I felt really, REALLY good about my week last week and then I saw that my points were 8th on the list... time for me to pick up my game for the next nine weeks. Ha-Ha, Just kidding! GREAT JOB, LADIES!!
So with week one down and nine more to go, I have decided that it is time for me to get serious about my work-outs. When I was logging my workouts I realized that I could only bank 1.5 points for my work-out, and if I had gone only 35 more minutes, I could have banked an additional 3.5 for the day. I tell you what, that was all the motivation that I needed in order to decided that my work-outs need to be no less than one hour per session.
I also realized that my eating habits are nuts! There are days that I have zero appetite and then other days that I seriously raid the cupboard looking for anything that might taste good to fulfill my desire to snack. So what do I do about this? I know that there isn't much that I can do about life in general. I mean I can't change events that happen at work, how my children behave at school (prayers needed, I have one heck of a class clown on my hands that gets in too much trouble) or the fact that my sweet husband forgot to throw my clothes in the dryer before he went to bed so now I don't have clean undies to wear... :) These events I can't control, but the normal "life stuff" stresses me out and I SEEK food out as a baby would a pacifier. Ridiculous, right? So this is my weakness that I need to figure out!
Amen to your oy! I find I have to make my contingency plans far in advance. I have bags in the very back of my freezer containing a tablespoon of dark chocolate chips and others with an ounce each of roasted, salted almonds in the cabinet for "emergencies."
ReplyDeleteI've also found that the longer workouts really help curb the need/desire to "comfort eat"... Maybe because of the added endorphins or maybe because I'm too tired to get up and feed myself. :)
I love food too!!! So I can't say no to every little good thing, so I'm trying to find alternatives. This week I tried some sugar free pudding with some berries for a dessert and it was good, and low calories! I also can't say no to ice cream, so I tried some of the Skinny Cow ice cream bars-they aren't healthy, but they are only 150 calories instead of the huge calories that are in ice cream. And with this week's challenge of no food after dinner I'm chewing gum like there's no tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your longer workouts!
I love the sugar free pudding with berries idea! Fantastic!
DeleteYou can also split your workouts up if you need to, like Katie talked about in her post. Sometimes I do that if I didn't get out the door in time to get a full hour run, or whatever. Then I'll do some kind of 20 minute strength workout before bed. Or a 30 minute yoga or something.
ReplyDeleteDo you have cable? I like to try the different workouts they have on the health/fitness tab OnDemand. Some of them have been real butt burners!
I have actually contemplated switching over to Comcast so that I can get ObDemand because I know those videos would come in handy! :)
DeleteI'm an emotional eater too. You can pretty much tell how I feel just by checking if my pants are too tight or not!
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