Thanks Anne, I'm feeling much better. I rested all week and sat in the jacuzzi at the gym for 30 minutes instead of working out. I've been taking my advil and I feel better every day. Another day or two and I should be good as new.
I didn't end up losing any weight this month, but it's no wonder since I haven't been consistent with diet or exercise. I was sick and didn't start lifting until January 13. Then on January 26 I had to stop working out because of a pulled rib muscle. I'm waiting until the pain is completely gone before I start up again. That makes two false starts on Power Training, and I just don't feel like going back to it again right now. So I picked up The New Rules of Lifting and will give that a whirl.
I also switched diet plans mid-month. I was following Clean Eating, then I went on a trip January 7-11 and realized it was too much trouble to follow a restrictive diet. So I went back to counting calories. I was doing really well, then started to slack off and have more meals and then entire days of not counting.
So January was not a great month, but February will be better.
I feel like I need it to be March!! This winter has just SUCKED!!! I'm going to try to pull out a good February, but this weather has just been getting me down. I hope you find the will to rock it out in Feburary.
It's been so long since I worked out that even this workout kicked my ass. I have been an eating machine this past week, going up to 2000 calories, but I think it's because I started training and swimming again, and I will adjust in the next week or two and be able to back down to around 1400.
I declare Facefeeding Fest February 2009 officially over! I am not going to meet my goals if I continue to eat like this. The best I can say about it is that this time I am logging it all, still coming in around 2000 calories, so it's not a complete binge. I need to stay away from the candy at work, bring more fruit and veggie snacks, and embrace the deficit!
It's hard, isn't it? I spend a fair amount of time at the college with guys who are buying food every day. I've convinced myself that I really don't want it, but every now and then I think I wouldn't mind. I'd have a harder time in a place where someone had a bowl of candy or something out. Keeping the logging going, even when bad, is a good thing though. Good luck with getting it back under control.
Since I am having to give up running (at least for a while), I bought all the props I need to make swimming a better workout. I have fins, pull buoy, kickboard, and paddles. I got a workout from swimplan.com.
I was doing better with getting my diet on track, then last night I gave in and had three beers, along with some peanut butter filled pretzels and chips and dip. Oh well. Considering that my goal is to figure out how to do maintenance, something like this isn't a slip. It's just another opportunity to find balance.
Tom, I have tried that in the past, but for now I am sort of taking a break from any particular type of diet and just eating what I feel like, trying to stay in the calorie range for the most part. I thought I would have an easier time cutting calories if I didn't worry about the protein. I may rethink that. It's a constant experiment. I am going to start trying to use up some protein shakes, so my protein intake will likely be higher in the coming weeks.
I bought the book Intuitive Eating a while back, but I finally picked it up last night after diving into the tub of peanut butter filled pretzels, followed by a bag of tortilla chips. I have been back to counting calories for a couple months, not following any particular eating plan. But lately I've been noticing some obsessive behaviors with food, and I want to get a handle on it. So I'm shutting down my food tracker for now, and I'll keep everyone posted as I read the book and try it out.
I really debated quitting the challenge because I can't be obsessing about my weight if I really want to give intuitive eating a try. But I decided to just use the challenge as a way to monitor my progress, and my goal is not to lose weight necessarily, but to continue training to achieve better body composition, and find a way of eating so that I can maintain without any struggle.
I think that's a good idea, as the challenge is more about improving yourself. There have been plenty of people in the challenge working on body recomp, not dieting specifically.
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