Restructuring

I need to restructure my blog.

After going to the doctor on Monday, I was told that I can't work out for another 3 months and that my workouts are likely what have been stressing my knee and causing swelling. As a result, I will have to continue with a rather sedentary lifestyle until my knee continues to heal.

This really felt like a huge setback at first, and I took it out on my body, eating junk for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Sunday. I fell of the wagon completely. Heck, my plan had been derailed, so why not my diet, I thought. But I'm not going to allow myself to think like that.

Here's the restructuring.

• I am going to continue to eat healthily, in moderation and quality, and post what I eat. I'm not going to post it by meal anymore, instead, I'll just list it out.
• I will eliminate the exercise portion unless it's a physical therapy day or there was some incidental exercise.
• I will eliminate the weight. I am finding that if I don't lose, lose, lose, I get discouraged which can lead to binging or crash dieting, neither of which are okay for me to do. I will only weigh myself once a week, on Sunday morning when I do my measurements. While this doesn't give me as much day to day encouragement, it also doesn't give me the potential day to day discouragement and I think that is a good thing in my case. There is the risk of discouragement that lasts for a week, but I will have to cross that bridge if I come to it.
• I will name each entry a word that describes that day. Somewhat of a mood indicator rather than a weight indicator. I woke up this morning and looked and felt great, got on the scale and at 158.6, decided I had no right to think I looked great. Another reason to do away with daily weigh ins. I'll explain each word at the beginning of the blog. Today's is self-explanatory.

And now to keep on keeping on.

Food

3 Breadsticks

2 servings penne alfredo

Small Caesar salad

2 small bags of pistachios

1 cup of coffee

2 cups of Dr. Pepper