Aloha, kettlecousins!
We celebrated Thanksgiving with a 20+ person party at our house – and that was just the immediate family! I hope that this past weekend was joyous for you as well, and that you embraced the spirit of gratitude, whether you are in the United States or not.
I definitely indulged in family, fun and food. I had stopped counting calories along the way, and unfortunately, it shows:
In this month that I haven’t been training at FitPro, I steadily lost the gains (or gained back the losses?) I had over a month ago! Talk about disappointing.
I can’t give up– I just can’t!
I’ve found a new training partner, and also renewed my joy for walking up mountains.
I also got a kelty carrier for my toddler to join me and see the world from outside of a stroller.
My holiday job has me on my feet for 6 – 8 hours a day, away from the computer, cell phone and other time wasters. This holiday season, I’ve also decided to give up diet soda, and drink plain, refreshing H2O.
My workout partner challenged me to hit 179.0 pounds by Christmas. It’s an ambitious goal. I started to reaffirm myself, and the latest quote I have posted in my room is:
“179 pounds tastes better than any dessert!”
I don’t think dessert in general is horrible, and I’m not a fan of deprivation (obviously).
Since I love desserts so much, including a recent affair with pumpkin-themed sweets, I decided that I will focus on making a clear choice to eat dessert, or any other sugary food choice.
I can allow myself to consciously choose to eat a sweet, rather than having it and pretending I didn’t by not counting it. I just need to factor it in with the other food I’ve eaten, and weigh it out.
If I’m just having a craving (or an emotional desire to eat a particular thing rather than a physical need for it) I can focus on the success I will achieve by working through it. If I just can’t pass on the dessert, I’ll have a small amount, and count it.
Each food choice, big and small, has affected my weight. Combine that with a total lack of kettlebell training in the four weeks preceding this one, and I’m disheartened, but not surprised at the results.
I could go on and on about what I haven’t done that’s led me to this point, but instead, I’ll make a list of what I can do now that will propel me towards my goal:
- Kettlebell training, minimum 20 minutes, five times a week before work
- Cardio with Kai in the kelty carrier, five times a week when I get home from work
- A salad a day (or other mix of healthful vegetables)
- Daily multivitamin
- 8 glasses of water a day
- Pause and think before I choose to eat a sweet
- Track everything on the blackberry
That about covers it. If I can manage to do even 70% of what’s on this list, I’ll see good results. If I do everything on this list– consistently– I’ll see great results.
Who else is with me? Leave me a comment! Mahalo!
