Weekend Reflections: Highs and Lows
I'm trying to learn to not see a whole wknd as a "failure" bc of one or two missteps, but more as a learning experience.. And I'm trying to motivate myself with the positive choices I still managed to make while fighting off that whole "I blew it now I might as well go crazy" mentality! Share your highs and lows below if you'd like!
Highs:
-choosing seared ahi tuna and veggies on the grill at home over dinner out and empty calories (and empty wallet).
-Only having one glass of wine at Sunday dinner and finishing up w lots of water!
-Getting to the gym Saturday a.m. even though I had a really limited schedule that day.
-Avoiding popcorn at the movies Sunday (a 2.5 hr long movie would have meant a LOT of popcorn calories)
Lows:
-pepperoni dip (I don't even know what that IS, but I ate it), and wayy too much wine at a bridal shower on Saturday.
-eating part of a cheese steak egg roll app at dinner Sunday (it was delish though)
-missing the gym Sunday
...Anyone else??
Weekends are WAY easier for me now than they were when I started cc last summer, but yeah. Used to be I would walk and eat right M - F and sitting around and the bf would derail me for the weekend. I would feel like I had to "start over" on Monday. NO MORE -- honestly, I think one of my biggest mind switches with this whole weight loss thing was to realize that for me, this was about the rest of my life. I spent 30 years being overweight. I will spend the next 70 being fit and healthy, active and happier for it.
Now I exercise on weekends, ignore my bf for laughing at my salads, and keep on keeping on as usual -- this is a lifestyle for me, not a diet anymore...
HIGHS FOR ME THIS WEEKEND:
my 4 year anniversary
Not too much booze at all --
yummy tuna and brocolli for my dinner out vs. something naughty
worked out hard both days!!!!!!
LOWS FOR ME THIS WEEKEND:
my bf's reaction to a very elaborate and thoughtful scavenger hunt pretty much broke my heart
being ignored while showing off my hot new bod in new nighties
I could have had a little less booze than I did, but not bad
I think making better choices gets sort of ingrained after a while! ( :
High's
Visiting my parents for lunch on Sunday, who had 'considerately' bought some amazing food, none of which was dieticious lol. I was able to say no to the scotch egg, the Blueberry muffin AND the white choc chip cookies (snadwich and the mini samosas were amazing though!!)
Not drinking this weekend
Only eating one chocolate a day AND counting them lol
Lows
Staring longingly at my bag of jellybeans ALL WEEKEND. They will be the death of me i swear!!
Not doing any exercise at all
hehe hope things with bf work out.
Highs this weekend:
* Ate only half my dessert (egg custard bun) friday night
* Had only one beer on saturday night, resisted chips / mini quiches
* Played competitive soccer for 40 minutes on sunday
Lows this weekend:
* Had one and a half plates of chicken dumplings... should have stopped at one plate... (friday night)
* Ate a bowl of rice with pudding just before going to bed on saturday night
i have today off work so its still the weekend for me.
high's
stayed within my calories the whole weekend
denied marble slab ice cream (big one right there)
low's
over 600 cals everyday for breakfast alone leaving no room for the recommended 5 small meals a day
wayy too lazy and only worked out for 15 min the whole weekend.
Original Post by olivia77:
I like this post.
Weekends are WAY easier for me now than they were when I started cc last summer, but yeah. Used to be I would walk and eat right M - F and sitting around and the bf would derail me for the weekend. I would feel like I had to "start over" on Monday. NO MORE -- honestly, I think one of my biggest mind switches with this whole weight loss thing was to realize that for me, this was about the rest of my life. I spent 30 years being overweight. I will spend the next 70 being fit and healthy, active and happier for it.
Now I exercise on weekends, ignore my bf for laughing at my salads, and keep on keeping on as usual -- this is a lifestyle for me, not a diet anymore...
HIGHS FOR ME THIS WEEKEND:
my 4 year anniversary
Not too much booze at all --
yummy tuna and brocolli for my dinner out vs. something naughty
worked out hard both days!!!!!!
LOWS FOR ME THIS WEEKEND:
my bf's reaction to a very elaborate and thoughtful scavenger hunt pretty much broke my heart
being ignored while showing off my hot new bod in new nighties
I could have had a little less booze than I did, but not bad
I think making better choices gets sort of ingrained after a while! ( :
Thanks for the response, and it sounds like you're making amazing progress! Sorry to hear your BF didn't react as well to your big plans but, sometimes I find, the more I _PLAN_ things to a T, the more apt I am to get bummed if everything doesn't go down perfectly. Lately I have been trying to plan the "framework" for things like.. an upcoming bday trip w my fiance, but I'll let him take care of the nitty gritty details so it feels like we're both taking part.
Either way I bet the new sexy nighties make YOU feel good!!
This is such a good thread. Thanks for posting it.
Highs
- + 30+ min. jog Sunday morning, so perfect outside and such a fun jog
- +not over eating at an amazing restaurant
- +exercised the most self discipline of my life eating only 11 french fries (as a snack shared with a friend while we were out and about) and not eating the entire plateful, yes plateful, like before. Oh my god, it took so much self control.
Lows
- -drank 2 glasses of wine on Saturday
- -ate a cookie which put me over for Sunday, but at least it was homemade and absolutely worth it :)
Great thread!
Highs:
Dragonboat race on Saturday - team came in 2nd in our first two races, the 3rd was rained out.
