I’m about to whine a titch, but I’ll preface it by saying that overall I’m still doing well with my food plan and workout regime.
Okay, now for the whine. Two days ago, I was stressed at work and at home. I’d brought a perfectly respectable, healthy selection of foods for my two snacks and lunch at work. Unfortunately, I ate lunch way too fast. For whatever reason, perfect lovely, raw baby carrots do one hell of a number on my stomach when I eat them too fast. This made the deli turkey meat also feel like it was sticking in my stomach. I felt like crap for the rest of the afternoon into the evening.
Yesterday, again for whatever reason, my whole body just felt off. I think if I could have imbibed some magical that would instantaneously flush and cleanse every internal system I would have chugged it like Alice in Wonderland. Instead, because my belly ached for hours at night, I bellyached to myself, to the dogs, to the empty room. If a telemarketer had called, I probably would have bitched to them too.
I was that miserable. Not so bad that I thought I needed emergency medical care or anything, but bad enough that I dissolved into one big old baby.
So, that’s the negative. Now here’s the positive stuff I learned from the experience. I am, indeed, capable of making adjustments for my own good when needed. I can change behavior. Maybe I don’t do it all of the time, but I know that I can do it — and this is knowledge on which to build.
First of all, I stayed away from raw carrots for the next two days. I also opted to replace lunch with a protein drink all together. I had solid food in the form of one fruit snack and then dinner but I was super careful and slow in how I consumed these things. Anything to help the digestive system so that I didn’t further irritate my stomach.
As a result, I feel much better tonight but I continue to baby myself more than I normally might. I don’t consider this a bad thing. I deserve to self-pamper, particularly when it sets me up for success.
I’m going to do a little more of it in a bit by soaking in a bathtub before bed.
Tomorrow is my official weigh-in day. Even though I get on the scale every day, I count my overall success with my Friday morning weigh-ins.
I’m also psyching myself up to stay with the current program through the next several days. One of my closest friends is coming into town for a visit. I’m taking vacation time next week too. I’m really looking forward to it, but don’t want to use it as an excuse to take a break from my effort. I can still exercise every day. I can make sure that I don’t go off of the rails with my eating too. This is the friend that I traveled to both Alaska and Hawaii with. She won’t mind if I choose to do a protein shake for breakfast some mornings, any more than I’ll mind that she doesn’t. After all, she watched me drink protein shakes for the first four days of our Hawaiian cruise so that I was sure I’d make the weight limit for our zip lining adventure.
If I derail, it will be because I choose to deviate in my choices and behavior — not because of any pressure or influence from my friend. So, I continue to tell myself now that a fun vacation time with a friend is no excuse to screw up my own effort.
Weighty Matters 
I think fun vacation time can definitely include healthy food and exercise!