I wasn't going to blog today because I felt like I didn't have much to say, but I had a couple of people inquire about it, so I figured I'd write something quick. I have to say that I am very touched and motivated to hear that I am motivating and inspiring so many others! I'm happy and humbled to hear it.
Day 3 (Wednesday): I swam for 2 hours non stop yesterday afternoon - not laps necessarily, but up and down the pool and continuous movement for 2 hours. Turns out that leisurely swimming burns over 1500 calories and make a person sleep like the dead! I had to drag myself out of bed this morning! After I added up all the calories I ate and all the calories I burned yesterday, my Net Calories were only 392. I went back and forth about whether or not this was good or bad - I consumed more than enough calories, but since I burned 1500+, I wasn't sure if I should leave well enough lone or if I should consider that to be an unhealthy number. I was trying to reflect on all the Biggest Loser episodes I watched and tried to figure out what they did, but I had no idea. So I had a small ice cream. Then my Net calories were 992. I need to research some more to find out if I should leave well enough well alone after I burned that many calories, or if I should get my Net Calories up like I did....Any responses to this question are welcomed. This whole "calories in, calories out" thing is very confusing to me....it's the math involved I suppose...So please, if you can help with this I'd love it!
Day 4: I went out to breakfast with a friend of mine this morning - I was happy when I ordered an omelet that it came with some potatoes, but no bread. And then the waitress appeared with a basket for artisan bread! GD it! They were small pieces (I mean small) and so I treated myself to 2 little pieces. I should have ordered my omelet with egg whites, but the cheapskate in me didn't want to pay the extra dollar. In hindsight, I should have paid the extra dollar. The breakfast sustained me most of the day and I swam for another 2 hours this afternoon (and had 2 homemade cookies in there somewhere - but they had oatmeal in them so they weren't all bad). I made a health dinner for us and I'm trying to get all my water in.
I was proud of myself for 2 things today. The first was that despite how tempted I was, I did not get on the scale. I ought to throw that damn thing out the window! The second was that I Water Jogged in the pool for 20 minutes. Sixteen minutes into it, my 13 year old nephew asked me what I was doing. I told him I was water jogging and that it was great exercise and he should join me. So he did. After he did this for 4 minutes he told me, in his surprised tone, that it really was a good workout. And he continued without me as I swam some laps. I was glad I inspired him to keep going.
Tomorrow I leave to go out of town for the weekend....I'm trying to stay positive and tell myself that I'm not going to blow my last 4 days in the next 4 days...which is exactly what I usually do. As my mother likes to say to me, "You have a little too much weekend." Aint that the truth! Stay tuned next week...I'll report back about my weekend and I promise to be honest. I'll report the good, the bad, and the ugly from the weekend!
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