I consider myself a rational, intelligent person, but for some reason, when it comes to weight loss, I can quickly morph into the most ridiculous, senseless, idiotic dolt on the planet. Case in point: I already know that I have a work luncheon on Thursday and will be at the kids’ school orientations on Friday, which means I will be eating out for lunch, so I thought to myself: “Why not just take this whole week off? If I have to be off track on Thursday and Friday, why even bother? I can start over on Monday!”
Yes, that actually made sense to me. Ugh. How does that train of thought even leave the station?
Luckily I articulated this nonsense to a friend in an email, and luckily she called me out on it and said it would just lead to weight gain, which would make things harder. And she was right, of course. Thanks, Internet friend, for not letting me play these stupid games with myself!
So last night, instead of pigging out and then crashing on the couch as planned, I tried Les Mills On Demand, workout videos online for which I currently have a 10-day free trial. I love the Les Mills Combat workouts, so I thought this would be a good way to try out some of the other workouts they offer, and for free. What’s not to love about that?
I did 30 minutes of Les Mills Pump, then tried some Sh’Bam, a dance workout, which turned out to be a sweaty blast. Let’s just that say any workout that uses the song “U Can’t Touch This” is a workout for me!
I have to admit, it wasn’t all perfect and good. My boyfriend said he had a craving for chicken tenders, so we went to a chicken joint. I ordered the small, 3-tender basket, but it was served with fries. When I entered it into MyFitnessPal later, it was a nice slap in the face to see it cost me about 800 calories for the damn chicken alone!
Considering my original plan was a junk food binge and then plopping on the couch, I actually did pretty good. But considering I invested time and energy into working out, it is a shame that my dinner put me so far over on my calories when I could have made much better choices with just a bit of forethought and care.
I am weighing in one day early this week, on Friday, so I still have today and tomorrow to drink water, work out, and get ready for weigh in!
Sweat & Sparkle 