Well I never said I'd write every day, but my lack of posting was indicative of my lack of commitment the past week.
In my defense I was traveling, which took me out of my routine. Not much of a defense, since it isn't like I didn't KNOW I was going to be traveling. I packed all of my powders for my shakes, my daily vitamins, my running shoes and work out clothes. That should count for something, right? My scale would disagree.
Let's see, it might be helpful to confess all the transgressions. The first challenge was at the airport, where I actually found the breakfast burrito place on myfitnesspal and logged it. Then I had some peanuts on the airplane, logged those. Then we met Claire's Aunt and Uncle for dinner, and that is where the wheels started to fall off. Sure I swapped out the garlic mashed potatoes for asparagus, but I had more wine that I planned, some fried zucchini thing... it was more of a meal than I needed.
The next day I went for a run that was filled with hills, so I didn't go nearly as far as I had planned. Ate a relatively healthy breakfast that I logged, then... I can't really remember what we did for lunch, but somehow by that night I was eating wings and drinking beer, and the food log had gone out the window.
Saturday, the day of the baby shower, until Tuesday morning was so many different kinds of unhealthy. Beer, shots, wings, pizza, Mike and Ike's, movie popcorn, hot dogs, Pringles, I had given up trying to be healthy and instead let my guard down to all sorts of food I should NEVER eat. It was a great visit, but it was tainted by my disappointment in myself, even in the moment.
Yesterday I started my official training regimen for the half marathon. I 'ran' again through North Carolina hills, but I felt awful. My shins were burning, my body was not prepared, and I walked more than I ran. I still made better choices yesterday in a day that was dominated by coming home, and then this morning I weighed myself before going to the gym.
The damage: 7.1 pounds*. This was a 6 day trip, and the majority of the binge was during one 48 hour period. I'm sure some of that is extra water from sodium and I am definitely curious how long it will take me to get back down, but I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, as long as I go right back to my healthy routine there really isn't much to dwell on. However, this wasn't some small slip up. I wanted to test myself to see how these habits would hold up on the road, and I failed miserably. Now I've got to lose these pounds over again, and I need to put a better plan together the next time I travel.
Vacation's over. Back to work.
*I was down to 240.1 at my lowest, and now I am up to 247.2.
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