Best Laid Plans

Today I was all jazzed up to get my eating back on track. And I did. I love it when my eating and workouts sync up and I'm feeling all noble and smug. I can go for weeks and months staying on track and rocking it.

And then it's like I need a little break where I still workout, I just don't eat as well. I'm just coming out of a period like that so it was good to really eat well today and feel good about it.

This is what today looked like:
Workouts: HIIT 15, Tone 30

Breakfast: buckwheat groats, chia seeds, raisins, almond milk
Snack: Brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds, Craisins
Lunch: Shakeology, almond milk, almond butter
Snack: Apple, Nut-Thins
Dinner: Cooking Light Frittata, roasted potato wedges

Calories eaten: 1446 or maybe 1466. I can no longer remember.
Calories burned: 1672 as of 8:30pm. I won't get to a 500 calorie deficit--too much sitting today.

Here's the bummer. Tomorrow I have to go have about a 3cm patch of skin "excised" off my arm. Skin cancer, don't you know. It's a drag and I don't know how long I'll have to take off working out, but really, in the big picture of things, I need to let it go. It is what it is. I'm sure I'll be able to substitute in other types of workouts, but I probably won't be able to do TurboFire while the stitches are still in. I just had a small spot removed a few weeks ago (which is when I found out the spot was a melanoma) and the doc didn't want me throwing any TurboFire punches for a week. Again, trying to keep it in perspective.

And today's public service announcement: see your dermatologist once a year. I almost let this one get away from me and it was borderline very bad. That is all.

Pseudo Rest Week

Well, this week has sort of turned into a partial rest week. I never planned it that way, but I'm feeling like my body is sending me a message. I set my alarm and when it went off this morning, I just didn't have it in me to get up. Time change? PMS? What is it? Did you read that on Saturday, the moon will be at its closest point to the Earth for 2011? Is it that?

I hate it when I get off schedule with a workout program though.

I've been pondering what I'll do, because let's face it, we're going away for nearly 3 weeks on vacation in April/May and I will not be taking Chalene with me. Sorry, girlfriend! I'll just push all of the remaining workouts back on my WOWY calendar and pick up where I left off when I get home.

I think I also need to count today as a cheat day--the horror! Just kidding. There is no horror in a cheat day. I've had conversations with both Anne and Erin about how when we have a rest day, everything sort of falls flat, especially eating. And that pretty much describes today.

I didn't exercise, didn't eat well. I feel pretty gross. Good motivation for getting back on track tomorrow.

And with that, I'm going to bed at 9:05pm.

"Well I went to bed at seven thirty last night. I haven't done that since third grade." Name that movie.

You can ponder that while I sleep.