I got new Asics this weekend.  It seems that’s what I needed to re-motivate. Something to excite me back into the gym. That, or the fact that Monday is the start of my diet week, and I could start with a clean slate today. I’ve had my week-and-2-weekends ’off’ and I’m not proud of it. Yes, I did enjoy good food and drink, but I feel I could’ve done that with healthy foods instead of chips and pizza.  I thought (and posted) several times that I was over my indulgences, but I was apparantly trying to convince myself instead of actually being over it. So I’m not lying to you (or myself) this time when I say, I’m back.

My husband tried to stop me from eating chips on Saturday. I told him, “I’m starting over on Monday.”  That’s been my M.O. with dieting. Once I’ve messed up for the day, week or month, I roll myself into an avalanche of excuses and end up feeling broken with a mountain to re-climb. I used to run a Diet Challenge with a bunch of my friends. We’d diet for a month at a time, comparing BMI (body mass index) Points lost at the end of the month. We’d stop a day or two before month-end, so we could get together for a reward dinner where the losing team bought dinner for the winners. Every month, I’d go off my diet at that dinner, and the next day or so until the Diet Challenge started again the first of the month. I would have gained some weight in those few days, making my starting BMI a bit higher, which would then be easy to lose and I’d help my team. I quit running the challenge because I got tired of tricking myself and I was steadily gaining weight.

I think if I can figure out how to stay motivated all the time, I would be set. Duh. I put the 3 Cheats into The Rule of Three Diet to keep me from going off track, but apparently, that hasn’t worked for me yet. I am going to make myself use my cheats on food this month, and not wine. Maybe that will help keep me on track by allowing small treats throughout the week, instead of ending up feeling so deprived that I take another full week off.

If any of you have any suggestions for how you stay motivated, I’d love to read them! Please add a comment.

click here to view my daily food log from the weekend

MONDAY:
Breakfast:
2 C coffee w/ ~2T half & half and splenda
1 hard boiled egg

Workout:I had another morning where I didn’t want to work out, but went anyway.  At the beginning of my Body Pump class, I was feeling a bit nauseous (probably due to dehydration from the wine last night), but drank some water and pushed on. I felt accomplished after my workout. I’m glad I stayed and toughed it out.
15 min. elliptical
5 min bike trick
10 min. sit -ups
45 min Body Pump class

Lunch:
1 oz. smoked salmon w/ 2tsp LF cream cheese
1 Spicy V8 juice
1 banana

Snack:
Huge salad: 1/2 bag mixed greens, 1/2 bag baby spinach, 1 C strawberries, 1 oz. walnuts, 1 oz. plain goat cheese, 1 oz. dried cranberries, 2T Balsamic EVOO dressing

Dinner:
Chicken & shrimp fajitas w/ Mexican Bean Salad on a large Tomato and Basil wrap

Snack:
100 cal bag of popcorn

SUNDAY
Breakfast:
1 kashi waffle w/ 2 tsp natural peanut butter and 1 tsp natural maple syrup
1.5 C Coffee w/ splenda & half and half

Snack:
pear

Lunch:
1C spaghetti squash, 1/2 C wheat linguine, 1/2 C garden veggie sauce w/ added zucchini shreds

Dinner:
~ 3C Antipasta Salad
2 glasses red wine

Snack:
chips w/ Mexican Bean Salad

SATURDAY
Breakfast: (late)
egg sandwich: wheat english muffin, 1 egg & 1 egg white, FF cheddar cheese, spray butter, 2 rounds thin deli ham.
2 C coffee W ~ 2T half & half and splenda

Lunch:
1Cspaghetti squash, ~1C wheat linguine, 1/2 C garden veggie sauce w/ added zucchini

Snack:
~2 oz. dark chocolate covered soy nuts

Dinner:
Panda Express: Chow Mein, Black Pepper Chicken, Kung Pao Shrimp, a few french fries, Diet Pepsi

Snack:
Lime-flavored corn chips ~ 3 servings

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