Learning to Get Back Up

This Sunday was Canada Day (our national day of independence on July 1st).  I slipped a bit on my meal plan and felt kind of guilty, but at the same time I enjoyed allowing myself a bit of a treat to celebrate.  We were downtown all day and there is not a lot to fit the meal plan when you are out and about all day.  The temptations were just too overwhelming to resist and if I had not let myself enjoy anything while everyone else was indulging in front of me, I would have been completely miserable all day.  Normally a slip like that would have made me feel like I failed and I would have given up all together, but I'm learning that I am strong enough now to get right back up on that wagon.

Although I treated myself to a delicious snack, I deserved it because I managed to walk around downtown for long distances and long periods of time for the first time in years.  I overdid it though, to the point that I was extremely sore and my RA wiped me out the next day.  Yesterday the fatigue hit me like a Mack truck and I ended up sleeping straight through to dinner time (I was maybe up for an hour mid-day).  But I'm so proud of how far I walked which allowed me to enjoy the festivities in several locations throughout the day.  That is something I haven't done in at least 3 years.  I'm still learning how far I can push myself but I am impressed that it only wiped me out for one day.  Normally that would have put me in bed for days or weeks.  One day I can definitely handle and it was so worth it to say I did it! 

Our weigh-in and measurements have been delayed until Thursday this week instead of tonight.  I'm very glad about that because I got right back on the meal plan perfectly today and I feel much better both mentally and physically.  By following this program, it's been almost like an elimination diet for me so I am finally learning different foods that upset my stomach.  It was too hard to pinpoint the foods before, but it's so easy now.  That is one aspect I really wasn't expecting on this program.  Even though down the road I will allow myself a treat here and there, my body sure won't let me do it often ever again.  I think because of my slip this weekend, I don't feel like I've lost much this week but I guess we'll know for sure on Thursday.

We had a training session with my other trainer tonight (I have Chantal on Saturdays for semi-private sessions with a few other women).  She is a lot of fun and high energy all of the time.  She gives us a really good workout but has fun doing it and I hesitate to say I look forward to training with her again on Thursday!

I'm not sure what has possessed me, but I have decided to take up a few other team members on their offer for us all to get together tomorrow at Green's Creek.  In case you forget what that is, that is the horrendous hill from last Tuesday!  I have decided to make up for the fact that I slipped a bit this weekend so I need an extra workout before weigh-in on Thursday.  We will not have a trainer with us so we will simply be pushing each other and working together to get in some good exercise.  My goal before I leave that hill is to get in 3 trips down and up the hill again and this time I won't have Adrian to push me, so I will have to push myself (no matter how long it takes).  I'd be more than happy to have other friends join me there too; I will be there at 5:30pm!

On top of the training tonight and tomorrow, we also have our regular training on Thursday from 6-7, weigh-in and measurements from 7-8, then a food preparation course from 8-9 (3 hours at 180' on Thursday night)!  I have a make-up session on Friday night with Adrian and then I will top it all off with a session with Chantal on Saturday morning.  By Sunday, I will be so glad we got a new mattress (it arrives Friday) and it will be practically impossible to pry me out of it until Monday...

Goodnight and God bless.