I enjoyed defining and then allowing myself to use the word "perfect". It was a fun little experiment. But as it turns out, I'm not that crazy about living life by a checklist, so that's good for now.
Yesterday was hubby's birthday party. He wanted my famous "lasagnagasm". I had some too, and some roasted potatoes and carrots. I managed to only eat healthy things other than that, though, which was good. Didn't drink as much water as I should have though, and on account of it being a celebration, I didn't exercise.
So, the willing end of the "perfect" phase and the recent celebration lead me to these thoughts: what constitutes a big enough celebration to allow me to take the day off exercising and have one "bad" meal? And what's my new regime now that I'm tired of the checklist?
Well, I'm glad you asked. I figure if I declare which holidays are "off-plan-worthy" now, I won't try to rationalize myself into more of them later. Like setting boundaries for physical stuff BEFORE you get into a relationship: set the rules now when you're not in the heat of the moment. :-) Anyhoo, so here's my list: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and its Eve, Valentine's, My Birthday, The Birthdays Of My Immediate Family (which isn't a lot because the only two who are in town are hubby and sister), and My Graduation. There. That's my list, and I'm sticking to it.
As for my new plan...well...here's the thing. I've never allowed myself weekends off of school, not really. I try to do some homework everyday and then it looms over me every day so I try to do an even amount every day and then I don't really ever get a break but I try to believe that's okay because I don't have to do a lot of homework at any given time because I do some every day. Well, that worked for a while I guess, but I'd like to try something new. I know I'm an all-or-nothing kinda gal, and while it's not good when applied to a day of dieting ("I just ate one piece of pie, the day is ruined, might as well eat the rest") I could totally use it to my advantage in other areas. So the new plan is to do homework like a fiend on weekdays and then actually relax on the weekends. You know...like a normal person.
As for the diety part...I kinda like how I'm going now, just eating what I know is good for me and making sure to exercise for an hour every day. Except now that I have a pal to jog with on tue/thu/sat, it would be best to make that my cardio day and make mon/wed/fri my weights days and take Sunday off. Best anyway, I'm told my body needs at least one day a week to rest. I'm not inclined to give it, but that's my all-or-nothing mind talking and in this case I'm not going to listen.
Well this is a long enough post to bore the most avid of readers. As in, me, cause no one else pays attention. Which is fine. 'Bout what I expected. See "you" tomorrow with the weigh in.
-Amber
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