Hey everyone! Okay so I got home late and fell on my dinner like I hadn't seen food in YEARS!!! I ended up being over for a fast day at 680 calories rather than 500 calories but I still consider that a fast as it is SIGNIFICANTLY different from what I'd normally eat. I DID end up working out as well for 45 minutes at like 11.30pm. I was exhausted by that point and was going to do a 15-minute easy breezy workout only but when I finished that I was like I'm already dressed and ready, might as well push it some more, so then I did an intense tabata-style workout which was great for fitness but was terrible for digestion- note to self: you don't need to be jumping around all over the place less than 90 minutes after eating. I had to sleep sitting up. Not fun.
Diane: I was really ill in 2012 and had a couple of major surgeries and my mom had NO patience with anyone. I was pretty chill (maybe the medications, maybe I'm just a chill sort of person in general, idk) but she was like fighting for my health rights or something and got into arguments with my surgeon, nurses, basically everyone got on her nerves. I think it was the worry and empathy and probably also the slightly jaded, robotic attitude of the medical people that made her so... antsy and irritable. I think it's normal and I totally appreciated it especially since I can admit my nerves were being got on too and I didn't feel able to speak up about it. And I agree, exercise is a huge mood boost. I also find working out easier in the afternoon especially if I've eaten at some point in the day before the workout. Working out in the morning requires a little extra pushing mentally and physically, but it does at least ensure said workout gets done!
TooWicky: I used to be a late night eater too because I'm kind of a night owl. In fact, pre-2009 when I started, 90% of my bingey behavior happened in the witching hours, so when I got started the first thing I did was cut off eating past midnight. Even on my worst, most binge-monster out-of-control days, the one rule I never break is that one. Re: fasting, I actually just got started with the 5:2 intermittent fasting way of eating in the last few months and now it's become kind of solid with me. 2 days a week I eat 500-600 calories (Mondays and Thursdays) and the rest of the week, I'm supposed to be able to eat 2000 calories although I try to be more around 1300-1500 calories on those non-fast days. It's not as hard as I thought it would be actually and it's been working okay for me as I've been really grinding out the last few months. It's been tough. Re: feeling bad about surgery recovery, the surgeries I had in 2012 are similar to yours in that adhesions caused bowel obstructions and there was infection and then failed ressections, anyway, to cut a long story short all heck exploded and all this happened just as I was getting to goal and was at my fittest and fastest with running and all of a sudden, boom! I remember crying at my first doctor's appointment after going home, saying I didn't feel like I was getting better fast enough because I was constantly out of breath (did the physios give you that breathing practice thing you're supposed to blow into, use it. It really helps), couldn't stand or sit up straight, walked bent over like a very old crone and basically could barely eat or drink anything, and then he, with that wonderful bedside manner my mother loved, proceeded to tell me about some of his other patients who'd done the same surgery and all their complications, then he told me how much worse I could be and that I was wayyy ahead of the curve getting around by myself, eating anything at all. So all this long story is basically to say give yourself time, you've just had major surgery (someone touched your bowels girl! they don't like being touched), you WILL feel better, you WILL get stronger. FWIW it took me a month to feel like myself again with breathing and getting around easily and maybe a couple of more months after that to feel like I was myself again with running. What you need now is patience and time. I think it's awesome and heroic that you're getting what exercise you can despite the challenges.
Jessica: The outfit is sooooo cool!!!! Love the corset and skirt. What sort of shirt and boots are you going to wear with? Do you own this already? Very very cool! We'll need pictures of the final look of course when the time comes, eh?
Laurie: Yay new Thread! I'm inspired by your beast mode and getting beastly myself by challenging myself to do more of a workout than I have on my plan when i start.
carter: Sending you strength and energy and positive vibes. I think everyone has plan fatigue from time to time. It's especially hard when everyone around seems to find the energy and verve that one can't find in themselves. This journey is a hard slog and I guess the hard times teach us compassion and perseverance and all those other annoyingly necessary virtues that help us be better people. So there are two bright sides: 1.) you'll get your fire back, just keep pushing through and trying to at least maintain for a bit if nothing else; and 2.) your current struggle to get back in form is for the greater good of mankind, you'll come out stronger and better for the experience than if everything was storybook easy-breezy. Or something. Anyway #takeoneformankind
Okay so just to check in with C25K, first of all please please join me and Laurie in doing C25K even if you're just thinking about it- you never know if you'll finish if you don't start. Today was my first time ever doing it outside so i don't know exactly how fast I was going, I just know it's probably faster than I go on the treadmill because I had to keep telling myself to slow down and pace myself. I started from
W2D1 in the end since I completed a second cycle of week 1 about a week ago. Running outside was interesting... good and trippy (meaning lots of potential to trip and fall splat, not that there was any high other than a runner's high going on) but interesting. I got home from that and got a head start on my evening work out (copying
Laurie's 2-a-day schedule) with some intense tabata training and yoga. I have an upper body strength training workout this evening which shouldn't be too bad for the digestion- not so much bouncing around y'kno.
I wish everyone a wonderful on-plan day.