Days Ninteen through Twenty-Six: Are you avoiding me?

Days Nineteen through Twenty-Six: Are you avoiding me?

It's been a week since I last posted.  No worries... I am still alive.  Alive and well, really! This past week wasn't very interesting and things still aren't so interesting but I'll go ahead and quickly update you on my successes and failures this past week.

It's only the third week and I find that I have fallen back into my old food habits.  Sure, I'm eating things that are Whole 30 approved foods, but I am most certainly abusing these rules. (Maybe that's why I've avoided blogging.  I didn't want to admit I was failing. So here's my confession: I'm failing at this Whole 30 thing.)  I'm eating twice as much almond butter, eating more fried foods, and I can't put down the bag of sweet potato chips. Snacking between meals has become as regular thing this past week. I'm eating out of boredom at my desk.  It fills the gap of time between my lunch break and my drive home. And to top it all off, I'm pretty sure I'm gaining weight. 

Here's the thing though: I'm so freakin' tired of eating Whole 30 food.  I'm about to break. In fact, I'll just not eat anything at all, thank you. Food of any kind just sounds terrible. Starvation doesn't sound too bad at this point. I hate all things green.  I don't want to see another grilled chicken breast. I'll pass on the "healthy" fats. I'll just survive on light and air.

OK, ok. Dramatic. And crazy.

Luckily, I have a wonderful friend who has brought me back to the realities of life and has reminded me WHY I am doing this in the first place.  She has encouraged me with her own eating and exercise habits. She tells me to "drink my damn water" every day. I've agreed to "clean up my clean eating and to drink my damn water." (But you aren't going to see me drinking any kombucha anytime soon, thank you very much.)  Thank you Kristen for leading by example and always encouraging me to keep going even when it's tough! I couldn't do this without you!

I've been getting back to working out.  Going to Crossfit last week really was the catalyst for this as well as the example Kim and Kristen model for me each day.

They are diligently in the gym 4-5 times a week while I sit on my butt watching my junk TV shows. Well, not this week! Thursday I went to Planet Fitness to work out with the trainer only to find out he was leaving. BOO. I really liked him!

Sunday, Josh and I took advantage of the overcast weather and went hiking again. This time we went into the park at the south entrance and hiked up to where we turned around last week. We also spent the afternoon hanging out at the river. (I love living in Austin. But don't you even think about moving here....)

Lexi loves nature.  She met a turtle and didn't quite know what to do with it:

I'm in love with this tree.  It's laying on it's side, but it's not touching the ground.  I have no idea how it is holding itself up. 

We hiked to Sculpture Falls and hung out in the water for a bit. We left right before APD came out to the site. No telling what they were doing there.  Probably busting people with their dogs off leash. (We would never do that!)

There were a lot of people out enjoying the sun on Sunday. Hopefully we will keep getting rain to keep this area full of water so that we can enjoy it!

I really love being out in nature and enjoying the beauty in my own backyard. I don't have to go a long way to experience the beauty of Texas. 

Today, I braved the "boy's section" of the gym, aka the weights. I always feel intimidated in this area, despite Planet Fitness' attempt to make the gym a "no judgement zone." Psh. Josh and I used to work out together and he was really good at teaching me how to use all the machines but I changed my gym membership to get a better deal. Well.... today, I did it all on my own! I pretended I knew what I was doing (which, in retrospect, I really did know what I was doing.) 

Success! I got a really decent upper body workout in in less than 30 minutes. 

Still considering CrossFit.  Have my eye on a gym to try.... check back with me in June.

In conclusion, I vow to make these four last days the best they can be by eating on track and working out as much as I can. (Uh, Election Day is tomorrow so there will certainly not be any working out happening.)  I promise not to eat any more chips and I will drink my water. And don't forget: