Sunday, April 25, 2010

AND let's try this again

I apologize for not posting this sooner - I had kind of a crappy week. Nothing major happened - I just got sick again for about the 20th time this year and have spent the last week blowing my nose and trying to get SOME sleep.

So update from last week - I had a good weigh-in last Monday - down 1.2lbs - which is not as much as I had hoped for but certainly encouraging none the less. Here's the downer - because I have been sick all week I have a feeling that all of that progress is going to be lost this week. I got sick on Tuesday and am only now starting to get back to normal (although I'm still coughing and blowing my nose all the time at least I can breathe and sleep again!). I've mentioned before and I'll say it again - when I am sick, whatever willpower I have mustered up over the preceding weeks/months DISAPPEARS! When I feel like crap, all I want to do is lay in bed. When I do eat, I certainly don't feel like making myself something health (which I know would probably HELP me get better faster). In fact, I don't feel like making much of ANYTHING, which means I turn to the pre-packaged and canned crap in the house or to take-out. And trust me, when I feel sick there is NO WAY I am picking a salad over fries in the drive-through. But hey, at least I RECOGNIZE this about myself - I know it's definitely something that I really need to work on. So anyway, my diet this week has basically been whatever is fast and easy - which tends to be the less healthy choices - and I think it goes without saying that my gym attendance this week was a big fat 0. I have a hard enough time keeping my butt on the treadmill when I actually can breathe through my nose, if I tried to do it with a cold I'd probably pass out! Speaking of which, I'm off to bed - have to get up for work tomorrow morning and then face what is inevitably going to be a disappointing weigh-in tomorrow evening. BUT I have a plan at least - and it's the usual one - get back into tracking and eating what I should (because that seemed to have been working quite well before, imagine that?!) and get back into my gym routine. That's the plan and hopefully I can get rid of the last lingering cold symptoms soon. Wish me luck!

3 comments:

  1. Good Luck Girl!!!

    Keep working hard!!

    xoxo,
    Natalia

    http://essential-keys.blogspot.com/

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  2. quite similar story here...wish u all the luck!!!

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  3. If you are sick, don't beat yourself up about not being able to make it to the gym. Afterall, YOU ARE SICK. Since you aren't exercising, maybe you can make up for it by eating right. Soup is good for you when you are sick, just note that one can is usually over 2 servings. Also eat all the fruits and veggies you'd like! Munch on oranges which are packed with vitamin C, they may even help you feel better sooner! Can't breathe? Throw some carrots and broccoli in the steamer- you can eat healthy and breathe in all the steam :-) kill 2 birds with one stone.
    Hope you feel better!!

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