Some weeks you rock it; some weeks you ride it out.  This week was the latter.  You know, sometimes it seems like things are really bad, otherwise I’d be doing “better” at this.  In truth, it’s that things are very busy and have been super emotionally intense over the last couple months, from sleep to stress to relationships to work.  It’s kind of perfect in a way, because it shows me that I can be healthy and find balance even when things are not ideal.

Exercise:
I was pretty busy socially on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Sunday, Monday and Wednesday I got my workouts in: Sunday was a hike, Monday was upper body with the 15 lb weights again + 20 pushups + some abs.  On Wednesday, I went for an hour+ walk.  I’m still trying to be good to my shin splints, and the good news is that I think they’re healing.  I walked on many of the other days for lunch.  It’s a 30 minute walk and is a mile+.  I don’t walk super fast though, so I just think of it as staying active, rather than a true workout.

Food:
Food was… um, well.  I ate.  We’ll just say that.  I’m struggling with emotional eating again.  When stress hits, I eat.  I’d been doing well with not stressing about it, but today (for reasons that will soon become apparent) it’s bugging me that I’ve had chocolate and peanut butter at least twice this week, and ice cream twice or more.

I started the week with the best of intentions, y’all.  I made egg cups and kale chips.

And for lunch, I made healthy choices.  Lunch was turkey wraps with different kinds of salad (asparagus, peas and shallot salad and quinoa with apricots and almonds pictured here).  It was dinner and snacks that derailed me, and one bagel incident.

The good news is that it didn’t have a super huge impact.  I’ve only regained 0.5 lbs, and that’s with a week of fairly indulgent eating.  I’m obviously not thrilled, but I’ll live.  Given how incredibly rocky this week was, I think you have to give yourself some slack.

My self-esteem hasn’t taken a hit either. I’ve been feeling pretty darn saucy, and that’s major.  In fact, I’d say that might be the biggest victory: I “failed”, but I don’t think of myself as a failure. This is just a blip on my radar, a tiny oops! within a greater pattern of healthy, sane behavior.  I’ll get over it, get back on the wagon, and succeed for next week!

Stats: Height, a saucy 5’2″, Weight 176.

Also, a note: I’m traveling for work this week.  I’ll be posting a day late next week: on Sunday, instead of Saturday. And boy, I’m going to have to work hard this week.  Being healthy on the road isn’t easy.  See you all next week, hopefully with some excellent news!