Catching Up

So I was bad and didn't post for a few days. There isn't much to update you on, although I am guilty of some crimes against my healthy diet.

On Sunday, I did my scheduled workout AND hiked for a few hours with my family. Since we didn't really plan well for lunch, all I ended up eating for my healthy meal was an apple. Although I made up for it in calories later with a snack :/

Monday, I ended up cheating a little on my healthy meal by eating some of my leftover chicken parmesan along with my green smoothie. Chicken parmesan is obviously not very healthy.

Today was probably my biggest failure. I haven't been getting good sleep lately because my cat has the habit of waking me up in the middle of the night. It literally makes me want to scream and Iam coming up with ways to get around the issue. Anyways, I woke up feeling extremely sluggish and actually went back to sleep after breakfast, which was a leftover cinnamon roll and two sausage patties. When I woke up from my nap, I was going to workout first, but ended up cooking myself up a really crappy meal, consisting of a steak and cheese microwavable chimichanga and about 15 fried pickles that I baked in the oven. I hated that I did it. I kind of made up for it with dinner by baking chicken in the oven and baking some broccoli in the oven. However, I did have a good heap of stuffing on the side, which sort of took away from the rest of the healthy.

My other crime I committed yesterday was that I drank a whole cup of soda at Jimmy John's. I just really wanted a flavored beverage and I was afraid getting tea would keep me up at night (although my cat covered that area anyway). It was a really poor excuse. Fortunately, it seems I have only cheated on the "no soda rule" once each week, which isn't the worst thing in the world.

As for my workouts, I'm still getting them done everyday, but my lack of sleep has made it harder to give good energy to each workout. I have a plan tonight to try to trip my cat up from scratching on my door by putting a sheet over it that sort of billows off of the door. I'm hoping it will confuse her enough to keep her away. I think I'll also keep the door to the back porch open since she loves to go out there. As you can tell, I'm getting a bit desperate in my attempts to keep my cat from waking me up at night. Because honestly, your sleep effects your health so much. Not just with the theories on how it affects your metabolism, but also in your energy for the rest of the day. And energy is not only needed for workouts, but also to make healthier meals. I don't know why, but even if I can make a healthy meal fairly easily, if I'm tired, I crave carbs and bad food all the way.

So you see why it is so crucial for me to get a good night's sleep. I'll update you tomorrow on whether my plan for tonight worked out.

TTFN