An old enemy, but more frequent visitor, made an appearance today, fatigue. I don't remember being this tired in my earlier years, but something about being 40 has left me with a finite amount of energy. At least that's the case at my current level of health and fitness.
I had a long day with a reasonable run yesterday (but later than usual) and I think today is the price I'm paying. I had planned to go to the Y after work, but work stretched until after 5:00 and I didn't go. I'm not beating myself up about it though, because I made much better food choices today. I came home for lunch and ate a PBJ sandwich and a small helping of macaroni salad. I'm still searching for my salad and smoothie, but hey...baby steps. I also have eaten lightly enough this evening that I'm going to treat myself to some ice cream after writing this blog entry. It seems to me that my odds of success are better if I don't go total deprivation, but try to learn to eat treats as actual treats.
My best accomplishment today came at lunch time. For some reason I have developed a desire to feel very full at lunch time, so on the days I run home for a sandwich, I do this bizarre thing where I stop at Taco Bell on the way back for "just a burrito" to "top it off". Today started out exactly the same. On my way back to work, I got in the drive thru line, but it was long and as my mind waged war on itself (I deserve this, I'll get serious tomorrow, etc.), reason came through and I knew I wasn't hungry, just in a crappy habit and I pulled out of line and went back to work without the extra greasy food! Yea for me!
As I said before I didn't go for my workout today, but I did take the dog for a 45 minute walk and tried to get up and move more at work.
My failures today included my endless procrastination on the food diary and I'm just not going to do those body meansurements until later. I'm tired damn it! Is that just another excuse? I don't know but for tonight it's going to have to do.
Between the holiday and some time I'm taking off, I don't work again until next Friday, so I think I have a prime opportunity to sleep more, exercise more and eat healthfully for the next week. It's good to have a little down time to work on new habits. Back to the Y tomorrow, maybe in the pool or maybe just the elliptical and some weights. Either way, it's all good.
One of my better days, fatigue aside...
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