Being away from my home, and normal routine for two and a half weeks never felt so difficult. This was the first big trip I did solo with my little monkey who is 22 months...almost 23. We did a whirl-wind trip: driving to Spokane, flying to Chicago, driving to Normal, driving to Cleveland, then down to Columbus, and back up to Cleveland, driving back to Chicago, flying to Spokane and finally driving back home. I have never been too great at eating well on vacations, but on this trip my healthful eating went right out the window. I haven't gotten on a scale, but I'm guessing I gained about 7 lbs, because I still fit into my pants, but my belt buckle is on the next notch over (since I wrote this I weighed in at 129.6 which was a 6lb gain). It's the first time in a while I felt like I was emotionally eating. Not all of it was emotional, some was just because the junk was staring me right in the face and I wanted to eat it. The emotional eating came because I had about 2 hours of ME TIME in total over the entire trip. That, paired with lack of sleep (shared a bed with my guy and did not get a full night's sleep the entire trip) and little to no exercise, and you get the vicious cycle. I haven't looked forward to coming home from a trip this much in a long time. Excited to get my little man back on a routine, and get us eating properly again.
I am more motivated than ever to really change my eating habits. I have started the weening process with Kai, and know that my calorie intake will need to be a little lower than it has been to keep my weight where it is. I do really well counting calories, but what I don't do well is staying away from junk. I am ready to get my little family eating well! I am going to try to eat as clean as possible, and up my vegetable intake substantially. I just signed up for Endless Harvest and get my first produce box today! I'm just trying it out to see if it's the kind of thing that will work for us. Looking forward to getting a delivery of fresh organic fruits and veggies right to my front door!
My little guy LOVES green smoothies! SMOOTHIE STASH!
On top of getting my eating under control, I have to get in shape and ready for a dance project that I will be a part of at the end of September. This means more cardio, daily stretching and lots of studio time. Starting Monday I'll be in the studio 2hours, 3 times per week. And to add to that I am looking into starting some Jillian Michaels workouts to keep me going here at home.
Here's to a productive August and September!!
