Day 54

I have been over training or something. Usually when you start exercising regularly, your body starts to feel better, become more energized, and just works better. Although my body feels better and works better, I am still so exhausted! I still nap nearly every day and if I don't, I feel like a zombie. While working out yesterday, I just had the quad exercises left for my lower body and I quit. I did maybe 3 reps before I sat down and just quit. I was dizzy and tired, and felt like I was going to throw up. Granted that morning I fed myself disgusting fat greasy fast food sandwicheS with donutS so that wasn't a great start, but geez. I think I wasn't getting enough water too? It has been really humid here lately, and today it was hot again which can be very draining.

I THINK, however, it's all my diet. I've looked back for a few weeks now and holy crap, I am not eating well at all. I've made little changes here and there, passing on cheese and mayo, or desserts, but I'm still eating lots of desserts and I'm not eating enough vegetables--those yummy things that grow from the ground, not sprout out of packages. Those delicious little veggies are packed full of nutrients that I'm not getting and I need. What's difficult is finding time to prepare them and I find myself eating spinach salads all the time but what the body needs is variety.

It's overwhelming feeling like this--passing a milestone date long in to everything now, and still feeling like my energy is lost and gone forever.

It may be time to get a physical and blood work just to see if there are any discrepancies, and also time to consult a nutritionist.

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Meals
1 Fibre Plus chocolate and peanut butter bar
1 apple
2 cups of water

Olive Garden braised beef and tortelloni 1/2 serving
3 breadsticks
1/2 ceaser salad
2.5X2.5X2 custard dessert
2 cups of water

Olive Garden (l/o) other halves--tortelloni & salad
2 cups of water

3 pieces thin crust spinach frozen pizza
1 cup of water

Exercise
Non-intentional extra activity-walked the "big" dog park for one hour

Notes:
-I've thought a lot about my nutrition today and I ran out of time to make a plan, but I'll begin planning my meals tomorrow and shop for the ingredients on Monday. It's time to be more critical in my decisions; time to move on from "small, better choices" to better meals overall.
-I don't feel burnt out yet, but it is a true possibility that I may be headed there. I passed on pilates today but made sure to do something. The "big" dog park was the compromise.

Day 53

Meals
2 Tim Horton's bacon breakfast sandwiches (bacon mostly removed and given to B)
2 Canadian maple donuts
2 cups of water

3 cups of water

1 Fibre Plus chocolate and peanut butter bar
1 apple
2 cups of water

1 Fatburger hamburger--no mayo, cheese, or relish
3/4 small fries
2 cups of water

1 cup fruit smoothie--banana, apple, mango
2 cups of popcorn with approx 2 tsp Becel margarine and a shake of salt

Exercise
60 minutes interval hill treadmill
30 minutes lower body machines
15 minutes stretching

Notes:
-Another crappy day of eating, but at least I made sure to get no mayo or cheese on my burger, and I didn't have the most delicious shake in the world which I never miss. Never say never.

Day 52

Meals
1/2 rack back ribs with BBQ sauce (l/0)
1/2 sweet potato (l/o)
2 cups salad (l/o)
2 cups of water

2 apple cinnamon buns
2 cups of water

1 Fibre Plus chocolate and peanut butter bar
1 apple

3 cups of water

6 small slices of frozen pizza
2 cups of water

Exercise
55 minutes interval hill treadmill
30 minutes upper body free weights and machines
10 minutes stretching

Day 51

I needed a day off. I may be over training because even after 7.5 weeks, I'm still exhausted. Also not having much sleep the night before, I needed to catch up a few hours. Ugh, what a rotten day.

Meals
Can't remember breakfast/lunch

1/2 rack of back ribs with BBQ sauce
1/2 sweet potato with skin
2 cups of salad--spinach, tomato, green onions, feta cheese, 2 tbsp croutons, 1 tbsp Italian dressing
4 cups of water

Exercise
None