Back for the Attack

Just like Dokken, I am back for the attack.

This past week's battle of the bulge got brutal. It was like a big sundae of fitness derailment. Just start with a big dollop of Thanksgiving and a dollop of birthday celebration food temptations, top it off with an NFL football game, sprinkle on some routine-disrupting travel, and add a bad cold on top!

Can we survive the stadium concession stand?

I found myself faced with many challenges:

• Wednesday night I found myself sneezing, wheezing, and unable to sleep through the night


• We had intended to workout before we left for our Thanksgiving travel Thursday morning, but Jeff took pity on me and we moved our "off day" to Thursday


• I struggled with motivation and energy because of the cold


• Grabbing meals on the go made it very difficult to do the right thing.....I'll be honest, I did not always make the right choices


• We had to figure out how to fit the exercise in without our usual equipment and routine
• We also had to find time in our busy travel schedule

I was proud to have some shining moments throughout the weekend:

• I successfully used my Spark People Thanksgiving strategy of getting small portions of the Thanksgiving goodies and no seconds!!! This is my most calorie-reasonable Thanksgiving EVER!


• In fact, I had a positive calorie differential on Thanksgiving Day!!! Wow.


• Minimal liquid calories - a tough one on a social holiday weekend that was pretty cold. (Dear Peppermint Mocha, I'm so sorry. It's not you, it's me. We can still be friends, right?)

• I even went to Panera, AFTER the cold football game and resisted the Peppermint Mocha Latte.


• A new development of late - I find myself getting full sooner than expected. So, I successfully stopped noshing, even though I had plenty of tasty goodness left throughout the weekend. (My "clean your plate" Granny is probably turning in her grave right now!)


• We made our workouts a priority. Thanks to my sister and brother-in-law, April & Sam, for letting us use their house and weights. They even exercised along with us and found us a nice running location.


• We did EVERY scheduled workout this long holiday weekend, even getting up at 5am to fit in some Power 90 before heading to Cleveland for the football game on Sunday.

I have to admit, I feel a huge sense of accomplishment for our successes this past weekend. I am ready to dig deep and pull out all the stops.

We have one month left in the Power 90. I am in attack mode and mounting a full-out assault in this battle. Bulge beware - I'm gunning for you.