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Recovery day and too much food.

Did an active recovery day today.  It’s really hard for me to rest.  I somehow feel like I am going to gain 100 pounds back over night if I don’t go/go/go.  Know what I mean?

So, I did 500 yards of an easy swim, then sat in the therapy pool for 15 minutes.  That was a luxury.  I positioned myself so the jets hit my low back, and then my thighs.  Mmmmmm…….  Then I dragged myself out to walk around the track for 30 minutes.  I kept wanting to break into a jog (what is wrong with me??).

John met me for breakfast after this.  Ridge Street coffee for ….. wait for it….

bagel1

Plus some of this:

coffee

It’s my Friday work-wise, and it was hard to go back home and get to work!  I do not take enough relaxing mornings.  So glad it is the end of the work week for me.  I kind of feel like Pixie did today:

pixie

I definitely got the snack attack today.  I don’t know what it is about my rest/recovery days – but those are the days I really *should* be limiting my calories, and yet those are the days I have the hardest times controlling my eating.  I cannot figure it out.    The one thing I am looking forward to about doing after the triathlon is getting back to the weight loss zone for the last 10 pounds.  That is an arena I am very comfortable with.   The training is still so weird to me, even though I have been doing it for a few months now.

So, in being honest – here was dinner.  John and I split a calzone with some feta cheese from a local place (they are fabulous, too).

calzone

Question:  How do you handle rest days?  Do you find a pattern of days that you are hungrier than others?

The feeling of being out of control

So I am on plan, drinking water, exercising, writing down my food. And yet, I still feel that inner struggle the last few days. And it feels like I went off my plan, even though I didn’t. It is the strangest feeling – and one I have not had for a long, long time.

I am sure there must be PMS involved (let’s drag that war horse excuse out now, shall we? ), as well as my real estate investment stress currently. Combined they bring about the feeling of no control. I at least seem to have the inner machine that keeps me going on track, even though the mind doesn’t want to follow as well.

So – I am going to read a bunch of blogs, and review my weight loss stats over the last year to get my mind back where it needs to be.