Terrific Tuesday

I woke up this morning feeling grumpy, discouraged, bloated, etc. Why? Well, I did not do well this past weekend following WW. I woke up Sat. morning knowing that I wanted to run and have a good weekend but I woke with a headache close to a migraine and a run was not in the cards. The day got better but I had managed to allow that first step to talk me out of following my points for Saturday and even Sunday. I won't lie and say that I did not enjoy the food I ate, I did. It is clear that I am an emotional eater and this in turn affects my emotions.

I weighed yesterday and I was actually glad to see that I'd gained .5 pounds because I expected more. Whew. I did run 4 miles after church on Sunday which felt great.

I ran 3.16 miles this morning and again, it felt pretty good. I felt grumpy like I mentioned and I decided to get the run over with this morning as I have a tendency to talk myself out of it by the end of the day. I went out to the jogging stroller and I had asked the Hubbs to air my tires this weekend and he forgot. Instead of getting mad and not going, I had the Hubbs talk me through using his air compressor and airing the tires. Yes! I got the babe in the jogger and I was ready to go, hit play on the ipod, NO POWER...What?!! There are two things I have learned are a must if I run #1 Gum. #2 ipod! I still ran anyway. I felt like I was being challenged to go no matter what, and I did! I am going to do all of my training runs this week and focus on journaling my points and two things I need to focus on as goals are 1. Water! 2. Eating 5 servings of fruits and veggies.

I also want to note on the post from Jennifer about the feeling of worry. I have felt the same in the past. I don't think that is what is intended. The truth is, we won't ever count exactly right. Ever. That isn't the point. The point is that its a mindset. You ordered food or made a plate with the idea of limiting your portion. Even if you didn't count your points 100% correct, and ended up going over...you still probably ate less or made smarter choices than you would if you weren't trying to follow the guidelines. Keep up the good work.