So Now I May as Well Really Blog It...

So this was one of those weeks....fell a bit short of my 40 mile cycling goal...30 miles short to be exact.  Missed my 3-days-a-week workout goal...by 2 days.  The only consistent exercise was my daily mile walking the dogs.  Not the week I planned, but things simply got in the way...work, family events, general fatigue.  However, there was a silver lining.  In past years, a week like this would have COMPLETELY derailed me.  Not just workouts out the window, but diet as well.  Unlike those past experiences, I kept the diet in check.  I reminded myself of the 80-20 principle.  This principle, which I learned about on Mark's Daily Apple, has helped me keep perspective on my health-related efforts.  This principle basically means that you focus on staying on track 80% of the time...and in the big picture, I know that I have done so.  In the past, I would have taken an "I've blown it" mentality that would get twisted into a rationale for "really blowing it," going hog wild with eating since I was already of track on exercise any way.  In reading about this principle, a line that struck a chord was "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good."  That was me in the past--if I couldn't be perfect, I let that become the basis for going back to old habits in both diet and exercise.  This time, the perspective enabled me to stay on track with healthy eating, comfortable in the knowledge that I would get back to my fitness routine soon.  And that has me feeling pretty good...

Here are the planned workouts and meals for the week:

Workouts

Monday, 10/29

Warm Up (2 rounds):

• 15 min walk
• Samson stretch
• 15 sit ups
• 15 air squats

Workout (3 rounds):

• 20 Russian Swings
• 20 toes-to-bar or leg lifts

Wednesday, 10/31

Warm Up (2 rounds):

• 15 min walk
• Samson stretch
• 15 rolling v-sits
• 10 mountain climbers
• 10 fire hyrdrants
• 10 twist lunges

Workout (3 rounds):

• 15 push ups
• 10 split lunges

Friday, 11/2

Warm Up (2 rounds):

• 15 min walk
• Samson stretch
• 15 sit ups
• 15 air squats

Workout (2 rounds)

• 15 ball slams
• 15 upright rows 
• 15 dips

Meals

Monday, 10/29

 

Meatballs with Red Sauce and Italian Sausage over Spaghetti Squash

Tuesday, 10/30

 

Cheeseburgers on a bed of lettuce

Wednesday, 10/31

 

Crockpot 7-Bone Roast

Thursday, 11/1

 

Carnitas lettuce wraps with guacamole and green chili

Friday, 11/2

 

Brats with peas

Saturday, 10/27

 

Spicy meatballs with bacon-blue cheese Brussels sprouts

Sunday, 10/28

 

Pumpkin Curry chicken on cauliflower rice (Didn't have this last Sunday as planned)