BONJOUR! Although it's already technically Tuesday -- Welcome to August: Week 4! This August has been really, really LONG (it's a whoppin' 5 weeks!) -- so we STILL have yet another week (after THIS current week) to wrap things up as nicely as we can before our 3rd Monthly Weigh-In. Well, I'm back from Solvang where Alex and I traveled to celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary. As it was to be expected -- overindulgences happened. Fun was had. I did not behave entirely responsibly when it came to food. I wrote a bit more extensively about my feelings regarding 'getting back on track' after an overindulgence of this magnitude (let's just say that I've had AT LEAST three days in a row in which I have most likely consumed over 3000+ calories per DAY!) in the 'Friday Check-In 08.18.2023' post that is still currently active. I wrote it as a response to Geni's original Check-In answer and really went a bit further in depth as to how I'm going to handle this differently than I have handled previous 'going-off-the-wagon' situations in the past. HINT: YES. I feel a bit sorry it happened. No, I will not punish myself over it. This time around, I refuse to beat myself up over it. IT'S DONE. I enjoyed it. It was fun. Now the thing is to figure out how to move on from here. Please do read my latest reply on the 'Friday Check-In 08.18.2023' post to see how I will be handling this always-tricky scenario. Will I be allowing three extremely indulgent days to impact me in any way, shape or form? Please do read on to see my perspective this time around.
Maria
August 25, 2023
I'm sure it was fine, it was only a few days that you were there! I bet you still feel the same! Definitely no need to punish yourself every day, you're putting maximum effort in all the other days!
Diana
August 26, 2023
Well, it has now been a couple of days since this post and I have definitely gradually (yet fairly promptly) have fully returned to my routine. I did have a few moments this week of demotivation, but I decided to rise above them and not give them the power to get me down. Whether I have gained or lost anything these last few weeks, I refuse to give up this new lifestyle that has been giving me some pretty nifty benefits: I am able to walk better, I have more endurance, overall more energy. I don?t feel as weighed down as before. I move more sprightly. Even without being the least bit close to my goal, I am still enjoying many benefits from working out that I did not enjoy before so, even if I have not dropped weight this time around - - I still have found other benefits to working out and eating a bit better - - and I?m not going to give those up that easily! :)