Climbs, Flat Roads, and Coasting Downhill

Climbing Up Hill: Relationship with Food

Ahhh food, how I love thee. Food as comfort. Food for nostalgia. Food for stress management. Food for celebrating. All of these things come together to form my relationship with food. These are behaviors that are learned throughout our whole lives. One of the things that WW does is it helps you explore this relationship. And honestly that exploration continues to be the most challenging but most vital part of the my WW journey.

These past two weeks I found myself having some seriously impulsive eating. I have not figured out why it happened, but I have found that talking about it helps a ton. I talked about it in my last two meetings and got some good guidance. My coach Vicki brought the straight facts that sometimes there is a monster inside us, and just reflecting on the behavior after we do it won't tame the monster. You have to attack it mid fight or before the fight starts. You have to be willing to stop yourself or not even start, and until we do that we aren't ready to really tame the monster. 

Super real: here I am, eating mini-marshmallows. In the pantry. Caught on camera by Shane. He thought it was hilarious. It is. But it isn't at the same time.

While I haven't figured out the reason yet (but I am thinking it may come down to boredom or a bit of seasonal/COVID isolation related depression), as I have shared my challenges, and leaned on the WW community, it has gotten better. 


Flat Roads: Boredom
Overall this week was super standard and honestly kind of boring. I am getting really antsy to travel. I miss concerts terribly. I am certainly turning to working out to kill time but really need to be careful of that because my body needs rest. Any hobby recommendations? I don't do well with sitting still for very long. Maybe I will get a puzzle out...

Coasting Downhill: Runner's/Biker's High
I had some seriously awesome workouts this week. On Monday a treadmill appeared in our garage. Ryan (Shane's business partner) tracked one down for some video work they are doing, and right now it is being stored in our garage. You better believe I plugged it in and am using it. 




20 Min Year of Yes Run w/ Jess Sims: What are you saying no to so you can say yes to yourself?
On my lunch one day this week I did a 20 minute run. Peloton is partnering with Shonda Rhymes right now for a series of workouts that goes with her book. I haven't read the book, but each week they feature a topic. This run was from the week about setting boundaries. I definitely have gotten better at this as I have gotten more and more confident and grounded in who I am. This run was the perfect pick me up mid day and I may be squeezing in more 20 minute runs while on my lunch and working from home.
Jess Sim's was the first instructor I worked out with on the Peloton app. All of the coaches have mantras and this is one of hers The first time I heard it (and still every time) it hits me hard. She is by far my favorite instructor. 


30 Minute 2000's Ride w Kendall Tool
This morning I took this ride because the play list was just KILLER. So many songs from my late teens, early 20s. I used my headphones because I knew I would want to rock out and Shane would still be sleeping. I freaking let loose. Music is so powerful. I PRed this ride...hard. I beat my last output (which was only a couple weeks old) by over 29 watts (I think its watts...still learning this stuff. But it was definitely 29 more of whatever that measurement is... 233 to 262). During the ride there were moments I was smiling while on the verge of tears. Remembering many things that came along with this music. After the ride and throughout today I have found myself getting lost in music from those years. <3




This week certainly brought a variety of rides, literally and figuratively. Here's to carrying on. Here's to more climbs, more flat roads, more coasting downhill. Have a wonderful week. Sending you all love.



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