I didn't eat well over the weekend. I would give myself an F if I had to fill out a report card. Yesterday morning I woke up with renewed vigor ready to attack the food demons that plague me. I packed my lunch of asparagus and chicken along with two snacks, started the day off with oatmeal and finished strong with chicken and a salad. There was only one problem. I was so hungry all day I couldn't stand it. Friends, I am not talking about the kind of hunger in your brain where you "think" you want something to eat. I'm talking about the kind of hunger where your stomach is growling and you actually feel the hunger pains. You have trouble focusing because you are so hungry. I was counting down the minutes between times to eat. Thank God I met with Trainer Kelly tonight. She encouraged me to mix a protein and a carb for each of my meals and snacks. In this way I am increasing my metabolism and my body will feel full longer. Aha! I will be forging on with my new plan.
I had a good workout with Kelly tonight. We also talked about the pain in the neck. I told her that since one of my goals is to run a 5k I get going on a routine where I am incorporating running and after a couple of days my neck hurts so bad I can't run and have to force myself to do anything at all. According to her, the impact of running is actually not good for my condition and she advised me to lay off the running for now until the neck is under control. Please don't think for one second I am upset by this. Just the opposite. I am excited to take the pressure off of myself. I know have a plan for working out as far as when and how frequently to do cardio and when and how frequently to do strength. It is my intention of mixing it up a bit and three days a week getting two workouts in. This is a goal and if I achieve it I will be lighting that metabolism up.
Today was a most uncomfortable one. I had to go through recertification for proper techniques in restraint. The entire day puts me on sensory overload. The only way for the training to occur is for the trainer to demonstrate and then with another person you practice. In the morning session it's about releases and you are with one partner. This wasn't so bad because my principal and I were partners. We had quite the fun time taking out aggression on each other. Please understand we have no aggression directed at each other...just the aggression that builds up from the stress of everyday life. The afternoon session involves being restrained by and restraining everyone in the session multiple times to practice/learn new restraints. I like meeting other people. I enjoy interacting with other people. The three hours of touching tests my personal space senses for sure.
Even with all of that I left the training flying high! One of the trainers complimented me on how small I'm getting. She also told me how inspiring my blog is to her. Again, I never cease to be amazed when people say I inspire them. WHAT??? I'm really struggling with the fact that the scales still aren't going down as fast as I would like. It was so encouraging and inspiring to me for her to say that. And then...in the middle of me being restrained by someone I've known for a few years...she pauses and says..."Tammy's getting skinny!" The words from both of these ladies might be just what I needed to hear until that number starts to move again!
Thanks, Friends.
As I'm writing this, I realize that as I notice others losing weight I need to be more intentional about giving them verbal praise. If it means as much to me as it does to them then it's pretty darn important!
So one of my biggest followers, mom, has had a tooth problem for the last couple of weeks. I think it started on New Years Day. Tooth pain. She had the name of three dentists and went to see the one who could get her in first. A root canal and crown were necessary. It is rare for mom to let pain get her down. She lives with it every day. I could hear how bad she hurt over the phone. They started the root canal, where she was in the chair for almost two hours, finished up for the day, and told her it would be another week and they would finish the job. She hurt so bad and I felt so bad for her. All during December she had been telling me that after the first of the year she was going to get started on her diet and exercise again. I joked with her and told her that only being able to eat soft food was a good way to start a diet. The dentist called her the next day with a cancellation and was able to finish the root canal, but she had to wait until today to get the crown. (I had forgotten today was the day because she really doesn't complain.) So for three weeks she has been on a diet of soft food! I left the gym and called her. "Watcha doin?" Please understand that when she answered I could HEAR the smile in her voice. "Just finished eating fried chicken." "What? That's ironic since I just came from a workout with my trainer and a discussion about diet." "Hey! I finally got my crown on and I wanted fried chicken and I've been eating soft food for three weeks so I had me some fried chicken!" Touche! Tammy Touche!
That's all for now. I'm going to get my food ready for tomorrow. (It's my hope to have a good loss next week! A little jumpstart if you will...)
Just a little message for one of my followers...
VR (You know who you are!) Even if it's a thirty minute walk three times a week, you need to be doing some sort of exercise. It doesn't matter if you have weight issues or not. You care a lot about all of those little hearts out there. Those families need you. You owe it to your own heart, yourself, your family, and all of the others you touch to keep yourself healthy! ;)
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