Hi there!
Ok, so I didn’t exactly achieve the birthday goal that I had laid out for myself a little over a month ago. In fact, I actually went up just a bit. Not much – maybe 4 or 5 pounds, so definitely recoverable if I get my head back in the game, but as they say, for that to happen I need to actually get my head back in the game…
From a food perspective, I’ve done a fair amount of binging over the last couple of weeks, however I think with just a little self discipline I can get that back under control. I think I’ve seen a pretty clear sign of this the last two nights or so, as odd as it sounds, because I’ve been getting up to snack again in the middle of the night. I really only do that when I’m hungry, so that kind of tells me that I’m not doing horrible at managing my calories during the day … now I just need learn to hold back at nighttime so that the reductions will actually take effect!
From an exercise perspective, I haven’t really been walking Cleo quite as much as I’d like, made clear last night when although we still managed to complete our big, 3.5-mile loop, I was certainly panting up a storm by the end of it! That said, it proves to me that I can still handle it and not have to ramp up again, even if it’s a bit of a push, so hopefully that will be a little more motivation to manage my time better so that I can set aside an hour and a half each evening several times a week to get out there, especially now that the weather is cooling down a little and sometimes there’s even a breeze to be enjoyed while I’m sweating my mind out!
I don’t really have a new goal yet, other than I’d love to see another big stride in time to be able to brag about it when we go home for Christmas, but for now I just want to focus on getting back on track and go from there.