Well, this weekend will be my real first hard-core challenge of my weight loss journey. I am leaving town for the entire weekend to visit my family in central BC.
Already, my mom has called me and asked what kind of food she should buy, "what kinds of food do you eat these days?". I can just picture it now - everything that goes into my mouth will be questioned and every exercise I do will be evaluated. This - as you may have picked up on is something that aggrivates me to no end.
On a brighter note, I have had an incredibly busy schedule this week, and an accident on the highway made my commute home 3 hours long today. It's been one thing after the next and I have barely found the time to stop and breathe! Tomorrow I have to make a massive presentation at 4:30 that I have essentially been working on for the past three years to a bunch of scholars and city officials and my nerves have skyrocketed. However, in the midst of all this business and hoopla going on, I have not allowed myself to use this as an excuse to go off plan or stop exercising. In the past I would have played the "woe is me" card and fallen out of this awesome routine i've got going on - but this time around I've got a serious sniff of devotion and have decided that whatever comes my way, whatever crap lands in my lap - there is no excuse to sacrifice my health. So far, so good. Still on plan, eating healthy (and less pre-packaged foods - thanks to blogger "Finding my Beauty" for suggesting stir fry's - brilliant - just brilliant) AND, I have managed to squeeze in gym time for at least an hour everyday, even if it is later at night. I've got my groove back, and anyone who knows me can tell you that once I find my groove and get on a roll, I accomplish my goals.
Hopefully the stress of my presentation won't keep me up too late tonight! Does having crazy nerves burn more calories? Gawd I hope so!
Ugh I hear you on the presentation nerves! But don't worry too much, before you know it it'll be over and you'll get through it just fine :)
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Good luck this week!
My mom is just like yours Lisa. I'm heading up today to Kelowna for 4 days, I'll get the same "Why are you eating chocolate? Is that your second glass of wine?" Like I'm a drug addict. There is no easy way to deal, just try to ignore it. I'm glad your loving your stir-fry's, thats how I made it through half of college. I have lots of great receipes if you ever want a couple to shake things up with, I'd be happy to email them to you! Have a fabulous weekend :)
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