KEYS TO SUCCESS - PLAN, PREPARE & RE-GROUP (IF NEEDED)

So last week ended up being a good week for me.  I laid out a semi-structured PLAN of my meals and PREPARED several items ahead of time.  This made it very easy to just grab and go with my non-traditional meal schedule.  This week, not so much.  This past weekend was a bit hectic and I was not able to grocery shop with my wife, which I like to do, as long as the kids are left at home.  I took it for granted and today I failed.  Today I had to run an errand at lunch and did not prepare myself correct meals that allowed me to grab and go.  Thus in my haste to get back to the office I stopped and grabbed fried chicken and a biscuit.  MAJOR FAIL.  I know.

I still struggle with these items from time to time however there is a silver lining.  With eating so many veggies and natural foods over the past couple of weeks, my taste buds have changed.  I have noticed this over the past couple of weekends when I had my reward days.  I have noticed that I have become very sensitive to salt.  It literally feels like it is burning my mouth.  Those foods that I used to enjoy, now are pretty much unbearable to eat.  Don't get me wrong, I still am drawn to eat them, but afterwards they leave me feeling disgusted.  If I continue to to take the time to plan ahead, I will succeed and will also learn to not crave those items that once tasted good.

Some of my favorite meals that I have prepared are:

• Protein Pancakes (Oatmeal, Cottage Cheese, Eggs, Baking Powder, Cinnamon) topped with fresh berries and a small drizzle of honey.
• Egg White and Veggie Scrambles
• Veggie Omelets (whole egg)
• Sauteed Squash, Zucchini & Onions
• Chicken Tortilla Soup (No Tortillas)

In addition to the above, one other item that I had prepared for but was not able to follow through with was my Saturday long run.  This past Saturday morning I was to run 12 miles as part of my marathon training plan.  After looking at the 90% - 100% chance of rain each hour through noon on Saturday, I elected to take this chance to sleep in, which I rarely do anymore.  Of course in typical Houston manner,  IT HAD FINISHED RAINING HOURS BEFORE I SHOULD HAVE RAN.  I am not going to lie, I enjoyed sleeping in, but now when was I going to run.  If I run on Saturday evening, I cannot spend time with my family.  I cannot run Sunday morning as I have commitments at church that require me to leave the house at 6:30 in the morning.  I guess I will run Sunday afternoon.  Which I did.  I was able to track out a 12 mile route, put my head phones in and returned approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes later.  Not too bad of a run with the sun beating down on you.  All of this to then point out that I was unable to make it out of bed Monday morning to get to Boot Camp.  Sorry Jen L.  

So today is Tuesday.  I did not end my Sunday - Saturday week as I would have like to, which ran into the start of my new week.  Time to RE-GROUP.  Tonight I am going to plan out my meals for the rest of the week.  Make sure that I get to the Gym the rest of the week and hope that I did not hinder this weeks weigh-in.  One thing that I want to keep in mind but not allow to become a crutch is that we will all fall off track from time to time, but the key is to jump right back on and not allow this speed bump to turn into a 10 pound gain as it did over the summer.