Sugar Shock

I’ve been trying really hard to track what I’ve been eating and I use DailyPlate in case any of you use it. It’s the closest thing I can really have to a nutritionist but if I had a bunch of extra money I’d hire my own nutritionist.

I have been wanting to post a list of what I eat again for a while but everytime either I don’t finish my list in it’s entirety OR I am so ashamed by how bad it looks that I don’t. The problem is, how can I ever learn if I am not honest with every little thing I eat? In fact, as I was posting this I realized I had forgotten my exercise and the beer I had.

I realize the Burger King, Smartfood and Reeses were not good choices. I will say though I have been good about sugary treats lately and this was just a little something I needed. In retrospect, I knew better I should have had 1 reeses not 2.

I got the Burger King because I had to go out to the doctors at lunch to get my blood drawn and it was right next door. It was either that or come back and have a frozen lunch, which is much less appealing.

The Smartfood was one of those instances where I was on my hour plus drive home and bored and hungry. I really need to keep more snacks in the car.

So for better or for worse, here was my food from yesterday.

I had my first real photo shoot this weekend, it went really well but it hit me hard. I am sore from head to toe and I’m still tired. Right after the shoot I came home and started getting chills, my friend suggested it was all the stress I didn’t realize I was feeling coming to the surface, which makes sense.

So now I am going back to my normal routine, still working on photos but getting back to workout out that doesn’t involve crawling around on the floor with my camera, although I enjoyed doing it so much I didn’t even notice the effort.

It’s amazing how something that technically is less work than, say, running a marathon can end up running you down so much. I believe it’s the stress on top of it building up and all the mental energy.

This year I’ve already come so far proving so much to myself, now to prove it to my body.

Day 1: 30 min – Did a couple different dance workouts including Carmen Electra that I haven’t done in years. I love the hip hop dancing she does because it’s not as intricate as some other dance videos and it’s more fun, plus it kicks my ass. I wish she’d focus on the dancing part more an the striptease less because the striptease part just isn’t much of a workout.

Day 2: 10 min – I was already sore from a bunch of squats from Day 1 and I had worked out on Monday too, plus I had to get to a book club meeting. So, I did a 10 minute Kickboxing but for the arms but I had no weights. Next time, weights.

I’m eating well but haven’t gotten into a stride. I’ve been trying to keep track still but I miss days, particularly on weekends. I really just keep focusing on choosing good snacks over bad and we’ve been cooking more at home.

I’m anxiously waiting for when there is more light in the evening again so I can go for walks with my husband after work. I also can’t wait to get back to riding my bike! For now, I am exercising from home and boy are my thighs sore.

And on I go…