Since I have upped my protein intake I haven't been able to digest food properly. Lets just say things aren't moving the way they should be. If you know me you know that just doesn't work for me. So when I was asking the people who help me put my diet plan together what the deal was I found out that at first too much protein can stop one up. Then when we revisited how many grams of protein I was eating a day we realized that I have been eating 50 grams too much of protein a day... 50 GRAMS!!!! Apparently they had originally thought I wanted to put on more mass.. um hello no thank you!! For weeks now (only three thank goodness) I have been eating 200 extra calories a day in protein. -__- It may not seem like that much but over time that can really add up. So its no wonder that I have been feeling hugesque in the mid section. Between my poo baby and my upped protein, the odds were simply against me. Blast.
That being said, I have to laugh a little bit. Mainly at Lauren. When I explained to her what had happened all she said was "Why are you eating a caltein bar, coach makes us eat those when he wants us to go up a weight class.." The famous line from Mean Girls where Regina George is eating caltein bars to lose weight and maintain her hot "plastic" bod and in reality she is gaining weight like no body's business. Oh the irony. I have never felt like I related to that movie more than this very moment. I'm grateful to have Lauren to make me laugh at this situation. Sometimes I just get so caught up and take it to heart and beat myself up about it. Her jokes help remind me that this is life. And it's not the end of the world. And it's just a speed bump in my fitness journey that can be reversed just as quickly as it happened in the first place.
The weather is a bit of a bust which never helps me when I'm down either. I was so ready for spring a couple days ago and I'm three times as ready now. I feel like I could just go into a hibernation with all of this cold and gray. I've been dragging enough that my workouts don't feel satisfying. I vow that starting right now I am changing my attitude. And tomorrow I will wake up recharged, refreshed and ready to get back in my groove and away from this temporary funk. Mind over matter baby. If you don't mind then it don't matter :) We can thank my mother for hammering that phrase into my head as a child.
My only advice to you from this post is to remember that regardless of what is happening right now in the moment, life goes on. We all take steps back and mess up but it's most important to not dwell. Instead take it and learn from it. Make a change. This is life and it's beautiful so don't get too caught up in the negatives or you might miss out on something else greater :) Oh, and don't eat caltein bars.. ha. ;)
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