One Bad Apple (Spoils the Bunch)

Or, in this case, one bad weekend. My forward momentum was interrupted this weekend by the perfect storm of bad choices.

First Bad Choice: Starting the weekend on Thursday with dinner out and a few drinks. That sounds bad – it was only three beers, but that’s three beers too many, considering I broke my own rule, which is NO DRINKING DURING THE WEEK. I really love beer, especially Michigan craft brews, and it’s my one weakness. I could go months without chocolate or cake, could go years without ice cream, but beer is so very yummy.

Second Bad Choice: Continuing my downward spiral on Friday. I had a perfectly healthy day, and ordered a great dinner at Uccello’s. You know, the great dinner that was completely ruined by the BEER. Ugh.

Third Bad Choice: Not exercising at all. Enough said. I spent Saturday in my room watching old TV on my Kindle. I cleaned a little, but didn’t stray too far from the little boob tube. One trip to the gym or a walk in my neighborhood would have erased even a little of what I was subjecting my body to, but I couldn’t summon the will to move. In my defense, my time of the month hit me REALLY hard that day. I know excuses suck, but I’m sticking to it.

Fourth Bad Choice: Going to another bonfire on Saturday. At Wendy’s house, with Becky. Need I say more? But it was so fun, and I really did need to drink to fit in socially. Right? Please disregard the fact that Becky is a non-drinker, and she had just as much fun as I did.

Fifth Bad Choice: Not working out on Sunday either. I suck.

Sixth Bad Choice: Making healthy choices when I did eat, but not eating often enough and not eating enough, period. I would go until noon, eat some fruit, drink some water, and then not eat again until dinner. No Bueno. I did eat the crap out of some delicious hummus at Wendy’s bonfire (still waiting for that recipe).

Anyway, the perfect storm of bad choices set me back FOUR POUNDS. Granted, some of that is water weight, but really, it was just me not being conscientious enough to put on the breaks and back up the horse (not to mix metaphors). So let me drop some knowledge on ya’ll… IT’S OK TO BACKSLIDE A LITTLE IF YOU CORRECT YOUR COURSE AND MOVE FORWARD AGAIN.

I started anew on Monday. Had a great day of eating deliciously healthy things, and working out. As Becky will say, “Whenever you’re red-faced and sweaty, you know you’ve had a good workout.” Well, that was me today. Red-faced and sweaty, and loving every minute of it.

Just a reminder! Please send in your cropped selfies to merrittwithmerit@gmail.com, or to my FB Messenger. I would really love to share them (anonymously), and move on to our second Body Image Boot Camp assignment!