Weigh in went pretty ok this week. I'm down 3.6 pounds, for a total loss so far of 58.6 pounds. It's coming along...
You know what I'm finding difficult? Getting back into the swing of college life. My body is still programmed to wake up at 6:30 for work. I almost forgot what it's like to do homework. I absolutely forgot what it's like to sit in a lecture for 4 hours. I haven't owned a backpack to hold textbooks since middle school. They say it's like riding a bike...I hope I can remember how to pedal and stay balanced on those two wheels soon, because right now I keep falling and my knees are scraped up enough.
One bad habit I have fallen back into is not eating. When I don't have the regimented lunch break like I did at work, I forget to eat. This week, I ate dinner on Monday night. The next time I ate, I had a half of a PBJ in the car Wednesday afternoon. I literally forgot to eat for more than a day. The lack of routine/schedule is having its toll already. I'm not quite sure how to fix it, either. I tried to set an alarm....didn't work. Hopefully I can figure it out.
The problem I have with this is that, aside from the fact that weakness will set in when trying to workout, my body will start to go into "starvation mode" and will then store the fat/calories that is consumed when I finally do eat....thus causing weight gain. It's an overall bad situation. So, if anyone has any ideas how to get out of this rut, please let me know (and I swear, if anyone says, "just eat" I'm gonna....I don't know, but I'll do something! haha)
In my personal chef class at school, a video was shown by my instructor at the beginning of class. The speaker is a master chef and one of the best chefs in the country, but he doesn't talk about cooking...I promise. During his Ted talk, he talks about "running out of runway." It's all about doing what you need to do to be happy before it's too late. I found it very interesting and he makes very good points. He says a lot of things that a lot of people already know but often need to be reminded of.
As I was sitting in a teaching kitchen and watching this video in a class I'm taking while in culinary school, it reassured me that I made the right choice. I'm doing what I need to do to be happy. This is the right path. While I have days where I wake up and think "what did I get myself into," I know it's all for the better and it'll turn out. It's what's supposed to happen right now. When I picked up my chefs coat and put it on for the first time this week, it felt good. It felt real. It felt right. Sure, it's extremely unflattering for the figure (add the black and white checkered pants to it and it REALLY doesn't do the body any favors), but it made everything feel official...it's all going to happen. And that makes me smile.
I wish everyone had the ability to do what they love to do. Where they don't have a job, but instead have a career. Where they are excited to go to work. Where what they do for a living doesn't feel like work. Where they come home for the day and feel like they accomplished something. Where they find meaning with their life. Where they're happy.
Please, check out chef Richard Rosendale's Ted talk below :)
In my personal chef class at school, a video was shown by my instructor at the beginning of class. The speaker is a master chef and one of the best chefs in the country, but he doesn't talk about cooking...I promise. During his Ted talk, he talks about "running out of runway." It's all about doing what you need to do to be happy before it's too late. I found it very interesting and he makes very good points. He says a lot of things that a lot of people already know but often need to be reminded of.
As I was sitting in a teaching kitchen and watching this video in a class I'm taking while in culinary school, it reassured me that I made the right choice. I'm doing what I need to do to be happy. This is the right path. While I have days where I wake up and think "what did I get myself into," I know it's all for the better and it'll turn out. It's what's supposed to happen right now. When I picked up my chefs coat and put it on for the first time this week, it felt good. It felt real. It felt right. Sure, it's extremely unflattering for the figure (add the black and white checkered pants to it and it REALLY doesn't do the body any favors), but it made everything feel official...it's all going to happen. And that makes me smile.
I wish everyone had the ability to do what they love to do. Where they don't have a job, but instead have a career. Where they are excited to go to work. Where what they do for a living doesn't feel like work. Where they come home for the day and feel like they accomplished something. Where they find meaning with their life. Where they're happy.
Please, check out chef Richard Rosendale's Ted talk below :)
I have to set alarms or I forget to eat too. Never went quite as long as you did, but without alarms, forget it. Also I found that planning out what I'm going to eat before I get to that time makes it easier, especially if it's a quick fix, or something I can grab and go. Protein shakes are a quick fix, and work well for me. Hope you figure something out!
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