Cheats, Days off, Pain and Exhaustion

There is no better way to describe the last couple days than the title of this post. Sunday was a day off, which was very much needed. Sunday night was my work's Christmas party. Which was nice and I enjoyed myself, however maybe a little too much. Seconds of ham and turkey and mashed potatoes. I even told myself I was an idiot going for that second round, but you know what it happened, nothing I can do about it now.

Monday, well Monday was crap. Sleep was nearly nonexistent the night before and getting up at 4:30 was just not happening. Lucky for me, work was slow but that allowed me to get a lot of work done around the store. Redressing brides, rearranging the run, redoing bridesmaid dresses. So I never really sat down.

Last night was a bad night of sleep as well. Waking up at 4:30 was also not going to happen. So we woke up later, and headed to the gym. Both feeling mildly grumpy. But the good news is that the work out was great. I did my whole circuit and pushed myself very hard, using 20lbs instead of the 12 that I am used to. After one circuit I ran two laps around the track and went back for a second circuit. I didn't make it through the entire circuit the second time around mostly because my legs were killing me. But you have to start somewhere right? So after getting to the point of pain, we walked the track several times and then headed out to have some lunch.

I have the day off so today it is all about cleaning and getting little things done around my house that I don't have a ton of time to do normally. Salmon is marinating in the fridge, green beans will be cut soon and then some rice is already ready to go. After some random house cleaning, maybe just maybe I will lay down on the couch and crash for a little bit. Knowing myself, I won't but the idea sound appealing.


Anyway, back on topic of fitness. As far as my eating is going, I really do well with breakfast and most of the time dinner. Lunch is probably hardest for me. I really need to figure out my ideal carb, protein, fat and caloric intake to get to the my desired weight. As far as working out go, I'll continue on the path I am until I finish the book's program. And continue running until around March. At that time I will probably take around three months off and focus on training only. Then after the three months if I feel ready to the do the competition I will go back to adding in running to get down to the best shape with training before the show. Either way I need to trick my body right now into confusion. Which let's be honest I am doing currently by even working out. :)

Anyway, cleaning time it is. Thanks for stopping by if anyone does. (Shout out to my cuz Kelli, since I know for a fact that she reads this! <3 nbsp="" p="">

Rest Day/Cheat Day

Today is my rest day, which is weird but okay. Today was daylight savings day so it was strange waking up and not sure 100% what time it was.

Anyway, have some cookies and laundry to finish today and send out this week.

My cheat meal is Taco Soup! YES SOOOOO GOOD! With chips and cheese and sour cream. But I will be working my ass off this week to make sure it doesn't stick around. LOL

Have a great everyone!

Rest Day

So today is my rest day, and I have to admit I am not thrilled about it. I should go work out.

Yesterday was kind of an overall crummy day throughout the day. Then we received some good news that made the day end on a somewhat high note.

With the kids exhausting all of the life out of me, I just decided to run some errands and maybe pick up some dinner for them. Well we ended up eating at a local BBQ place that I love.

I won't describe my dinner, but it wasn't the best of ideas. I felt like crap leaving the restaurant. My gut felt overwhelmed, my face and hands felt greasy. And I felt this overwhelming guilt for some reason.

Needless to say I was very unhappy for the evening. But I made that mistake and today is a new day. I won't work out, but cleaning my house is always work enough for me. I always seem to come out of it drenched in sweat. (gross I know) But hey it is a small work out one way or another.

I also have some sugar cookies to make and ship to CA this afternoon. So lots of work ahead of me.

Enjoy your day everyone!

Day 23

Today is a rest and cheat day

Very very tired, and not feeling 100% up to par. Going to get a lot of laundry and cleaning done today so we can start the week off on the right foot.

My cheat meal for the day is Chicken Curry with Rice. I will still use brown rice, and it has potatoes and carrots. So good!

I have a lot more weight to lose before I hit my goal for the end of March. So this week coming up I am gong to attempt to add weights in at night. And work out for 30 cardio minutes on my work out days. And my eating has got to be spot on. I am going to go to Sam's Club today to get a big pack of desert gum. It is an easy way for me to curb cravings and I don't get a lot of calories for it.

I realize the later I stay up the more likely I am to snack on all sorts of things. So I am going to also try to get to bed at a somewhat decent time. Also getting a measuring tape today, I would actually like to keep track of my measurements from now on.

Anyway, that is all for now. Hope everyone has a great day!

Cheat Night

Tonight was my cheat meal...I was totally planning on making taco soup. Sadly the kids were getting a little exhausting and needed to get out of the house. When I realized that we were in the car in another town and it was dinner time.

So we went to Texas Roadhouse. If given the opportunity I would eat well made steak everyday for the remainder of my days.

My old normal steakhouse routine:

Couple of alcoholic drinks/sodas

Appetizer/salad with a ton of dressing

Rolls with honey butter

More drinks

Steak, rare, 8-16oz (with all of it eaten) or Prime Rib, (as large as I can get)

French fries or potatoes for a side and maybe a veggie (loaded)

Yuck, reading that makes me kind of sick.

This cheat meal routine:

Water, LOTS of water

11oz Sirlion, rare (under half eaten, brought home for Jon to eat at breakfast)

Half mashed potatoes (plain, no gravy, cheese, butter, nothing)

I ordered green beans, but they brought them with all sorts of stuff on it. Bacon, butter, tons of salt and floating in some sort of liquid. I decided that since I didn't know what it as, I would just avoid it.

Now here is where my *over done it* cheat came to play....

Rolls. And. Honey. Butter.

Okay okay, I had two of them, they were sooooooo good! I figured I would just enjoy myself since I really have been dong as well as I would like myself to currently. And I did...I sure did.

But so happy I didn't have anything else to drink but water. I love water, cold and so refreshing! I have not had a pop/soda in over 2 weeks! This is an impressive step for me! And I will admit it, I am proud of myself.

Anyway, not a terrible cheat and not a diet meal. Just sort of in the middle.

Night!!!!

FAIL

But it is okay....had a terrible morning.

Decided to stop potty training my daughter today based on a conversation I had with one of her special therapy doctors. The doing all there other crazy stuff that mom's do for their families in a day. It was just overwhelming and exhausting. So I forced my husband, (Jon) to take me to lunch.

I was planning on a healthy location, (well as healthy as eating out can get) a placed called Zupas. Soups, salads and sandwiches. But it was packed! So we headed to Chili's.

I know, I know. Gross.

Pretty sure I consumed about a month worth of salt in the chips and queso. I had their shrimp tacos. Not the worst thing to eat there, but not the best in the world either. I drank water I brought and ate two of the tacos. I have one left over for a snack if I get hungry. :) Since I won't be hungry for actual dinner.

But like I have said in the (very recent) past, just because I failed now, doesn't mean I will fail tomorrow. So here goes nothing...