Day Thirty-Seven: Jerking the Wheels Back onto the Bus

It's been a week since I posted. Apparently, vacation will de-rail the best laid plans. I stopped keeping track of things in favor of walking on the beach and hanging out with my kids and going out and about with the family. I wasn't great. I wasn't awful. I didn't touch the weights I brought with me so that I could work out at the beach. I did walk a lot. Yesterday and today are kind of transition-back-to-reality days, and I am working to get things back on track.

I gained 4 pounds last week. Sheesh. There was beer, and carbs, and Fried Things, a cheeseburger, and one over-the-top, utterly decadent chocolate milkshake. I don't really regret it, but now there's work to do. Whew!

Yesterday was better. I ate well, and I only drank half a beer (my last for a long while). We went on a beautiful family hike to Hemlock Bluffs--it was cooler than it's been in weeks, and just lovely in the woods: mushrooms and acorns all over, but still lush and green. You can just start to feel that winter might be on the way again.

Today is nearly back to normal. Today, I went for a walk at lunch in the beautiful fall weather that arrived overnight. So gorgeous out! The boys and I took a shorter, after-dinner walk as well, and then I took a short stroll to finish my day's steps. I was nearly chilly there for a minute! Here's to getting myself back in gear.

Log:

Exercise: 

• Lunchtime walk: 2.07 miles
• After Dinner Family Walk: .94 miles
• Evening walk (to finish steps): .56 miles
• Ab work: 40 sit ups, 20 leg raises, 60 crunches, 1 minute plank

Nutrition:

• Breakfast: 2 cups of tea with 2% milk and 1/2 a tsp of raw sugar, two eggs scrambled with cheese, little tomatoes from the garden
• Lunch: deconstructed mahi mahi tacos with nectarine avocado salsa and spicy sour cream (no tortillas), sliced cucumbers, 1 mozzarella Babybel
• Dinner: Leftovers that are off-diet, but that I refused to throw away: pecan crusted grouper with a bacon tomato risotto and a rosemary citrus vinaigrette. The portion was small enough that it was well within caloric limits.
• Snacks: N/A

Stats:

• Steps: 11,765
• Calories: 1037 consumed, 469 burned
• Weight: 203 (yesterday was 204) (home scale)

mahi mahi tacos. mmmm.