Daily Update

Okay, I know I owe the August 15th update still. I got home late and didn't feel like blogging at the time, but I'm catching up!
Nutrition
I feel horrible about this. In fact, I even started obsessing about it. I know I didn't eat terribly much at the fair, but it was enough to feel like I'd just taken ten steps backward after taking two forward. Boo. I tried to make the best choices I could, and in a way, this is a good thing. I now know how it feels to lose ground. It is going to motivate me to keep on the right track, because there's no other way. Those few french fries aren't worth the hour of exercise you did today. Icky food just isn't worth it.
I learned my lesson, too. Today (Saturday), after I did my exercise, I felt ISHY. You know why I think that is? Because my body got so used to me putting good things in it, like fruits, veggies, whole grains, complex carbs, etc. And once I put something fatty and greasy into it, it reacted as though it was food poisoning.
You know what? That stuff IS like poison for your body. Yeah, it is great at the time, and it tastes SO sinfully good, but it isn't worth clogging your arteries in order to get that food high. I'd rather eat a juicy peach than scarf down a soft pretzel with nacho cheese. One leaves me feeling refreshed and satisfied. The other leaves me feeling bloated and ill. Maybe this was a blessing in disguise. My body now knows what is good for it and what is bad. And it's NOT going to let me forget.

Exercise
Yesterday, I tried to switch it up a bit and give myself a kick-start. Did it work? Not as well as I had hoped. I am a Netflix subscriber, and with that, you get access to instant movies. I found the workout section and became hopeful I would find some really good stuff to get a good variety of cardio in. Well, I tried a cardio dance 10 minute workout with a lot of hope, because I used to be a dancer and miss it a lot. However, it just wasn't intense enough for me. I didn't feel that great burn I usually do when I do DDR or SparkPeople videos. But, it was good for about 100 calories, I think.
Then, due to time constraints, I only got about 200-210 calories burned during DDR. I was hoping to hit 250, so I could get up to my usual 350 a day. However, I knew I'd be walking for a long time at the fair that evening, so I called it quits. I did walk for a LONG while at the fair and burned probably darn well near 300 calories. (Or I at least sweated them off, haha.) Still not enough to make me feel okay with the choices I made at the fair as far as eating.

Mood
Despite how I felt about my little setback, I've been turning it into a positive experience. Like one of my favorite quotes from my "Quotables" entries says, "You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there." I fell, yes. However, I'm already back out. I'm just going to work that much harder to get better at this! And hell, I ate so well for a whole month. I sometimes deserve a little break, even if I don't feel like I do.
I also caught up with some friends who I used to be close with. We hung out and had a great time. I love catching up with people. Especially since I was so close to one of the guys for many of my high school years. I hope we can keep close, because I can always use support, and I know my friends can use some, too.