The mind is the enemy

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I'm glad I could amuse you ladies with my goals, haha! Regarding my early morning goal - I love having a little bit of time all to myself in the house and unfortunately weekday mornings are the only time I can get that. It is definitely hard to get myself out of bed but it's always worth it when I do.

It's Monday already? I'm not ready for another work week to be here! Let's see how I did this weekend.

Food: No sneaky eating. Success! Although to be fair, this isn't really any issue on the weekends as my trigger point doesn't exist on Fridays and Saturdays. I'll pick a more challenging goal for next weekend.
Exercise: One run + sixty minutes of yoga. Success! Six mile run on Saturday and I did my yoga last night. Had to do three videos (I've been working through a '30 days of yoga' series on YouTube) and the last one kicked my butt.
Other: Clean the floor in the room I do yoga in. Preferably before I do my sixty minutes of yoga. Fail! There are so many things that need to be moved in order to properly clean that floor. Didn't wanna do it. So I didn't.

Quick recap of meals: Dinner on Friday consisted of apps at a friend's house and a package of ramen after getting home past midnight. Not the best choice but I was starving! I had thought I'd be at her house for an hour or two and suddenly it had been four hours but that meant I was having fun. And it was a rare occasion when I was driving somewhere, so there was no heavy boozing in sight. (Normally I'm out and about in the big city and take public transportation or cabs everywhere). Saturday after my 6 mile run I pigged out on homemade fettuccine and meatballs. We love making homemade pasta in the fall and winter, and I love carbo loading AFTER solid runs. Sunday was salmon with broccoli and a sweet potato (the G-man had white rice with his, so I felt especially healthy with my sweet potato).

And now here we are, time to make weekday goals.

Food: No sneaky eating!
Exercise: 2 runs (one set of hills, one set of sprints) plus 2 sets of incline pushups and squats.
Other: Read a book on at least 2 of my commutes. I've got "From Panic to Power" in hard copy and "10% Happier" on my Kindle and both are good for my brain. But only if I actually read them.
 
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Oh, a sort of funny story for you all!

I was riding shotgun with the G-man yesterday when at a stoplight he indicated that I had something on my face. I kept wiping at it but he said it was still there. After a few tries I realize what he's looking at.... The one rogue darker-than-the-others mustache hair that I had intended to pluck but forgot! I informed him that it was attached and he promptly pulled the tweezers out of his Swiss army knife for me. It's taken care of now [emoji15]
 
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Reminds me of Greek Wedding movie right before wedding! They are all plucking each other.. hahaha

RE: "Food: No sneaky eating!" LOL! Great Job!! :seeya:
 
At least your G would notice. I wish mine would, but not while we're out preferably. Did anyone see him doing it? Were you at the lights? :eek: Funny!
 
Cate, we were at a light, it was quick and easy! I'm really surprised he noticed, the light must have been shining a little too bright on it, haha.

My no sneaky eating goal has kept me from quite a few snacks this week already! I had trouble sleeping Sunday and Monday but no late night calories were consumed, which is a nice change from the norm. I've completed half of my other goals so far, so this week is looking good.
 
Well, things went a little downhill yesterday. I'm not sure if it was emotional eating or if I wasn't eating properly after my workouts.. or maybe it was a combination of both. Didn't start my day off with my normal breakfast and succumbed to snack after snack all day long. At least 1500 calories worth of snacks and drinks, yikes! But today is a new day. I've upped my running and exercise recently and I need to remember that all calories are not created equal. And that breakfast for me really is the most important part of the day, especially on days where I've run four miles on an empty stomach.
 
Breakfast is especially important for me on exercise days. I don't understand enough about the science of what to eat before/after but I'm sure you will get it sorted Oaks.
 
I hope so, Cate! I think I do this every time I get back into the swing of exercising. But I love healthy foods, and even got caught eating an apple as a mid day snack today, so I'll be ok!
 
Oaks, I get soooo hungry when I really exercise. Do you have someone to ask about the correct nutrition? BTW apples make me hungry. I only have one when I know a meal isn't far away. Bananas are my golfing food xoC
 
Cate, apples have become my nighttime treat, which I share with my cute little guinea pigs. Bananas are a part of my normal weekday breakfast (along with Grape nuts cereal) and I always regret when I stray from the norm. When I exercise I do best when I add in cottage cheese and/or almonds to account for the extra hunger. But knowing and doing are two different things, aren't they??

Butterfly, I always regret skipping breakfast, which thankfully means I don't do it too often! The key is that healthy part you mentioned. If I have something sugary that's disguised as breakfast food my day gets off to a terrible start!
 
Have A Goal Reaching Week! :waving:

I keep Nature's Valley Breakfast Biscuits around for "grab 'n go" and you truly get a healthy pick me up/good fuel from them!

My hubby is not even trying to be healthy and he takes those to work and has commented on how much better he feels after eating them. ;)

Maybe check those out? :waving:
 
Those breakfast biscuits are actually my go-to before long runs, Stacy... So I agree that they are good fuel :) Just had a pack before running 7 miles yesterday, in fact!

Thanks for reminding me that I didn't set any goals, haha. I should do that ASAP!
 
I've been dealing with a lot of highs and lows lately. Finally got up the nerve to call for some therapy and was told the place I used to go to is only taking appointments for medication. They referred me elsewhere but it's too far away so now I have more phone calls to make to find a new place. That first phone call was hard enough, I didn't have it in me to think about next steps. Anxiety is a b!
 
I know how hard it is Oaks, but do it anyway sweetie. It is much better for you, therefore it is worth the effort. Anxiety sucks! Sending you lots of love, xoxo Cate
 
Hope you are feeling better now! :grouphug:

I can relate hon..If ya ever need to talk, please PM me!

Anxiety * Stress * Panic Attacks * OCD drive me completely crazy... Some days/weeks/months I do really well and other times I feel depressed and like a prisoner.

I'm here for ya! ;)
 
Hi WLF friends! Long time no talk. I'm finishing up a little vacation right now. At the airport waiting to board a plane home, in fact. Spent some time in sunny Florida visiting with my mom and grandma. It was a really great trip and I'm already dreading returning to work on Monday. We only left on Tuesday but with the Thanksgiving holiday I had six days off of work before vacation even started. And now begins the holiday season!

I'm on day 12 of my holiday run streak. The first couple in Florida killed me (holy humidity) but I ran a super fast two miles on Thursday and felt amazing. Eating, well.... It was vacation :)
 
Awesome job keeping the streak going on vacation. Humidity is worse than heat for running. A run in the cold will feel great after that! I hope you have a great trip home.
 
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