Patience Is A Lost Virtue

While getting my daily AM dose of Facebook time in, I came across a note written by my crazy fitness friend Nicole (love ya!). She made a statement that really hit home and I loved it so much that I had to copy and paste it: "I try to remember one meal at a time, one day at a time. Sounds cliche I'm sure but for anyone who has ever tried to lose weight/change their body composition, patience is very often a lost virtue."

Amen to this! I've never realized it, but I think in a whole day format. If I have one meal that is unplanned (like last night I had a subway 6 inch turkey breast on 9-Grain bread instead of their salad because I just wanted the carbs damnit lol), my mentality is always, "Well I blew this DAY. May as well eat off plan the rest of the day." I always, always, always think in DAY format. Nic's note made me realize that it's not the whole day that counts, it's every little meal you have that adds up to that whole day. Ya, your calories may be over for the day, but by just letting that one meal be unplanned instead of meals 4, 5, and 6, you're doing yourself a favor mentally and physcially.

Mentally because, I know that at least for me, when I get done with my meals for the whole day and if I've been off plan for 3 of the 6, I beat myself up over it. I know that I could have stopped and had planned meals for 5 and 6 but didn't because I said, "This day is shot! May as well keep it up." I then procede to ask myself over and over, why did I do this? I didn't really want those food choices. Physcially because, well the obvious: calorie deficiet for the day is a goner.

And I've begun to notice that processed foods are really affecting my gut. After I ate that sandwich last night I blew up like a balloon! Sorry if this is a little TMI, but I got gas too! I came home and figured out the nutrition facts, and while they weren't that bad at all, the processed shit in that bread was enough to make your stomach turn! High-fructose corn syrup, caramel color, and it's not even whole wheat! Tricky, tricky Subway! I don't even want to know what is really in their turkey meat and how much sodium I sucked down.

And on that note, I'm proud to say that today has been an excellent day...despite awful back pain and TOM cramps. I rested today because it's been about two weeks since my last rest day and my body is just exhausted. It's been sore from workouts almost every day for the past two weeks and this rest day felt great! I think just about all my soreness is gone and just in time for my upper and lower body training tomorrow to make it sore all over again! haha I'm debating on resting Sunday which is my usual rest day because I get up at 6am for church and I'm pooped all day from getting up so early (because I usually can't fall asleep til 1am or later). We'll see how the back is feeling and how antsy I am for some Billy time come Sunday.

Speaking of sleep, I'm highly convinced those 5-HTP pills are God's gift to man! I've been taking roughly 200-300mg before bed for the past two nights and I get nice and relaxed within an hour of taking them and fall asleep quickly. I then sleep like a baby and feel so rested in the morning!

Wrap up for the day:
MEALS: LOW and ON
CARDIO: OFF
TRAINING: OFF

M1: Thomas Light Eng Muffin, EW, ff slice cheese, Bethany Frankel’s LF Fudge Muffin; coffee/stevia/almond milk
M2: 4 choc. espresso beans, Primal Teriyaki strip; instant oats, BSN LD, EW, cashew butter; Sonic diet cherry limeaid (these are another of God's gift to the dieting man!)
M3: Hungry Girl's Chix Low Mein: 1 bag tofu noodles, 4oz chix, 1/4 tsp ginger, 1/2 tsp garlic, 85g snap peas, 2oz carrots, Splenda pkt, 1/8c chix broth, 1TB soy sauce, 3/4 tsp cornstarch
M4: TBD