It’s all up to me

OK, I was expecting a weight gain due to my previous week of being off plan.  I always play a game w/myself before I get on the scale, predicting what it would say.  My prediction for this morning was 248 (the week before I was 243.5) and I figured that was actually a high estimate.  I did workout a time or 2 and for the most part I stayed on plan during the days.  What did that damn scale say????  255!

What the hell?  The only logical thing that makes sense is that the vast amounts of salt that I ingested over the weekend, as well as the smaller amounts of water that I drank, are contributing to some major water retention.  I do realize that I gained some actual weight, but not 12 freakin’ pounds.  Geez.

So obviously I am back on plan, hard core.  Of course today is goofy and I won’t have time to exercise b/c my younger son has a doctor’s appt. out of town but I am going to stay in control of my eating.  That will give me time, though, to put the finishing touches on my new workout schedule.  I realized (with the help of a few sisterchicks) that my previous schedule was not realistic over the long haul so I need to make some changes.

Got to go, baby is up.

11:15 am

I am publicly declaring that I am going to stay on-plan with food today.  Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be easy, but I’m guessing that I’ll be at my parents’ house around suppertime and that’s a danger zone.  To compensate, I’m going to grab a salad from a drive-thru and eat that.  I’m also going to pack some almonds in case I need to munch.

As far as my new workout schedule, the general plan is to do cardio (aka treadclimber) at the gym MWF after school.  I will put in between 60-75 minutes, depending on when I arrive.  On T/TH I will lift weights at home.  I don’t know why but I like doing weights at home and it honestly seems to be more effective than at the gym.  This should allow me to have extra time w/my older son b/c I can finish working out by 3:45 and he gets home around 3:30.  By the time he has a snack I’ll be ready to play.  Weekends will work as they always have, I can choose what I want to do but I need to workout both days.

I know this plan won’t work 100% of the time.  This Wednesday, for example, I am going to volunteer at my son’s school for a fun run.  But I’ll worry about those days as they come.

I’m going to post again after I get home so I can brag about staying on plan today with food.  I can do this, I can do this, I WILL do this.

7:15 pm

So far I have been on plan and it really hasn’t been very hard.  There’s something about confessing my plans to all of you that keeps me on track.  I still have a snack available to me if I need it and I’m hoping to be in bed w/i 2 hours so one snack should be plenty.  I know this is only day 1 back on plan, but it’s much better than being out of control.