So, I had to take a break. I was losing my mind. The week after I lost 2.5 pounds I gained another half. I've never gone this long losing and losing and losing. I usually have a pregnancy, a full time job, or something to break up the hard work, so I needed a break. I gave myself a week of eating whatever the heck I wanted (which ended up being sugar, sugar, sugar) and didn't exercise at all. It felt awesome and miserable at the same time. Liberating to have no guilt and no worry. However, the lack of nutrients and the sugar wrecked me!! I can't really tolerate it anymore like I used to, which is a good thing! I sat in bed every night with a bowl of m&ms while I read. It was great, but I woke up feeling like crap! Anyway, the point is, I really needed this break and I'm glad I did it. I've been too diligent for 9 months!
So then over the weekend I got miserably sick and still couldn't exercise the beginning of this week. Getting back into things was extremely hard. It really made me appreciate how far I've come in strength and endurance. A week of sucking really takes a toll! Tuesday and Wednesday I could hardly do jumping jacks, walking up stairs even was exhausting. My muscles cramped and I got side aches really easily. But by today most of the poison is out of my veins and I'm doing much better!
Then there was the scale. I didn't dare get on last weekend because of the ridiculous amounts of crap I ate. I was still worried today even after a having a good week. However, it wasn't so scary!!
Gained a teeny tiny bit.
156 lbs.
I'm happy with that! And now I feel like I have a renewed drive. A clean slate. And also I'm having fun doing workouts on jillianmichaels.com (I joined for the free month.) I am realizing that I'm not eating enough during the week still, but because I'm pigging out on the weekends it all works out. So, I'm thinking that I'll try out just eating a little more every day and trying REALLY REALLY hard on the weekends to eat the same as a weekday (with maybe a treat or two).
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE!!
2 comments:
You are awesome! It's definitely nice to take a break, and especially good for the mental aspect. You are rocking and you look amazing. Keep up the good work!
Good job! I think that any kind of program like this should have planned in breaks. I think your holidays are usually your breaks, but it's good to have some extra ones in there.
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