Resetting

Since tough mudder, I haven't done much of anything fitness-wise or health-wise. In fact, over the past week and a half, I've been laying on the couch, eating potato chips and ice cream sandwiches. This is not an exaggeration, this has been my actual life. WHOOPS.

Me.

MY ONLY FRIEND

It's like I went through the five stages:

1. Denial: There's nothing wrong with me laying on the couch forever. I'm fine and I love being lazy. I met my entire life's quota of exercise with tough mudder.

2. Anger: Why do I feel so gross!? This is DUMB. I hate everything!! More potato chips.

3. Bargaining: Ok, just one more day of being gross and lazy and then I'll start being healthy again. (repeat this step for several days).

4. Depression: I feel so gross. This is dumb. I hate everything.

5. Acceptance: FINE I WILL GO WORK OUT.

The good news is that today, finally, I went grocery shopping, stocked the fridge with healthy food, ate a healthy dinner, went to the track for a mini workout, and planned out healthy meals for the weekend. Hooray! I know that working out and eating right make me feel better, but sometimes getting on that bandwagon takes a bit more effort than I think.

The week leading up to tough mudder was similar. I took my job of fueling up for the race VERY seriously.

And if we're extremely honest with ourselves here, the whole MONTH before tough mudder wasn't that great food-wise. I threw caution to the wind on the weekends, and that combined with all the darn potato chips that magically kept making their way into my mouth the past two weeks, well, dang. The excuse of "BUT I RAN A TOUGH MUDDER, give me all the ice cream" only holds up for about 1 day after the race.

So with that being said, it's back on the proverbial horse, and I feel much better for it.

Goals for this week, because goals are good:

1. Track all my food. This helps me stay accountable and I think I need that right now.
2. Get back on the workout train! Track again tomorrow, yoga on Saturday. After that I'm looking to get back into lifting heavy. My real goal is to move for an hour every day, even if it's just a walk.
3. Lots of fruits, vegetables, and protein. Nom.
4. Take it one day at a time. 

What's coming up? Well, we've got the spartan race in August with some friends from CT and NY, so that's my next major milestone. And potentially another mud/obstacle course with my good biddies in PA and VT, date tbd! Other than that, not much on the race front, but I'm probably going to search around for some 5ks or 10ks in the area. Oh and, kickboxing! Still need to sign up for that. Once school is done next week, I'm calling for REALZ.

Any tips for getting out of a rut? Ideas for staying motivated? My pinterest quotes will only get me so far!