This morning, I woke up early enough to walk to the gym, had a good workout, and walked home. I didn't have enough time to cook breakfast, so I snagged an Egg McMuffin on the way to work. I took time during the morning staff meeting for my normal cottage cheese/pineapple snack, and then made sure to stop my later work in time enough to prepare and eat my taco salad. At my afternoon meeting, I didn't take the snack that was passed around. When I got home and talked about the day with Paul, I had my usual string cheese/cucumber/apple snack, and actually felt full afterwords. I didn't have a lot of time to prepare dinner before an evening meeting, so Paul did a Subway run for our dinner. I had a great sweet onion chicken teriyaki sandwich with lots of veggies. I was full and doing great.
At my evening meeting, I didn't eat the chocolate covered caramel macademia nut chews that were out. However, through the course of things, as the meeting went later and later, I got more stressed out because I had planned to workout the following morning and as it kept going, I was getting less and less sleep. (Yesterday I went to bed at 7:30 and got up this morning at 5.) So I came home angry and frustrated. I ended up eating 2 oz. of almonds, and 3 cups of baked Lays chips. I also had a diet sprite. Not the worst late evening eating, but not the best. I'll get there, though.
A plus was my water drinking today- I had 12 glasses. Also, I reached my new (since I started the blog) high on my pedometer- 8266 steps for the day. The nice thing is is that as I was walking around and around my room doing set-up things, yes, I got sweaty, but I wasn't tired of walking around. It was good.
Because of the late night and that I worked out today, tomorrow I will sleep in a little- not worry about working out, and Paul and I have planned to take Pippin on a nice long walk after we get done with school. I can still get my other two workouts in on Thursday and Friday.
You are doing great, Ruth, taking it one day at a time. A couple of suggestions once school gets rolling.....stay out of the staff room (you know why!)....Write your meal/snack times into your plans, maybe even set an alarm on your computer so you don't forget and work right through.....prep your meals/snacks for school for the week on the weekend and take it all into your school fridge (do I remember you have one in your room?) Monday morning so it's there and ready to go. What do you think? I worry because I know how school can take over. Just remember that you are going to feel so much better and have so much more energy for your kiddos if you take time to take care of Ruth now! :;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for those thoughts, Martha. The good things about my previous habits are that I rarely go into the staff room. I like reading while I eat lunch, and that's easier to do in my room. I have set myself a schedule for all my small meals because it's built into the school schedule. This week was my trial run for preparing my meals Sunday night to see if the things I'm eating now will stay good throughout the week, and they have. I think I'm ready for next week now. :o)
DeleteYou motivate me! Keep trying!
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