I posted in the last thread that my cramp wasn't a cramp after all, but a pulled muscle. I think maybe it cramped just as I was usin' it and it just pulled slightly while cramped. Anyway, not bad enough to get in the way of cardio this mornin'. In fact, after my cardio session it actually feels better than before. I guess gettin' the blood pumpin' and gettin' those muscles warmed up is good for 'em after all.
As you know, yesterday I had a blah day and a lackluster workout. Lack of adequate rest/sleep, lack of hydration, and the resulting pulled neck muscle made for a long, slow, blah day all day yesterday. Felt like someone had beat my ass the night before. Just couldn't get it in gear. Had a really bad, low energy day.
In fact, it was such a bad day that for the first time since I made my life changes I actually craved junk food. I had already ate dinner (A nice healthy chicken breast sandwich and some carrots
) and had sat down in my recliner to rest for a few minutes and do a little readin' before bedtime. I get all comfortable in my big ass leather recliner and what pops into my head? Of all fuggin' things, a Big Mac and fries! Nooooooooooooooooo!!!
I finally get my first cravin' and it's for a stupid Big Mac and fries? Geeesh! Not a big ol' jiucy fat steak with a butter 'n' sour cream drenched baked potato and those AWESOME butter garlic rolls from The Steakhouse (An AWESOME local steak joint), not something really good, but a fuggin' Big Mac and fries from McDonalds!!! Are you hearin' me? I wasted a craving on something that's not even that good in the first place!
And mind you, I'm not sayin' that I just casually thought, "Hmmm, a Big Mac and fries would be good right now.". I'm talkin' about the kind of cravin' where you say to yourself, "Self, you've got to get a Big Mac and fries or the world just may stop turnin'!". Ok, I might be a little overdramatic here but not by much. I almost convinced myself to run to McD's and get one if I hadn't just ate my last healthy meal for the day. That helped a LOT. Would have been harder to resist the urge if it had hit on the way home from work, before I got home, made my meal and ate it.
Even so, I did actually consider drivin' back to town, gettin' the damned Big Mac and cavin' in. I seriously considered it. I think I actually dropped the foot rest on the recliner once to get up and go but never made it out of the chair. Would have been EASY last night to say, "I had a shitty day so I'm gonna forget the plan for one night and cave in this one time.". I realize now that before I made my changes I had a habit of feedin' my stress. I didn't realize it until now but it seems I would binge on junk food or fast food after a hard or bad day at work. My job inherently causes plenty of stress most days so I think I'm startin' to understand how I ended up where I did.
On a positive note, since I've made my lifestyle changes and started the Body For Life program my stress level has went WAY down, both at home and at work. Yesterday was the first truly stressful day I've had since I started the program. I guess that's why the old habit of feedin' the stress reared it's ugly head. I'm glad it did though. It's hard to fight an enemy you don't know exists. Now that I know why the craving occurred, I know that it's not just me bein' weak and susceptable to little temtations like that. If I had gone through a craving like I went through last night and NOT realized that it was caused by stress instead of me just wantin' a Big Mac (of all things!!!) I might have become a little discouraged with myself. Instead, when I realized that I was just wantin' to feed my stress I simply took a little nap while my uniforms were washin'. The nap went a LONG way toward relievin' the stress and clearin' my head and when I woke up, I didn't want a Big Mac anymore. In fact, that's when I initially thought about how awful it would be that my first major craving could be for somethin' that isn't really that good in the first place.
The Big Mac episode last night gave me a new outlook on cravings and urges. Now, when I have one, instead of just figurin' I'm weak and tempted, I'll likely be tryin' to figure out what brought it on and doin' somethin' else to handle the trigger instead of feedin' the urge. So, from this day forward I will commit to NEVER feeding a craving or urge for shid food. I will no doubt take a day off here and there as part of the BFL program and I will no doubt take a rare meal off on certain occasions. I refuse to cheat myself and my health and fitness on a sudden urge. All my "off" meals and days to be PLANNED by ME in advance as part of my program and my life. All cravings and ugly urges will be squashed.
Anyway, I know I'm rattlin' on. Let's talk about today's cardio session.
First thing I done this mornin' after wakin' up was drink a glass of water. Got a shower and drank another glass of water. Got to the gym at work and drank about 21 more ounces of water before I got onto the treadmill. Yesterday served as a strong reminder to stay hydrated. The dull pain in my neck served as a pretty good reminder as well.
