Day 2, sort of....

There is a term that I heard on my mission frequently. It's called "backsliding". For those of you who haven't heard of it, it is a term that is used by Christians who sin or fall backwards on their journey towards Christ. I guess you could say that I backslid in my training this weekend. Last week, I only worked out on Wednesday. I was a little disappointed in myself because I know that I won't reach my goals if I don't work out every day. So on Sunday, I set a goal to work out every day this week, but I didn't consider that I have my Christmas concerts this week & my schedules are going to be crazy. I worked out on Monday, but I got to the gym late & all of the treadmills were busy. So I worked out on the elliptical machine. I felt I got a good work out: I pushed the level up so my leg muscles got a good workout, and my heart rate stayed up for a good 20 min. However, I know I need to be on the treadmill and following my 30/30 training plan.

Today I had a rehearsal after school that went until 7:00 PM. By the time it was over, I just wanted to go home and go to bed. I also know that I won't go to the gym tomorrow because I will be at the school all day long for our concert. Thursday is our staff Christmas party, which is also at the school. Usually I don't have time to go home & come back so I might have to stay all day for that too. Friday is an early out, but I also have a ward Christmas party that night. If I get all of my school work done before Friday afternoon, I look forward to working out then. Then Saturday will be a good workout day. So I guess my new goal is to reach Day 4 by the end of the week. Day 2 was Monday, Day 3 will be Friday, and Day 4 will be Saturday.

As far as eating out, I also backslid last Thursday and went to Einstein's. But that was the only day. Monday I didn't eat out for breakfast or lunch, but I got a Little Caesar's Pizza for dinner. Today, I also didn't eat out for breakfast or lunch, but I got Carl's Jr. for dinner. I woke up with a huge headache this morning, but I wasn't sure if it was from lack of sleep or caffeine depravation. I took two ibuprofen & it went away. When I weighed myself at the gym on Monday I weighed 233 lbs. I will have to post again this weekend and let ya'll know how things are going.