Before It Gets Busy! lol

So down close to half a pound after last weekend's splurge.   Bittersweet.  

This past week was hard.  Very hard.   It finally hit me how much work it takes to work off splurges.   It's extra work in the workouts, either higher intensity or longer duration.   It also meant prolonging the time to reach my goal because I had to dedicate this entire week just to do slightly better than breaking even on the scale. But the biggest struggle was staying positive and not beating myself up for making horrible food choices last weekend.  

The mental and emotional battle was very exhausting, much harder than an intense workout.   Most times after completing a great workout, you feel great, knowing your progressing towards your goals.  But this week all the hard work in the very intense workouts was dedicated just to try and break even, all because I wanted to stuff my face. Well those food choices turned into a week-long emotional and mental war.  Thank God for His grace to help me press on and fight the good fight.   

You really can't compete with what you eat.  I can down a meal like this in 10 minutes but it would take hours to work it off.   Sad thing is on one of my typical splurge days (splurge day, not treat meal) it would include a few meals like this.  A few meals like this can really set me back.   For a foodie, a splurge meal can very easily turn into an entire splurge day or weekend because once you feed an addict, it's hard to apply the breaks.  

So I'm entering into this weekend with much prayer and dependence upon Him. I need His grace.  It's a must.