After gettin' tanked up on H2O I hit the treadmill. Had a good session. Since one of my bigger goals is to fit into a nice set of one piece racin' leathers by my next birthday I chanted to myself "racin'" when my right foot hit the belt and "leathers" when my left foot hit for most of the session. I think it's good to do little stuff like that sometimes to keep focused on those goals.
It worked. The session went great. Didn't quite reach level 10 intensity but came very close.
Definitely got the blood flowin' and got my muscles warm and relaxed. Excellent way to start the day!
Now, if you read this far, don't let me catch you typin' that you can't "find time" to work out! In the time it took you to read my rantin' and ravin' about Big Macs and stress, you could have done a nice cardio workout yerself instead of readin' about mine!
Now, sign off the net and DO SOMETHING!!!
Have a Big Mac free one!!!
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As you know, yesterday I had a blah day and a lackluster workout. Lack of adequate rest/sleep, lack of hydration, and the resulting pulled neck muscle made for a long, slow, blah day all day yesterday. Felt like someone had beat my ass the night before. Just couldn't get it in gear. Had a really bad, low energy day.
In fact, it was such a bad day that for the first time since I made my life changes I actually craved junk food. I had already ate dinner (A nice healthy chicken breast sandwich and some carrots
And mind you, I'm not sayin' that I just casually thought, "Hmmm, a Big Mac and fries would be good right now.". I'm talkin' about the kind of cravin' where you say to yourself, "Self, you've got to get a Big Mac and fries or the world just may stop turnin'!". Ok, I might be a little overdramatic here but not by much. I almost convinced myself to run to McD's and get one if I hadn't just ate my last healthy meal for the day. That helped a LOT. Would have been harder to resist the urge if it had hit on the way home from work, before I got home, made my meal and ate it.
Even so, I did actually consider drivin' back to town, gettin' the damned Big Mac and cavin' in. I seriously considered it. I think I actually dropped the foot rest on the recliner once to get up and go but never made it out of the chair. Would have been EASY last night to say, "I had a shitty day so I'm gonna forget the plan for one night and cave in this one time.". I realize now that before I made my changes I had a habit of feedin' my stress. I didn't realize it until now but it seems I would binge on junk food or fast food after a hard or bad day at work. My job inherently causes plenty of stress most days so I think I'm startin' to understand how I ended up where I did.
On a positive note, since I've made my lifestyle changes and started the Body For Life program my stress level has went WAY down, both at home and at work. Yesterday was the first truly stressful day I've had since I started the program. I guess that's why the old habit of feedin' the stress reared it's ugly head. I'm glad it did though. It's hard to fight an enemy you don't know exists. Now that I know why the craving occurred, I know that it's not just me bein' weak and susceptable to little temtations like that. If I had gone through a craving like I went through last night and NOT realized that it was caused by stress instead of me just wantin' a Big Mac (of all things!!!) I might have become a little discouraged with myself. Instead, when I realized that I was just wantin' to feed my stress I simply took a little nap while my uniforms were washin'. The nap went a LONG way toward relievin' the stress and clearin' my head and when I woke up, I didn't want a Big Mac anymore. In fact, that's when I initially thought about how awful it would be that my first major craving could be for somethin' that isn't really that good in the first place.
The Big Mac episode last night gave me a new outlook on cravings and urges. Now, when I have one, instead of just figurin' I'm weak and tempted, I'll likely be tryin' to figure out what brought it on and doin' somethin' else to handle the trigger instead of feedin' the urge. So, from this day forward I will commit to NEVER feeding a craving or urge for shid food. I will no doubt take a day off here and there as part of the BFL program and I will no doubt take a rare meal off on certain occasions. I refuse to cheat myself and my health and fitness on a sudden urge. All my "off" meals and days to be PLANNED by ME in advance as part of my program and my life. All cravings and ugly urges will be squashed.
Anyway, I know I'm rattlin' on. Let's talk about today's cardio session.
After gettin' tanked up on H2O I hit the treadmill. Had a good session. Since one of my bigger goals is to fit into a nice set of one piece racin' leathers by my next birthday I chanted to myself "racin'" when my right foot hit the belt and "leathers" when my left foot hit for most of the session. I think it's good to do little stuff like that sometimes to keep focused on those goals.
Now, if you read this far, don't let me catch you typin' that you can't "find time" to work out! In the time it took you to read my rantin' and ravin' about Big Macs and stress, you could have done a nice cardio workout yerself instead of readin' about mine!
Now, sign off the net and DO SOMETHING!!!
Have a Big Mac free one!!!
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