Yes, yes, I know – it’s not Wednesday. It just took me a day to get up the courage to post this week’s weight. I’m happy to report that my business travel is over and done for the summer (I hope) but the last few weeks have been stressful…and I think you know what’s coming next. I allowed myself to fall right back into old habits and the result was as expected yesterday morning. The scale read 241. Yup, you read that right. 241. Back in the 240′s . Up 8 pounds from a few weeks ago.
Sigh.
I feel tired, headachy, and just generally foggy from eating processed food, sugar, fat and salt for a couple weeks. Although I made an effort each day to eat some fresh fruit & veg, and kept up with my exercise no matter what, I still feel like crap. The past couple weeks have really taught me just how damaging junk food is to the human body, and that a banana with my breakfast plus a few grapes for a snack just aren’t enough to overcome the negative effects of all that processed food.
So what’s next? Get right back to it. A lapse is just that – a break from routine, a time when I wasn’t making the best choices. But a lapse isn’t permanent and there’s always tomorrow. Feeling bad about my mistakes isn’t going to help my change my behavior – instead I’ll give myself a little pep talk to help generate some positive momentum.
The SheRox triathlon is in a few days and I’m pretty excited. It has finally hit me that I’m a triathlete! Not your typical triathlete, but perhaps that’s a good thing – I think I’m an example to all the women out there that think they can’t do it, especially the ones that are 50, 75, 100 pounds or more overweight. No doubt I’ll be the heaviest woman at the starting line on Sunday (or at least close to it) and I’m kinda proud of that. Not your average triathlete, but a triathlete just the same. All 241 pounds of me!
