Live and Learn

When I woke up Tuesday morning, going to Frances' cycling class was not the first thing on my mind, but it was the second. (first would be I wanted more sleep!) I ate a typical breakfast which was an egg sandwich. Because I had time, I sauteed some spinach and tomatoes and then add some scrambled egg to it and then ate it on an english muffin. It was yummy! I packed a snack for Wyatt and I because my plan was to go to cycling then play wallyball after. Cycling class was good! It was the second time for me during this new healthy living change for me. It was awesome. I kept up with the class and felt sweaty and good after class was over. Frances does a great job and keeps it hard, yet fun for me. The friends in the class make it fun too of course. After I went and played wallyball with the firemen and friends. Wallyball is something that I am learning more about. I can play good, I can hit the ball, but it is still just a bit different than volleyball because there are so many techniques you can use that you can't do while playing volleyball. It is fun and we even cheer when we do a good job. People had heard us down the hall and asked what the cheering was all about. Sue said it must be the wallyball players. YEP! It was us! We are that fun!

Wednesday was my doctor's appointment. I weighed myself on my scale when I woke up and was down one more pound! YAY! I told myself that I wasn't going to look at the scale again until Monday night at weigh in. The dreaded yearly check up was next. My year was really a year and a couple of months, but I was really glad I finally made the appointment and was on my way. I am currently on a low dos of a blood pressure medication. It also has something in it to help with water retention. This I know when I don't take them because my ankles swell up like balloons. I got there and weighed in (of course) and I was tons lighter than my Team scale says I am, so that was nice. Sadly my blood pressure was 130/90 which is not acceptable. After talking with my doctor she agreed to not up my medication and decided to see me in 6 months to see how I am doing with the healthy living change. One of my goals is to get off this medication totally, so hopefully I can just get that blood pressure down enough to not up my medication at least. Baby steps!

The hardest part of my trip was the drive home. I had just enough time to leave my appointment and get Wyatt to school on time, so he was getting McDonald's for lunch. I so badly wanted something. I thought about it 100 times on my way there and while I waited my turn to order. All I got myself was an iced tea. It was the best damn iced tea I have had in forever. I had been drinking soooo much water, that just this one simple unsweetened iced tea tasted golden to me. Later I asked Wyatt if he had any french fries left. He said no and I was sad, YET...felt like it helped me make a good choice. I knew already I had plans with a friend for lunch, it is just hard sometimes to make good choices.

I had plans to meet my friend Ally for lunch at Chipotle. I Googled ahead of time to see what my healthy options were at Chipotle which I found out unless you are getting a salad, there are none except for portion control. There are healthier options, but I was still going to eat over 1,000 calories unless I only ate half of a burrito or a taco or whatever.

I read that veggies were best and chicken 2nd best, black beans were better than the other beans, and the green sauce was the best choice for sauces. Guacamole was better choice than sour creme because of the good fats in the avocado. It was yummy and I tried to eat half. I didn't eat the whole thing but I still ate too much. I was uncomfortable forever and figured I wouldn't be eating dinner tonight because of it. 

Wednesday night was my team workout night. I was not very nice to my "late home from work" husband and left the house in a rush. I busted my butt to get there on time and there were only two of us there at our 5:15 start time. I am not sure why everyone in my group trickled in so slowly tonight, but I was in a time crunch and I needed this workout in the time I had. We finally went outside and I feel like we waited forever to start. We walked around the silly oval AGAIN. It is ok. I just really need more. I now blame myself for not telling Tammy I need more. I understand that the levels in our group are so wide in range and she tried to accommodate everyone, but I won't challenge myself all by myself. I need someone to challenge me or I need to be with a group of people that are at a higher level than me so I work harder. I think next week I will just tell her that I am going to need more. I will see what happens. I will also remember to bring my watch with me so if we end up going on the track outside or inside and I want to do a little walk/run practice, I can do that and push myself that way. I almost did that tonight, I just didn't push myself enough to go! I had to leave the team workout right at the end time to make it over to the Library to see my friend Cathi's photography display. She had an opening reception for it and it was only until 7pm. When I arrived she had treats also. Little cupcakes and cookies and sweets! Uggg. I ate some! My friend Candi was there and she had run to the Library from her house. When I found this out, I was almost jealous. I wanted to get back outside and make her run with me again! I was surprised at my thoughts. Afterward our club meeting (9pm) we went to PJ's to talk and laugh and drink and eat. I was hungry because of my big lunch and no dinner. I ate. I should have had a salad. I had a chicken sandwich instead. It came with fries. I ate the fries. Next time I am not going to do that. I am going to make sure I eat dinner and there will be no food that late nor that type of food. Live and learn. It wasn't a good night for me what-so-ever, but I have no one to blame for any of it but myself.