Work the plan...

I was a little worried about my first day back at work after vacation.  I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to stay on plan.  I am a bad planner; I’ll just put it out there.  For example I was out grocery shopping last night for my kiddos lunches for the week and I only bought one meal to make for dinner.  I am much better when I make a grocery list and a meal plan for the week.  I usually let each kiddo choose a dinner and that way they each have a say in what we eat for the week.  They seem to love it.  I need to do that tonight and go shopping tomorrow.

I did think to buy some things to keep at work for when I get hungry.  I bought granola bars, trail mix, and oatmeal.  When I was at the store last night I found the most delish drink for breakfast!  It is a V8 Energy drink.  I bought the Peach Mango flavor, which was 8 ounces and 50 calories; this is great because I also get a serving of fruits and veggie (another struggle for me to get these in daily).  They were on sale for 75 cents!  I only bought two, because I wasn’t sure if I would like them – I hope they still have some when I go back to the store tomorrow.  I brought leftovers for lunch today, which was great and I was able to stay on plan all day. Because I did my run today, I earned enough points to have chocolate chip cookies, yum! 

When I got home tonight the hubby had dinner ready (such a nice surprise) and 2 of our kiddos had eaten.  The other two were at a school basketball game.  So I made a quick plate and then we went out for workout number 3 (again same intervals of jogging and walking).  It was so nice to have him with me and we brought the boxer with us too.  What a beautiful night, about 40 degrees, with no wind!  It was great to see all of the Christmas lights lit up in our neighborhood.  I can’t wait until we put ours up too, the hubby made a wreath and a “Merry Christmas” sign last year – he’s so talented!

Okay – so what’s keeping me up at night about my plan?  I am worried about a few things.  What will I do to stay determined when I lose motivation?  I need a plan to jumpstart me when I’m feeling low or lazy.  Also, what will I do when the weather turns?  The weatherman says we’ll have one nice day this week and then it turns super cold with snow!  My office does have a fitness center, but I’d have to stay late to work out on the treadmill – I don’t want to work out in front of co-workers…embarrassing!

Here’s another tidbit about me.  Whenever I start a plan – I am so good and faithful for the first 6 weeks then weeks 7-8 I start to slip and by week 10 I am completely off track.  I want this to be a forever plan, a way of life for me going forward.  I am so nervous about going off the rails like my typical way of dieting in the past.  Again, I need a plan to deal with the pitfalls that I know are up ahead.

It feels good to put it out there.  I am admitting my areas of weakness and failure in the past.  I hope by acknowledging this that I am able to handle it in the future.

Tomorrow is a no run day.  I have been following some super fit and beautiful people on Instagram.  They post their daily workouts.  I may try one of these. In addition to losing weight and being able to run a 5K – I’d like to tone up as well (lose fat, then find the muscle under there). After 3 days of workouts, maybe I should take the day off – I’m not sure when you are supposed to rest if at all?

Also I added a new widget to the blog - it shows my runs (distance, time, etc.).  Kind of a fun way to track my progress.

I'll keep you posted - have a great night!

Here's a pic of some lights from my run.