MIA?
Guilty as charged! LOL! I do apologize for my long absence from this blog but sometimes in life things happen - chuckle! So let me fill you in: mid-November I made a trip west for business to present some of my research at an international conference I participate in each year. It is my absolute favorite meeting: great location, great science, great people, and great food. The meeting takes place on a college campus at their conference center. The planners offer a large number of meal plans including vegan, vegetarian, diabetic, and low fat. They even publish the meals in the conference guide so it takes all the worry out of the meals at the meeting. They also have a superb gym at this college. It is located across campus and it is about a 20-min walk to get there but well worth the effort. So I did great at the meeting in terms of my diet and exercise. Coming back though was another story entirely! I thought I was being super wise and stopped at Subway to pick up a veggie salad once I got off the plane. Ate it at home and felt pretty proud of myself. I usually binge when I travel, am tired or anxious. Well woke up the next morning and headed off to work and had to turn around and head home - I was ill - nausea, diarrhea - ugh! you get the idea. Food poisoning is my guess. Knocked me out - my abs were sore after a day and a half of heaving. Good workout I guess (snicker). I wasn’t even sure at this point if Thanksgiving was in the picture and I called mom and told her that. Wednesday I found I had just enough energy to make it from point A to point B so I went home and that’s when things really went to heck. I was famished and I ate everything I could see Wed night. Come Thursday (Thanksgiving), I woke up with every intention of being "good" and did cardio (WATP 3-mi walk with walk belt) but I found that I was still not satiated and so I ate freely and had a terrific day. No real regrets there but this continued Friday, Saturday and Sunday, too. Not so good. Monday I got back on track and am doing fine now so it is difficult for me to be too upset or disappointed in myself. After all it is the off-season and no one except for me myself and I is making me diet down further for Xmas. The only thing I do feel a bit sad about is that I am basically now where I was two weeks ago. That said - hey! at least I AM where I was two weeks ago and that’s a far cry from where I was at this point last spring following my April competition.
Anyway I am back in full swing and will post again tomorrow!
