Alive, well and not panicking

I’m sure you have all been worried about me with my lack of posts this month. Probably worried I was started to have “oh my gosh what did I sign up for!” thoughts and pondering if I slowly disappeared that no one would notice or remember I signed up for an Ironman. Well I assure you, that’s not that case. I’ll admit I have had a few moments of “what did I agree to do?!” but not really in a panicky way. More like “gosh that’s a lot of work and time” type of way. I absolutely don’t regret signing up for the race even one bit. I’m very excited for the race and everything next year. But first I must make it through rest of this year. So time to revisit October’s goals…

-     Make weekly meal plans – I made some plans but not whole weeks. Plus there was a cruise in there so that removed like a quarter of the month. Overall didn’t do very well on this one.

-     Actually follow meal plans – Um I sort of followed what I made. Sometimes I’d get lazy though and wouldn’t feel like cooking when I got home.

-     Eat lots of greens or at least one green every day – Most days? Don’t think I managed every day. That’s just sad.

-     Don’t go crazy on the cruise… round two, let’s try to actually do it this time! – Hahaha yea once again, not sure why I made this goal since I knew I’d fail. Big time. At least I drank a lot less than everyone else for whatever that worth.

Ok so pretty much a bit fat fail last month. I feel like I should stick to food goals since I did so poorly in October but doing well is even more of a challenge now that we are entering holiday season. I’m not going to try the approach of “don’t eat pumpkin pie and all other yummy desserts” because that is just crazy and I know I’ll fail. I’ll focus on things I should do, instead of shouldn’t do.

-     Focus on healthy carbs aka fruits and veggies.

-     Experiment with fall veggies before they all disappear. I know butternut squash is good, move on and try something else.

-     Increase protein and focus on getting protein in every meal and in more forms than just protein powder, Greek yogurt or peanut butter.

-     Don’t overeat during Thanksgiving week (see first goal – don’t go crazy on rolls and pasta!). I know the holidays seem like it’s all about food but it’s not…shocker family, I know! It’s about being with family.

-     Eat all the veggies I buy. If I’m going to insist on continuing to buy from Costco, actually commit to eating it all and stop being wasteful!

To wrap up October I’ll touch on the fact that I did actually go on a cruise. It just took me a while to get a hold of the pictures. Already seems like a while ago. My one complaint was not being able to spend more time in the ocean. Have a mentioned I love water…

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