Rough Weeks...

Ok so the stress of the last couple of weeks seems to be abating, which is good. I strayed from the plan a bit and ate what was convenient, not what was the healthiest choice for me. I'm glad this plan is flexible to the point that you don't blow all your work if you stray a bit.

I went away this weekend "camping" with some friends...by camping I mean LARPing and for the uninformed you can google that word. :) At these weekends food is always an issue, however because I was constantly on the move I was able to stray a little. These weekends can be fairly intense..and in the past I would be sweating to the point of sever dehydration, this event though the only time I started sweating profusely was when I had my helmet on...that thing makes my head feel like its in an oven! So I can totally see that my time in the gym has paid off in that department.

Another department the whole plan has paid off in would be the clothing department. For the first time in years I was able to wear a pair of slacks that were a size smaller...I haven't been in a size 40 for about 3 years. I felt really good and gave me a huge boost in confidence. I knew that my normal cloths were getting looser, but this was another experience all together. It felt great!

So over the course of the weekend I ate fruit and yogurt when I could, I brought some humus and carrots with me as a healthy snack between meals and I ate the vegetarian option with the mean plan, which turned out to be pretty good. Had to many potatoes but I worked around it, starches are still on the no list for me. But over all it wasn't to bad. To off set big lulls I ate Clif Bars, those really helped ease the hunger pains and gave me the energy I needed to get through the weekend. In fact I only ate 2 of them of the course of 3 days. They had a lot of sugar, but the amount of activity negated that.

So on to my gym workout and regiment...I've pretty much stayed were I was. 45 minutes on the recumbent bike, but I've increased to level 4...so its a little bit harder on the legs while maintaining my heart rate between 110-120. I've been averaging around 117...so thats good. I try to get 5 days, but thats not always the case...minimum would be 3 days, but I do what I can.

So this is going to a short entry...I go back for my 8 week weigh in the end of this month, and I'm going to push myself to out do my week 4 results!

Always forward, never backwards.