week 7

Weeks like this one come all the time and what matters is how we react to them. Let me explain. There were layoffs at work last Wednesday and I was close to being included. After the news, I went to lunch and didn't care about what I ate. So we went to Golden Corral and I started with salad with little dressing and grilled chicken, but I didn't stay with that. I had 3 more trips to get all kinds of fatty foods. Then followed up with hitting the dessert bar pretty hard. I didn't drink my protein shake in the afternoon because I wasn't hungry (this shows that I definitely ate too much since I should be hungry every 3 hours if I ate the perfect amount). Then for dinner I had chicken wings, sugar cookies, fudge, and beer. That day sucked.

Thursday I was working from home and there were the leftovers of the cookies and brownies so of course I ate them. Also didn't drink much water at all this day.

Friday I had lost focus for the week because of all the slips so far and it was hard to stay motivated. I ate pizza at the bar for lunch on Sunday while I watched the KU game.

As far as workouts go, I started the week great with some solid weightlifting and a little cardio. I didn't workout Wednesday, Thursday or Friday until I played ice hockey on Friday night...first attempt at that.

Saturday I came back around a bit, which is amazing given my history with bad weeks getting to me. I had a solid weightlifting session and cardio. I ate good up until the afternoon and then I didn't eat anymore. I felt bad about the junk I put in my system and also didn't feel like going out to get some healthy food so I didn't eat at all. Let me tell you right now, that is NOT smart. Odds are I started burning some muscle while I did't fuel my body with the nutrients it needed.

So to sum it up, stress got to me a bit and slowed my progress but the good news is that it didn't slow me much...AND I was able to get a good workout on Saturday instead of just waiting for the next week to focus again. So I'm happy with that.