This first week of October promised to be a challenging one for me. I arrived in Chicago Sunday night and didn’t get home until late Wednesday night. Ordinarily I leave on Monday morning so I can still get a workout in at home, but I needed to be there Sunday night and that’s my day of rest so I didn’t do any exercise.
Monday morning I needed to get up at 4:00am to prep for an all day meeting, and since I assumed the fitness center at the hotel was closed I didn’t work out. Monday night we went out as a group and I ate way too much at a great Indian restaurant and by the time I got back to the hotel I was not interested in doing cardio. So no exercise and much overeating on Monday. Bad John.
Tuesday I found myself at work without working out again because I needed to sleep in. I ate fairly well during the day but at night I had room service and ordered buffalo wings and an asian salad, when I could have just had the salad and would have been satisfied. I felt full, which I don’t like feeling anymore. Again, no exercise. Strike two!
Wednesday I got up early and hit the fitness center, which I learned was actually open 24 hours a day. It’s funny that I have stayed in this hotel at least a couple hundred nights and I had no idea even where the fitness center was, let alone the hours and what equipment it had. As it turns out it is pretty well stocked. I felt like doing cardio in the morning instead of weights since I really wanted a sweat, and that’s what I got. Good workout. Ate pretty well during the day but at the airport on my way home I had too much mexican food. I’ll call it a foul ball since I did exercise, which is still a huge deal for me when traveling.
So what do I see on the scale this morning? I lost a pound from Sunday! Well, I’m not complaining but since I am trying to be focused on my decisions and not the results (good or bad) I need to admit I didn’t perform up to expectations on this trip.
However, it looks like I may not be “punished” for it. The challenge now that I am home is to focus on making good decisions between now and official weigh-in on Sunday.
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