If you'd asked me a week ago, I would have told you I was worried that I would be bored and lonely over my holiday weekend since Andy was playing 8,000 Nutcracker shows. I figured I'd clean the apartment, maybe go through my closet and get rid of some clothes, and hopefully work on my running scrapbook to keep my hands busy and out of the kitchen cupboards. Friends... there was no need to worry. I was so busy I didn't have time to do any (mostly) of that stuff!
Thanks to some quick shift switching I was able to go to MXT on Saturday morning with Sarah. It was so much fun and now I'm extra sad that I normally work while that class is going on - at least I got to try it though! For you non-locals, MXT is "extreme training"... kind of like bootcamp mixed with cross fit, disguised to look like PE class in elementary school (think stations). While it wasn't my favorite station, I do wish I had video of Sarah and I trying to flip one of those gigantic tires. Those things are heavy... and extra hard to lift when you're laughing. ;-)
After class I went home to shower and eat lunch, and then it was time to head back to the club for job number two. The people that work in the afternoons have a cush job! It wasn't nearly as hectic as my morning shift, which was nice, but also made the time go by pretty slowly. Once my shift was finally over I resumed my Sarah-fest and headed to her parent's for dinner. I love her family! I'm glad they've adopted me. :-)
Sunday morning I got up and headed off to a Weight Watchers meeting. I give myself a gold star for going because I was tired and had a headache, plus I mean... who wants to weigh-in in front of someone on Thanksgiving weekend? While it wasn't a ton of weight, I'm happy to report that I lost another 1.2 pounds this week, bringing me to 162.8 - almost where I was for the marathon! Now I'll let my crazy come out a bit... I was actually a little let down that I didn't lose more. I know I know it was Thanksgiving blah blah, but I worked out a lot more than I normally would (since I had time off of work). Oh well. I still feel like this is a good program for me. Not weighing myself everyday has definitely helped my attitude throughout the week. And now for the details about the meeting:
Once again I went to a different meeting, and I think this is going to be the one that works for me. The day/time work well with my schedule, the people that attended were a little younger than the others I'd been to, and after talking to her afterwards I realized the leader and I are probably going to be friends - she struggles with binge eating handfuls of dry cereal and searching for things she can dip in Nutella (sound familiar?) and she also has done 3 half marathons! She even gave me her email address so I could send her the training plan I use. :-) It was meant to be!!
In the meeting we focused on "holiday survival." Katie (the leader) suggested we print out a calendar and only write down the special events we have for the month of December - that way we can get a visual of what days we will need to plan for, rather than saying "I have events all month, why bother trying?" because the truth is... you don't have events all month. Sure, you have more than normal, but there are a decent number of days that have nothing going on, so it's important to recognize those and stay on track whenever you can.
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She also prompted us with these questions (I took notes on my phone like a geek):
1) What tempting foods are hardest to control? Could you avoid them? How?
2) Which everyday foods could you lighten up?
3) When could you add extra activity?
4) How do you want to feel January 1st? (think of that answer when you're faced with a challenge)
Not exactly mind blowing questions, but I do think taking the time to think about them will at least make me more aware.
Friends - do you have any advice for surviving the holidays?
My biggest challenge is always all of the baddies that people bring into job number one and number two. They always look good, and at some point at work I get irritated and stressed out and just want to shove my face in the middle of a tray of cookies (I love cookies...). WW Katie suggested I bring extra snacks to the office during the holidays. Even though I might eat more than I normally would, at least the snacks I would bring would be healthier than the garbage that gets brought into the office. I suppose I could also use Alyssa's tactic and just imagine they all baked the treats without washing their hands (maybe they sneezed in the dish too... you never know!).
Ok I got carried away with my WW meeting recap so I'll rush through the rest of my Sunday. Went to Zumba (fun) and then spent the rest of the day driving Andy back and forth to the Nutcracker so he wouldn't have to deal with parking, doing laundry, doing dishes, and watching Downton Abbey Revisted on PBS - sort of a sneak peak of season 3 that starts on January 6th!!!! It made me so excited!!!! Let's get these stickin' holidays over so Downton Abbey can start, haha.
All in all it was a super fun Thanksgiving weekend. :-)
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