Moving on!
I'm back on the wagon and I'm feeling pretty good (besides a nasty case of shin splints...anyone have any tips?). I did my P90 sculpt yesterday and the P90 cardio today topped off with a 1.44 mile walk around the neighborhood. I thought it was going to be pretty painful to pick it back up but it hasn't been bad at all. I was really energized after my P90 today...hence the walk. I can tell I probably pushed it a little because my injury from a couple of weeks ago flared back up a bit. I took a steaming hot bath and have spent the evening on the couch. Hopefully I will be okay for tomorrow!
My eating has been pretty decent the past couple of days too. Yesterday I had cereal for breakfast, a Lean Cuisine and yogurt for lunch, and spaghetti (with whole wheat noodles) and green beans for dinner...and are you ready??? NO dessert!!! Today I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a Lean Cuisine and yogurt for lunch, homemade cheese and tomato pizza (with minimal cheese and whole wheat thin crust) with a low-fat Caesar salad...and NO dessert! The hardest part of the eating for me (and Jeff) is at night, while we are watching TV. It's how we relax and unwind and spend time together. We ALWAYS eat during this time...and since the baby has been born it's gotten excessive. A HUGE bowl of ice cream with hot fudge is the norm but it's not unheard of for us to eat something we lovingly refer to as "4th meal"...basically a second, high-fat dinner that usually follows a decently healthy meal. I'm not gonna lie...I'm starving at night and it hasn't been easy. We eat dinner at 5:30 because of the kids. I'm hoping that my body will gradually get used to this.
The most important thing I'm learning is that it's okay to fail. What I'm doing is HARD. I have an addiction...and sometimes it will get the best of me. The important thing is that I get back up and kick the addiction's ass the next hour/day/week/whatever. It doesn't have the be the end of another failed "diet". So, this is me. Getting back up. And kicking the addiction's ass. Boo ya!
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Woo hoo - go Steph! I agree that the hardest part is the eating. I am going to have to take BABY STEPs when I start that. I think I am going to do WW so I can save up points for little splurges.
ReplyDeleteShin splints: go back in the archives on my fatty blog. The #1 thing that cured them for me was shoes that I had fit at a running store (Luke's Locker @ Legacy and Tollroad). I was super intimidated to go, but I was in so much pain I just did it. They asked my budget and what kind of workouts I had planned. They watched me walk and jog (weird!). But IT WORKED. Once those initial shin splints healed up, they HAVEN'T COME BACK.
You've got to figure you're never the most out of shape/fattest they've ever helped. They are probably glad to see us getting into action - not laughing at us behind our backs.
i had shin splints when i ran cross country in HS and I would put a heating pad on before the run, ice after and later that night IBprofen and then I would take a hard round object (like a piece of a closet rod) and roll it up and down the muscle on the shins nightly. seemed to work :) but you should most definatley check your shoes.......
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