Belated Weekly Update - 2/13 through 2/19

Monday, 2/13 - 3 mile run + abs
Tuesday, 2/14 - Chest/tris lifting
Wednesday, 2/15 - Legs + abs
Thursday, 2/16 - Back/biceps lifting
Friday, 2/17 - Rest day
Saturday, 2/18 - 6 mile run
Sunday, 2/19 - Soccer!!

Ending weight: 127.2


Lots of factors in play last week... That time of the month, starting my new position at work (it's been crazy busy and lots of learning in a very short amount of time!), lots of stress in general and way too much stress-eating! Time to get back on the bandwagon this week. I'm glad the week was a cutback week running-wise!

I've also decided, upon having finished my month attempt at Paleo, that I will go back to what I was doing before - healthy eating, counting calories, focusing on protein but not excluding any particular food or food group. That had been working for me just fine, and I found that trying to be so strictly "something" with my eating was stressful - all I thought about was food, and I found myself eating a Lean Cuisine or binging on totally unhealthy food (ie pizza and ice cream) on the nights that I didn't have time/energy to cook. I'd rather grab a turkey sandwich on those nights and remain healthy! At first I felt like kind of a failure, since the only thing I have heard from people who tried Paleo is "amazing! so many benefits! will never go back!!". But different things work for different people, and at least I was open-minded enough to give it a shot, and not too stubborn to recognize that it may not be the best thing for me in the long run.

I am still going to incorporate lots of the basic ideas of Paleo, like eating lots of meat and veggies and healthy fats - but not try to be "strict" about it. On a related note, I had the best lifting session I've had in a long while tonight, both mentally and physically. Not sure if that's just a coincidence or if the small increase in carbs is helping, but I'll take it. Now to keep up the healthy eating, focus on drinking a lot more water (I didn't drink nearly enough last week), and keep bumping up the running miles!