Didn't eat the garbage I could have at the races (hot dogs, sausages, burgers, ice cream, kettle corn...) and instead had some samples from the Kashi tent (about 1/2 c kashi lean w/ soy milk! and a couple of granola bars) as well as almonds, fresh veggies and LOTS of water instead of beer.
Stuck to 2 pieces of pizza and a big salad for dinner Saturday night
Went to the driving range Sunday for a couple of hours
Avoided eating too much cr@p at friend's bbq on Sunday, ate just a burger patty and lots of veg as well as avoided alcohol... BUT....
LOWS:
Ate too many chips at the bbq, and ate a LOT of cheese popcorn Saturday night
But, this week is a new week, and despite some flubs, I think I did okay this weekend :) Today I'm back to eating well!
I too enjoy this thread. Fun fun.
I'm going to begin this from friday at lunch since I feel like my weekend began then.
Highs -
- Got all of my work completed for my deadline on friday afternoon and felt really proud - bonus: felt very happy and nerdy to have so thoroughly enjoyed working with mining CAD software once again
- Went to see a movie and avoided all of the concession stand snacks by enjoying one piece of 70% dark chocolate before heading out. The movie was the Dark Knight and it was epic.
- Had an amazing run around the lake doing high intensity intervals throughout the run (up and down rocks didn't hurt either)
- Did between 1 and 2 hours of dancing on saturday night and had a great time
- Still managed to workout on sunday despite feeling a wee bit slow and unwilling due to the slight affects of the drink that lingered in me
Lows-
- Went out to lunch friday afternoon and I have no idea how healthy Pho is but it was delicious
- Drank copious amounts of alcohol (see high about dancing... lol) on saturday evening that was most likely not balanced by the evenings dancing
- went to bed at 4 am on saturday and slept poorly until noon
- went to out to lunch on sunday and enjoyed a meal that was not nutritionally favourable - then followed it up with delicious ice cream
- Had trouble sleeping last night due to the earlier mentioned late night
Overall I actually feel pretty good about how the weekend went. I had tons of fun, I don't normally drink as much as I did so it was a nice chance to splurge a little and enjoy myself. I'm glad I exercised a lot through it all (although my legs tell me they would have liked more than half a day off before I decided they should dance the night away. Good thing I know how to ignore them).
Highs:
- Took a very long walk down the beach
- Went to the brew pub on Friday night with friends, and did NOT have any beer (even though they had my fav extra special bitter on nitrogen)
- Dicvoered how tasty frozen cantelope is
- Got back on the wagon Sunday when I fell off Saturday
Lows:
- I binged on Saturday. It wasn't a major binge, but a binge none the less
- I didn't stretch after my long walk Saturday, and as a result, my back pain came back on Sunday
- I didn't kiteboard. :(
Highs:
- Resisted ice cream all weekend, although 2 gallons of it are sitting in the freezer
- 80 mins of mowing the lawn (by hand, with a hand mower) = almost 800 cals burned on Sunday
- Drank a whole lot of water
Lows:
- My mum made bbq ribs with sticky sauce sunday nite- need I say more?
- Ate a single cream puff on sat.
- bummed around all day on sat. watched tv/played on the computer and read, despite the gorgeous weather
Highs:
- lunch with my brother Friday at a local restaurant. I finished his girlfriend's fries, then went to the gym;
- ran longer distance and longer time than ever before on Saturday;
- had an awesome time (incredible food!) at a backyard BBQ Saturday;
- went to the gym Sunday, then rented kayaks with a friend and paddled for an hour;
- managed not to get sunburned;
- didn't gain too much despite very heavy eating Friday through Sunday because I didn't skimp on exercise; and
- good mood has carried over into the work week, when it is needed most.
Lows:
- disappointing ice cream Friday, waste of calories;
- ate about 5000 calories on Saturday (potluck BBQ), assuming I remembered and logged everything fairly accurately;
- feeling ashamed of the way I stuffed my face at the BBQ;
- ate lunch out on Sunday, then had an unplanned supper out at a pasta place; and
- twisted my ankle at the gym.
Original Post by olivia77:
I like this post.
Weekends are WAY easier for me now than they were when I started cc last summer, but yeah. Used to be I would walk and eat right M - F and sitting around and the bf would derail me for the weekend. I would feel like I had to "start over" on Monday. NO MORE -- honestly, I think one of my biggest mind switches with this whole weight loss thing was to realize that for me, this was about the rest of my life. I spent 30 years being overweight. I will spend the next 70 being fit and healthy, active and happier for it.
Now I exercise on weekends, ignore my bf for laughing at my salads, and keep on keeping on as usual -- this is a lifestyle for me, not a diet anymore...
HIGHS FOR ME THIS WEEKEND:
my 4 year anniversary
Not too much booze at all --
yummy tuna and brocolli for my dinner out vs. something naughty
worked out hard both days!!!!!!
LOWS FOR ME THIS WEEKEND:
my bf's reaction to a very elaborate and thoughtful scavenger hunt pretty much broke my heart
being ignored while showing off my hot new bod in new nighties
I could have had a little less booze than I did, but not bad
I think making better choices gets sort of ingrained after a while! ( :
This weekend was my 4 year anniversary too!!!
Highs:
Anniversary
Going to the gym Sunday
Lows:
Saturday I ate out a lot, and the same for Sunday...I'm not even going to count the calories...
great thread! i'm new to this site but it's helping me a lot!
highs:
worked out on saturday
avoided alcohol all weekend
lows:
eating 2 hot dogs saturday night!
didn't work out on sunday
