Why do I have such a love/hate relationship with the weekends and holidays? On one hand, I love that I can sleep in (which for me now means 7am) and just relax, but at the same time it’s when I get myself in trouble with my healthy lifestyle.

I did great Saturday morning, got my workout in, treated myself to Panera and head home. I had to run a few errands and on my way back I pick up lunch for Andrew. I stopped at Chick-Fil-A and got a kid’s meal for myself (it’s all about portions). I was proud of myself that I had enough control to get the small version of the kid’s meal. I had plans to have a girl’s night and go to wine tasting that I thought would have a substantial amount of good available. Having eaten a small lunch I should have known better and ate something a little more for dinner. There is always good news and bad news when it comes to me drinking lately. The good news, I just don’t do it that often. Once every month MAYBE I go out and have more than a few drinks. In fact, I would probably say once every other month, if that. The bad news is, due to my lack of drinking regularly, I am finding it difficult to cut back and control my intake, when I do drink. It didn’t help that I had very little to eat, but combine that with not drinking much lately and my trying to keep up with the other girls, I was GONE. It was terrible and I always hate that feeling. All day Sunday was just bad decision after bad decision. Why is it when you are hung over nothing by fast food and crap food seems appealing?

Anyway, I am pretty concerned about my progress this week, although I was able to pull myself together yesterday and today and get my workouts in and eating back on track. My fear is that four days isn’t going to be long enough! My workout Monday was a lower body and abs strength training day and I really pushed hard. Boy do my legs feel like Jell-O today! I had cardio this morning so I did about 20 minutes on the up-right bike then 15 on the treadmill. I wanted to change it up a little bit so I wouldn’t get too bored. I ended up burning about 300 calories. I was pretty shocked how few calories I burnt on the bike versus the treadmill. Even the slightest incline on the treadmill goes a long way for calorie burn which is my goal on my cardio days.

My eating has been pretty good so far this week (outside of Sunday). I pick up some protein powder to drink before I hit the gym. I am hoping this will start helping me develop muscle. I am not very good at eating my daily recommended amount of protein, so we will see how these shakes workout for me.

I am still working on my portion control and eating slower. I am not sure why I eat so fast, but I really think it contributes to my over eating. If I took it slower and savored my foods I am thinking that I might get more out of each meal.

Well that is it for the day. I am feeling a little sleepy today, but I have a feeling my body is still recovering from my evening on Saturday. P.s. Getting old SUCKS!

“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right!” - Unknown