptonite decided to show up this weekend as well: cookies. (Duhn, Duhn, Duhhhhhhnn)  Not just any cookies, Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies.  I pretty much ate half the box in the morning and the other half in the evening.  Not good.

Lifestyle changes are hard and have to go in baby steps, so today is a new day and time to get back into it. I'm planning a good work out with my new shoes.  I'm excited to get shoes that fit properly, hopefully it will get me so I can run longer.  I'm also planning to do another plyometerics workout this week, hopefully I won't hurt as much this time.

Nobody ever said getting back in shape would be easy.  Two weeks in and I've made a lot of progress, but some of the old habits still have a pretty strong foothold.  It will take more than a few poor decisions on a Saturday to detour me this time.  I don't think undone everything I've done these first two weeks, but I am bracing for less that stellar results in my weigh in tomorrow.  Time to get back to making better choices.

Here's a picture of my old to new shoes. I'm excited to try them out this afternoon!