If this weekend is an indication of my will-power to come, then I am in for trouble. Of course, I am not in charge of any large scale public event during the next two holidays, so that may help.
As co-chair of the Hickory Jaycees 13th Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball, I was presented with plenty of opportunity for extra physical activity and calorie burning. Not enough, however, to off-set my poor dietary choices.
Get it? 13th Annual, Friday the 13th??? Good times!
Since it was a rough weekend (and I forgot to do the weigh-in), we'll do another two week results post next week.
But, for now, here is a summary of last week:
Exercise:
I felt pretty good doing both the weight training and cardio last week. I think we are close to moving on to Phase 3 & 4 Sculpt Circuit. We kept to our schedule, even getting out of bed Saturday morning for Sweat Cardio before heading out for more Halloween set-up.
As for my run/walking, this also went very well. I saw a decent improvement in my pace, which excites me. I was really starting to get bummed. Hoping this means that my body has now adjusted to my new demands.
Bonus: In addition to the hauling, lifting, and lugging this around during Halloween set-up, I burnt plenty of dance dance calories on the dance floor.
Diet:
I started the week on track and stayed that way until I hit the weekend. I knew this weekend would be tough. It is always a high calorie weekend.
If I am honest with myself, it really was not as bad as I have been in year's past. I did make some adjustments to try to keep the train near the track. However, as you will see, that does not mean it was a good weekend . . .
The good: I ate my leftover vegetarian Pad Thai for lunch on Friday starting the day with a healthy meal to fuel up before the chaos began. I also skipped lunch on Saturday (not intentionally - I just ran out of time). This did help shave some potential calories off the day. Also, I developed a plan to limit my alcohol calories at the party; choosing flavored vodka and diet tonic, rather than super-yummy and super-caloric Killians beer. Then I chose to walk away from my drink and keep myself on the dance floor as much as possible.
The bad: My breakfast on Saturday was a sugar cookie. Then, hunger and dining out both Friday and Saturday eroded my will power. Come on, who can resist dessert at the Old German Schnitzel Haus???? Obviously, not me. Oh, and I may have had a couple jello shots.
The ugly: After a VERY long, hectic weekend full of hard work, my resistance was down on Sunday. We hit the drive through on our way to tear down Halloween. Yes, I COULD have ordered something reasonable. I SHOULD have. But, the cheeseburgers and fries were calling. Sigh. I followed that with some ice cream and pizza to round out the day. FAIL!
So, things were not as bad as they could have been, but also not as good as they should have been this past week. I picked up the pieces and jumped right back on that horse, and have been keeping my diet in check this week.
Coming soon . . .
This week is race week, so that will help keep our diet in check and add bonus exercise. Stay tuned for next week's weigh-in and update!
Keep working! You can do it!
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