Tomorrow is my next weigh-in day and I'm a little too invested in the outcome. At my very foundation, I am ridiculously competitive, so attaching a number to my achievements makes me focus on "winning" like my good friend Mr. Sheen (for those of you reading this in the future, Google Charlie Sheen 2011 and that will help), sometime to the exclusion of feeling good about what I'm doing.
Like when I figured out that an old girlfriend had become an avid half marathon and appeared to have aged less than I have...
My mental response was to pick a 1/2 marathon near her home (which is half a country away), train like a madman, lose 30 pounds and dye my hair....so that I could go out there, run faster, look younger and appear to weigh what I did when I knew her (did I mention we haven't seen each other in nearly 20 years). And then of course, I'd act like it was no big deal, because I'm above such things...
As I said, maybe not real realistic and maybe not real healthy:)
So, while I want my weight to go down tomorrow, I'm also going to appreciate the fact that I'm working out regularly and slowly changing my diet. Regardless of the number those are positive things...
All tomorrow is, is a report on how eating good for about 1/2 a week works. I suspect that getting good habits to 5-6 days a week might be better:)
Exercise report: I chose to come home after work today and run on the treadmill. This was my fourth consecutive day of planned workouts and I must admit, my legs weren't all there. I used the Galloway approach (run 4-5 minutes and walk for 1), to get myself through 35 minutes and just over 5k. I've seen others say their most productive days were the ones that felt the hardest, so I'm hoping today was that sort of day. Tomorrow is an active rest day, so I'll focus on getting walking in at work and with the dog. On a side note, my dear wife is starting up a fitness routine again, so she stole walking the dog from me tonight...can't say I'm disappointed though:)
Nutrition report: Today was much better than the last time I went back to work. I did not eat french fries, my May food goal, and I kept my calories at a reasonable level. Some jellybeans are back in the house, so they are on my snack list again. I am proud of the no fries thing and it feels like an achievable goal.
Anne chided me a bit about how an entire bag of greens disappeared over the last week at our house and none of it disappeared into me. Obviously I still need to add those fruits and especially veggies. My daily banana just isn't going to cut it.
More to come tomorrow, think light thoughts.
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