I tracked my food all weekend long. It was not a perfect week in terms eating. But I’m OK with with what I did do this weekend. My weight was showing way down on one morning this weekend but I do believe I’m retaining some water due to some higher sodium foods and honestly today due to just not drinking my water. I don’t think I’m going to keep my streak alive for the water intake today. That’s OK too. I’m striving for perfection but I’m OK if I don’t reach perfection because this is life.
On Friday night we had our typical pizza dinner… My splurge for the week and I was actually OK with calories, right at the top end of my calorie goal for the day, but perfectly fine. Saturday morning my weight was actually even down! So I was very happy
On Saturday we relaxed a little bit, ran some errends, drove up to Hagerstown to see my mom and run one or two errands up there. Any exercise and/or steps that I got that day we’re simply from grocery shopping and errand running. My calories were a little bit higher than I wanted them to be but I still felt pretty confident with where I was and what I was doing.
Sunday… In one way Sunday was a victory and in one way it was a failure. On Sunday morning I woke up and went for a run. It wasn’t a long run. It wasn’t a fast run. But I was out there doing it. I came back and we hung around the house a little bit. And then got motivated to get out and ride our bikes. I was starting to feel hungry so I had two slices of pizza, left over of course. And then we went out on her bikes and rode for a few hours. For dinner I was just hungry. Really hungry. No excuse really… we had cheeseburgers zucchini and bean salad… And I was still hungry I added baked beans and some deviled eggs. And then I had my small piece of cake. Yes, I was way over my calories. So calorie wise I’m going to say it was a failure. Exercise wise, I’m going to say it was a bit of the victory because I actually did it. (Looking at my net calorie/exercise chart...I was below goal!)
This bike ride? Well that willlive in infamy. Why? Well, I’m going to say…very confidently, that this was probably one of the worst bike rides I have ever had. Top five at the very least. Let me highlight some of the wonderful aspects of this ride. Almost immediately, I rolled through some kind of pollen. This pollen was a beast!!! I was coughing and gagging. My eyes were running. My nose was dripping like a faucet. When I tried to speak, I started to gag. Water didn’t help. 2 miles!!! That how long it took for me to recover! Yes, I thought about turning around and giving up. But, I was having some delusional thought of being a tough girl! OK, maybe I just figured it would pass quickly. See, doesn’t this bike ride sound fun? The first 4 miles of this ride were pure mud!! Now, some days I don’t riding a mud big bike ride. With my less than stellar beginning though, yeah that was not one of those days. I slipped and slid in the mud. I grumbled and moaned. I pushed my muscles through the mud. (It takes more power to go through that mess). And I pushed through. After about mile 4 the mud dried up and the next few miles we’re not as muddy. But the whole time we were riding I kept reminding myself that this was indeed an out and back bike ride… Meaning that those first four hellish blood muddy miles we’re going to be repeated in reverse. Are we having fun yet? I guess it was right about the time that the mud eased up at the next event happened. I open my mouth to say something to Jason. In flew a bug. I don’t even know what the calorie count on that sucker was. Tasty...not! Sadly, the extra protein didn’t make the ride any easier. Anytime we stopped to get a drink bugs would descend upon us. Swarms! Plague like!!! Can I say yuck!! Jason had a bug flying into his eye!! … He almost rode off the trail because it blinded him. He said his eye with stinging still an hour or so later. Maybe I should be glad that I just ate one instead of having it in my eyeball. The return trip after we turned around wasn’t that bad. It was still muddy, but as I was able to breathe and talk and not gag from some unknown pollen, so it was not as miserable. Maybe next week we can repeat the fun? OK note the sarcasm… I want to ride next week but I don’t want to repeat that type of fun. But hey I got my writing! I got my exercise done!!!
Maybe I shouldn’t be too concerned about the higher calories on Saturday night due to a couple hours on the bike and a run.
Monday…… A day off of work for me! Yes, I had a vacation day scheduled. I’ve been very productive. House cleaning, shopping, oil change for the car, laundry, bills paid, cookies made for Jason, A dentist appointment to have my teeth cleaned, so much. I also did go out for a run. My Monday morning run was brutal. My shins were cooking in pain. I did a lot of walking during the run.That’s OK. I still put the miles on my body. For lunch I had a salad and for dinner I’m planning chicken so I should be OK calorie wise also. My only downfall today, is my water consumption. I am very low for the day.
Her was my helper during my house cleaning and laundry chores!
