Stumbling and getting back up
Well, the past week has been hard as I’ve had a huge school project to work on, so I’ve had little sleep and have been eating whatever’s there… which is not totally a bad thing, but I have been eating TONS of nuts, fruit, and crackers.. not inherently bad foods at all but in the amounts that I’ve been eating them combined with not going to the gym for the past 5 days, progress has been stunted.
I am trying to graduate at the top of my class (I’m getting a Bachelor’s in Visual Communications) so I am obsessive about my projects being as close to perfect as possible… so I lose sleep and sit hunched over in front of the computer and drafting table for 12 hours at a stretch… my project got rave reviews from the teacher, at the cost of very sore shoulders and back and close fitting a little bit tighter than they were last week.. its depressing but, oh well. I’ve got to do what I can when I can. So I’m getting back on Fitday today to record my calories and then I’m going to the gym later for 45 minutes of the elliptical and 45 minutes of pilates.. that should get me started on the right track again.
Another problem I can’t seem to escape is drinking wine every night.. not when I’m working on projects, because that would just slow me down, but when I feel like a job well done and I just want to relax and forget about all the pressure, I drink one, two, sometimes three glasses of red in a night. Which is really bad on the waistline, not too mention the brain. I have to be aware of this issue and address it. Or else all my efforts will be in vain.
