Day One

First day after the end of the CDCC.  Weighed myself at 225.2 this morning, 0.6 up from yesterday and up 1.6 from Saturday.  My lowest was on Saturday morning at 223.6.

I went to a party Saturday and had more food in one sitting than I've had in months, including 2 helpings of scalloped potatoes and 2 helpings of grilled salmon, and maybe 3 or 4 cookies.  And 2 beers.  I didn't eat much at all yesterday (~1000 cals).  This morning's weight gain is probably from Saturday's party.  Or maybe TOM.  I DID use one good technique at Saturday's party - I served myself on an appetizer plate instead of a dinner plate, so the plate looked loaded full with much less food on it.  Instead of inhaling the food, I tried to slow down and enjoy every wonderful, crumbly morsel.

I went to a party Friday night too, but all I had to eat there were cold cuts.  Nothing else looked good enough to make me want to waste calories.  I'm glad I saved the calories!  The damage from Saturday would have been much worse if I were trying to recover from 2 straight nights of gluttony.

But we have a work get together tonight, too.  I exercised at lunch to give myself a head start, and just finished a salad to fill myself up a bit.  I'm going to try to stick to safer options like shrimp or antipasto, but the fried calamari is going to be singing to me - and I won't be able to resist!

I didn't push myself very hard at today's workout.  I didn't want to get too sweaty and muss my hair.  That concerns me because I want to start pushing my physical boundaries more.  I mean today, I tried 3-4 halfway boy pushups (go down halfway-ish), then 8 full girl pushups, but then I stopped!  I tried an arm dip, but when I realized that I can't do it, I stopped trying.  Same with a chin-up.  Can't do it.  Didn't really try. 

I gotta stop giving myself a break on this stuff.  My body is going to change when I push it past it's comfort point.  I'm thinking about a class, like a boot camp or crossfit.  Or maybe I can share a trainer with some other people.  Or maybe I can find a challenge that has a more physical aspect, or set that as a goal in my next challenge.  I'm getting a little nervous that I don't have any challenges lined up for the New Year.  Oh Mir - any news on your next challenge?? 

I'm considering setting a 5K as my next fitness goal, but I don't think I'm ready for that yet.  Running isn't a goal right now.  When I lived in Washington DC, they had pickup field hockey games on the mall every week.  I love playing field hockey - and it's tough.  If I could find something like that and make a goal to be able to hang with the field hockey crowd in the spring - now that would be a goal I could get into.