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Wellness Wednesday (A Day Late)
I know it is the second week and I'm already slacking. But I really do have a good excuse! I'm on a marathon business trip and yesterday had no internet connection *gasp*! And I will let you know that instead of thinking about the work emails I was missing, I thought "But what about Wellness Wednesday?" because you know this stuff is important! 
So how is everyone doing?? Any big success this week? Any challenges?
I'm trying to so hard to eat healthy this trip. I've done pretty good so far, but as always there is room for improvement. Although since we are eating at least 2 meals at the airport a day, my options are limited. Although I am walking a lot from gate to gate, which should count for some exercise. I'm trying to save my points for Saturday. We're having a block party in our neighborhood with Bojangles chicken and biscuits and 2 kegs! Mmmmm!
Re: Wellness Wednesday (A Day Late)
I've been better this week. DH and I walked Monday and Tuesday night. Last night, I went to gym and walked/run on the treadmill for 30 minutes then did some weights. Tonight, I'm doing a spin class.
My eating has been okay with week. I just need to stay away from the candy jar at work. My goal was no sweets at work, but this week I have completely failed.
Yes, it's all of the above. Mental and physical wellness. What were some big hurdles--how did you overcome them? What were successes? Failures? How are you (mentally/physically) feeling this week?
For me, it's been a little frustrating this week. I was away over the weekend and was tempted by some very bad (but oh so good tasting) foods and failed, failed, failed with my willpower. My "success" in all of that was that I did try to keep my portions to what they should be. No seconds of cake, I tried to bring healthy snacks for the drive to and from VA and my meal breaks were also relatively healthy. Work has also been busy this week, so I haven't been able to exercise as much as I normally would.
Surprisingly though, I'm feeling OK about this. I still feel like I'm making better food choices, though I know I could probably do better, I don't want to stress over those decisions. At this point, most of the food in my house is "safe" for me, and I've been pretty good about only eating what I bring with me to work. I'm hopeful that this weekend will be nice and that I'll be able to get out on some nice long rides to help me satisfy my need for speed!
i'm trying to get back into my A game this week. last weekend was a complete bust. i ended up getting way too drunk on wine Saturday night, then Sunday was a complete failure. i'm having some stressful times at work right now and just not happy with how things are going. add to that the fact that i applied for an internal position and had to tell my manager. now that's making things awkward. and now DH has a kidney stone so we're dealing with that at home. so that's the ugly stuff.
now for the good stuff ... i'm doing a lot better health/fitness wise. i'm really cutting back on bad food choices and already feeling better than i did last week. i went to Spin last night and it was really fun and motivating. i want to make that a weekly thing. at least once a week, maybe twice.
I'm still on the no-sugar kick. I need to get better about getting back into a regular exercise regimen, even if it's just a longer walk with the dogs. I went on vacation, then got sick and I haven't picked it back up.
I've also been getting acupuncture! I've only had 2 sessions so far, but it has been relaxing.