Yesterday the hubby and I took to the road, heading to western Maryland for some much needed R&R. I've been really stressed out about my applications and it's costing me. I normally hate to interrupt my normal work schedule but sometimes something has to give. On the one hand, I can say I had a pretty relaxing day. By the time we piled back into the car to head home I felt much more calm, a significant improvement over Monday when stress had made me so absent minded I washed hubby's wallet and Tuesday when I forgot to pay an important bill.While we were there I decided I could have a cheat day. Everything I ate was still vegetarian but the options were pizza, grilled cheese or a veggie burger. The food tasted awful and at the time I assumed it was just a lack of proper seasoning. When we woke up this morning I realized it was likely something far worse. I abandoned most of my meal because I thought it was pretty stupid to blow my results for terrible tasting takeout. Unfortunately my husband ate his entire meal. We got food poisoning. Sadly, Nick got the worst of it. I realized something was not quite right when I stumbled through my morning cardio, unable to complete the workout. Dazed, I went back to bed. Within the next hour I became extremely thankful we were blessed enough to have a home with two bathrooms.
So what does this have to do with getting a cheerleader's body? Sometimes you just have to know when to slow down. I was so proud of the fact that I was diligently following the rotation calendar and looking forward to seeing great results later this month at the end of the Burn phase.Now I feel that it doesn't matter so much what happens this month. I have well over 50 lbs to lose and it won't happen in 30 days. Everyday that I eat right and exercise puts me one step closer to my goals. If I miss a day the world will not end. I just have to get up and get back on it. For now rest is what I need to continue my progress, so I'm heading back to bed. Tomorrow, I hope to wake up at 5:00am ready to bring it. Until tomorrow folks . . .
Very sorry abt the food poisoning, but I am so proud of you for not totally caving in on a cheat day! If it were me, I would have been shoveling in the ice cream and sweets along with the terrible fried take out. The world did not end... you will feel better... and you will make progress!
ReplyDeleteI am in a similar situation. I took Thursday as my rest day, one day ahead of schedule. Still ate on plan though. Ate on plan all day on Friday till I got home from work at four. Suddenly wasn't feeling right. Crawled into bed didn't get out for another two hours. Still felt sick. Stayed in bed the rest of the night. I woke up this morning feeling like I had a massive hangover. But I didn't. I had been in bed all night. Made it through work this morning still ate on plan. Came home at noon didn't get out of bed for six hours. Still don't feel good at all. Something just dosen't feel right with my head and tummy. No matter what I'm getting back to my workout tomorrow and I'm going to clean up my diet even more for a week. Hopefully that will pull me out of whatever I've got going on right now.
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