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Comfortable Leap Day! For not being a holiday-person, there’s something that I like about Leap Day. Most likely due to numbers and I undoubtedly *am* a numbers-person.
Holy cow, I simply realized it has been three weeks since my final weigh in…? I knew I skipped Valentine’s Day, however I do not keep in mind why I skipped final week. I wasn’t avoiding the dimensions, so I simply most likely did not really feel like writing. As I step farther from running a blog, it is truly getting more durable to make myself write. I just like the accountability of my weigh-ins, although, so I actually need to attempt to get again to doing them each single week.
I have been hovering within the low- to mid-140’s for some time now. Right now, I used to be at 143.6, and I do not keep in mind what my weigh-in was three weeks in the past, however I believe it was related.
Nevertheless, I’ve just lately run into an issue I’ve by no means actually had earlier than throughout weight reduction, and it has been a problem…
I’ve by no means had a “common” schedule–Jerry’s work schedule was at all times all over and since I am a “homemaker” (saying “stay-at-home guardian” sounds type of odd now that Eli is a senior in highschool!), I based mostly my schedule round Jerry’s. Having a swing shift has benefits for positive, nevertheless it’s horrible if you thrive on a constant schedule.
I might by no means been in a position to plan meals for a similar time each day, have a standing date with buddies, or have an out there time slot that was open each week (I am a homemaker by selection, but when I might wished to work exterior the house, my availability was everywhere in the place–nothing constant).
All of that is to say that each day was just about the same–it wasn’t like, “Yay, it is the weekend!”, as a result of typically a Wednesday and Thursday had been like weekends to us. Or a Monday and Tuesday. Or no matter. So, I by no means had that “weekend mentality”–eating very well throughout the week and splurging on the weekends, and so forth. Having such a inconsistent schedule truly appeared to work effectively in that sense.
Now that Jerry has a constant schedule, SO MUCH has modified. We’re nonetheless getting used to it, and we undoubtedly must work on our weight loss plan. We have fallen into the “weekend mentality” cycle. And it is onerous to get out of!
I make dinner on the similar time each day, which has been so so so good for planning functions, and our weekdays are very constant. Nevertheless, we have began treating the weekends like a free-for-all in relation to our day after day life. Primarily concerning meals.
It began after we had been consuming tremendous clear throughout January. There was a whole lot of vegan “junk meals” that I wished to make, nevertheless it did not slot in with a complete meals weight loss plan. So, I recommended we make Friday a “junk meals” dinner evening: vegan burgers, pizza, fried tofu, and so forth. That means, we would be consuming (largely) clear six days every week and will nonetheless get pleasure from our favourite junk meals. Appears like a good suggestion, proper?
[I want to note that this is NOT something I call a “cheat day”–we aren’t on a diet. We’ve just been trying to eat much healthier and, in general, I think that having one junk meal a week fits just fine into a healthy diet. Honestly, the junk meals aren’t even horrible–just far less nutrition, while still being vegan. I don’t like the phrase “cheat day” because it implies bingeing or overeating just to squeeze it all into one day.]
Anyway, what began as a terrific concept rotated fast–from one meal to then consuming no matter all day Friday, then Friday and Saturday, after which just about the entire weekend. And on Monday, it is again to the norm. It is a downside we have by no means confronted earlier than!
My weight has been fluctuating way more than standard, and definitely greater than it ought to. I am speaking a distinction of 10 kilos in a weekend! It is clearly not all fats, as a result of after a few days of maintaining a healthy diet, it comes proper off. However the entire cycle isn’t one thing I am joyful with–especially contemplating I’m attempting to get my weight again down underneath 135.
This weekend can be an enormous check. Jerry and I’ve been speaking all week about how we will deal with it, haha. Going into it with a plan in place and acknowledging how the “weekend mentality” is messing with our weight reduction objectives, we’re tremendous decided to cease the cycle this weekend. I do nonetheless like the concept of creating a “junk meals”-type dinner on Friday nights, although. When the youngsters had been youthful, we used to plan “Pizza Friday” for when Jerry would have Fridays off–that’s the one purpose I selected Friday. If I depart it up within the air, we’ll probably fall again into the cycle.
So, that is an replace of what is been taking place over the past three weeks so far as weight reduction/weight loss plan. I’ve nonetheless been working very first thing each morning with Joey. A couple of weeks in the past, I discussed that, for every week, I used to be going so as to add one block (solely a tenth of a mile) to the run each day–and I did! I made myself do it for every week to see if I may get used to it (and step by step enhance my distance).
Nevertheless, I discovered it made me completely dread the run, which is so silly! It is solely a tenth of a mile longer (60 seconds on a great day), however there’s something psychological about the truth that once I know I am solely working one block, it feels so easy as a result of I can see my home virtually your entire means. So, after that week, I made a decision that one block is sweet if it will get me out and working. A few occasions every week, I will do two and even three if the climate is nice–not deliberate, however as soon as I am on the market I typically select to do extra.
One thing that I’m very proud of is that I’ve missed about 4 or 5 runs; it sounds odd to be joyful about that, however I used to be so anxious that if I broke the streak I began September 1, I’d simply give up altogether. The primary time I missed it, I used to be so mad–I might gotten dressed for winter working, put Joey on the leash, and began making my means down the driveway. There was actually not ONE naked spot of concrete that wasn’t coated with ice. It was the type of ice that has no traction whatsoever–picture an ice skating arena–and was barely melting so it had a skinny layer of water on prime.
I rapidly realized it wasn’t doable to run. After which I spotted it won’t even be doable to make it again up the driveway! Hahaha, our driveway has a slight slope and my ft simply saved sliding again towards the road. Positive, I may have simply run on the treadmill; however my function for making this morning run a behavior was to get exterior within the recent air to begin my day without work feeling good.
There have been a couple of different events the place I’ve missed the run, however I am good with that as a result of I get proper again to it the following morning–as lengthy as it is so ordinary that it feels bizarre NOT working every morning, I might say that is profitable. I am simply actually joyful that I have not handled it as I are inclined to deal with streaks of any kind–quitting as quickly because the streak is damaged.
Okay, this submit is actually lengthy for a weigh-in! My plan for the upcoming week is solely to eat persistently. I have been nice about getting in greens and my weight loss plan all through the week has been tremendous wholesome. It is simply the weekend mentality that I must cease earlier than it turns into a behavior.
