it's a process

made it to the gym yesterday and did my intervals. i was going to do c25k, but decided to try the galloway method, which would give me more recovery time between jogs. i did 1 min jog/4 min walk for an hour and covered just under 4 miles (walk was 3.7 until the last 2 intervals & jog was 4.8). the first half hour was good, i recovered well and felt fine... but the last half was much rougher... my hr just wasn't coming down as far as it probably should've. i actually skipped the 2nd to last jog because my hr was just too high. i'm going to talk to my trainer tomorrow to get his thoughts on how to approach this... i really want to be able to just go out and jog... eventually!

it wasn't a fantastic food day. it started fine, my usual breakfast. came home from the gym and had a protein shake. then it was off to help my sister pack/move, so i had a luna bar for lunch. by the time i got home, it was about 5:30 and i'd had just over 600 calories to eat, so i was starving! thankfully, my husband reminded me that i should probably have a snack, so cottage cheese and crackers did the trick. and then we decided to go out to dinner... red robin... i know what to order there that's not bad. but we started arguing on the way there... so i had a beer... then another... and a few fries... and ordered my chicken sandwich with the bun instead of lettuce. then we got home and i was still cranky... so i had some chocolate. total damage for the day was around 2500. on the bright side, i did burn just over 3000, so at least i was still at a deficit.

clearly i need to figure out a better way to deal with the emotions that come up when things get tense with hubby... beer, food & chocolate ARE NOT THE ANSWER!!!

today has been good so far... and will continue to be good for the rest of the day. i'm probably heading back to my sister's to help clean the apartment and move the last of the stuff (isn't it amazing how much STUFF there is when it's time to move?). i still need to get out for a walk with the dog, but that's probably going to be after i'm done with sis.

i need to get back to reading my response & advantage cards and figure out when i can do the eating experiments. those are going to be tough because of my workout schedule, but i think it's important that i at least try!

overall, it was a good week. one bad meal does not undo a week of good eating and exercise. i should be posting a loss for january... though it won't be nearly as much as i had hoped for. the good days out numbered the days with room for improvement... and i'm happy with that!