Let’s start with the good. I got my miles in for my 2021 mile challenge for the year. I am unfailing with that. Determined to complete this goal and prove to myself that I can do it! I try not to think about the long term aspect of this goal. I try to not dwell on the amount of miles that I have yet to complete. I am laser focused on each individual day...get the minimum 6 miles...don’t worry about anything other than the days miles. I have been consistent with getting my miles on the exercise bike and then we usually walk after work so that nets me another mile or two. I also made a slight change in my calculations. The official rules of the challenge is that you can’t count your daily every day steps...only specific workouts. I followed that for the first two weeks. But then I realized that it was not really pushing me to add steps to my life. My step count was still barely reaching 5k each day. So I made a little equation. Through studying previous days, I know how much a sedentary day (no after work walk and just a lot of relaxing) gives me in steps. So I decided to take my daily steps...and I subtract that ‘sedentary number’. The number of steps I have left is what I count. I have been happy to see that while I used to struggle to reach that 5k mark, I find myself consistently over 5K. Nothing changed in my life...I am just trying to move more. For example, I fold clothes and instead of folding all the pants and placing them in a stack on the bed before putting them away, I fold a pair of jeans and then walk them to the dresser. I walk back to the bed and fold another pair of pants and walk them to the dresser and then back. I do the same with clothes that go into the closet. On trip for each item. It seems small but it does add up.
So I’m doing well with that.
My eating. I am struggling with breaking the weekend cycle. I eat sweet treats on the weekend....and pop up on the scales. I spend the weekdays trying to be good...and I can usually negate the weekend gain. But barely. I vow to keep it in line...but then I cave and have too many sweet treats. And this the cycle begins again.
I have such good intentions...but wow. I am spineless!
So that is what happened last week. I weighed in on Friday...and I lost 0.8 pounds. I was determined to come through the weekend without a gain. But then...boom. It happened. So here I go again...playing catch up. It’s getting old. And the only thing I can say is it so my shame because I know this issue is mine!!!
So here is to a work week of ‘catch up’!!!