I thought I had nothing to say…
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Health:
- Date: 08/22/2007
- Weight: 142
- Mood: Normal
- Sleep Hours: 7.5
- Sleep Pattern: Disturbed
I haven’t exercised this week at all. Okay, I did yoga twice. But, I don’t really count that because I don’t even know if it raises my heart rate.
I have eaten TWO chocolate bars this week and am currently eating the third one. I’m not even a chocolate person. But… apparently I am once a month now. I don’t know.
I have eaten terribly, also. Birthday parties, birthday dinners, cook-outs with friends… basically daily… it’s all adding up! Ugh.
Mostly I am just discouraged because I haven’t run this week, and I tried to blame it on the heat… and then the rain… but it’s supposed to rain for the next 5 days and I KNOW I can’t not run for 5 days. I might need to get my gym membership now. I was trying to put it off as long as possible.
Anyway… just writing to say “hello,” because I feel like I haven’t written a real post in a while. Work finally picked up and now I am trying to figure out how to successfully organize and balance all of my projects. I have worked later than planned everyday this week so far… and my evenings are still so rushed. I have got to start saying “no” to things.
It’s really tough trying to keep up with all of my friends. Right when I think I have a day to do NOTHING, someone new pops out of the blue and I’ve got plans for that day! Tommy and I were talking last night about how we really need to start saying “not tonight.” But, that makes me sad because for so long he was lonely without many friends and now we’ve got good friends and family and we don’t want anyone to drift away!
Oh, look at me. It’s such a TRAGEDY that I can’t keep up with my friends! I am such a drama queen. Blah. I’m just tired.
I have gotten to bed by 10:30pm every night this weekend but I can’t get my butt out of bed to go running before 6:30am. Pooh.
Filed under: Down and out, Life in Action
top tip - incorporate chocolate into your reward system . . . works for me. Well actually it doesn’t - I eat terribly; all kinds of junk, and never with any kind of “If I do X then I get to eat Y” delayed gratification. But it might work for you. Who knows.
Was it dark chocolate? Supposedly that’s quite good for you.
Do you have stairs where you live? Or a covered garage area? On a few occasions I’ve jumped rope (harder than it looks) and walked the stairs. I was surprised how quickly my heartrate when up after just two flights, and my butt was sore the next day.
But also think of it this way — if you can get out and do something just once, your mood will improve. Exercise and good thoughts go hand-in-hand.
Hang in there!
You’re not alone with reduced exercise & increased poor eating. With Mom in town, everything has been a free-for-all around here — huge meals, cocktails almost every evening, dessert on a regular basis, not enough water, too much coffee, and unless you count “strolling” as exercise, there hasn’t been a lot of it. I’d be happy to work on getting back on track together — well, at least until I take a road trip middle of next week. Holy cow, time flies.
One idea on the chocolate…I’ve taken to buying dense dark chocolate & keeping it in the freezer. I break off a small portion when I feel the need & walk to the other end of the house, letting it melt in my mouth. Rarely, do I end up eating the whole bar. Somehow the richness & the slowness = less consumption. Btw: I’m not a big chocolate fan either…except at certain times