Wellness Wednesday Week 8

I think it’s week 8.  It is right? Anyone have a calendar handy?

I missed last week. No one complained. As a result I shall ponder the fate of this feature.

Last Wednesday night I was preparing to go to a conference. Remember that 10 day mega diet I was on to try to drop massive weight before I left? Yeah, it didn’t really work out. I was super careful with food for 8 of the 10 days, but there was no exercise. Unless stressing and running around packing and doing laundry counts.  Or running up and down the stairs from my bedroom to the full length mirror to see if my outfits were cute enough.

While away, I drank way too much coffee and soda and didn’t exactly eat well.  I didn’t eat too much, but many of my choices weren’t so great. Luckily I didn’t gain too much weight while I was gone. I brought my workout stuff to the conference, but I couldn’t put my sneakers on because I decided to tattoo my foot. I didn’t plan it that way, but I’m not really complaining about it either.

Here are my stats as of the end of September.

  • Miles walked/run this year: 73.59
  • Miles walked/run in September: 16.56
  • 18 of 30 days I cooked at home. Of the 12 I didn’t, 5 were when I was travelling. So not great, but not bad either, considering.
  • I have no clue how many days I exercised. I think about 8-10.
  • Weight lost since starting all this: 6.8 pounds.
  • I totally bailed on my crunch and jumping jack challenges.
I’m easing back into things this month. By “easing back” I mean that I ate bread and butter before dinner because I was starving. And I ate an ice cream sandwich after lunch because I wanted to.  Maybe I’ll walk tomorrow. Maybe I won’t. I know for a lot of people exercising helps them alleviate stress, but for me, adding exercise into a super full day stresses me out.  So we’ll just see what happens.
I feel like I’m beating to death the theme of accepting myself for who I am, shortcomings and all, but it’s the truth. There was a time when I would have traveled and done even worse with my diet. It doesn’t really look like I did well, but I know how much worse it could have been.
Maybe I won’t do this weekly and I’ll change it to a monthly thing. I’ll have to give it some thought.
For now though, I’m going to go make some cheeseless tacos and veggies for dinner, even though I’d really rather order Chinese.

5 thoughts on “Wellness Wednesday Week 8

  1. Natalie DeYoung

    I relate to all of this. I too am “easing back in” to eating better after all the summer vacationing, then a few weeks of forgetting to eat well. Sigh. Rome in a day and all.

    1. Michelle Longo

      In addition to easing back into eating better and exercising, this week I eased myself into a bag of Cheetos so they wouldn’t get stale and become a waste of money.

  2. Samantha Brinn Merel

    I’m so with you. After a month of Jewish holidays, I can’t button my pants, and have general feeling of “ugh.” Part of me wants to just stop eating completely, and go out and run 10 miles a day, but then the saner part of me settles on something far less drastic. Sometimes staying healthy completely and totally sucks.

    1. Michelle Longo

      I need to get back on track before the holidays start for me since there are always more temptations, even if I don’t do big celebrations. It seems like I can always fit in the food. I want the fast results, even if I know it’s not a good idea. Slow and steady.

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