All in all another decent week in the Year of Discipline. Things haven’t gone too badly. I did eat a little more than I should have at times, particularly my sister’s pound cake, but all in all I’m still on track.

I’ve been walking since it warmed up. That hasn’t been too bad. We’re having wood floors installed in the house, so I haven’t been able to do my usual workout thanks to the extra furniture in the room that I normally work out in.

The walks have been good — I did six miles the other day — but I miss my normal workout. I’ll be glad to get back to it.

So, things have been going well. Just plugging away in the Y of D.

Last weekend was Easter week and I decided to head up to New Jersey for a long weekend with the family.

Up to this point, things have been going pretty well. I was sticking to the eating plan and working out consistently. We decided to leave Thursday night to head to NJ. I wasn’t feeling well on Wednesday due to allergies, so I didn’t work out. Friday night was out because we were out of town.

We got back on Sunday night. I was off Monday, but still didn’t work out. I could’ve worked out yesterday, but I didn’t — laziness, recovering from allergies still.

Today, however, I decided to make no excuses. The longer I went on without working out, the harder it would be to start, so I got back to it. When all was said and done, I was more tired and sore than usually, but I felt great. It was good to get back into it.

Eating has been what has suffered the most over the holiday. Thursday night, I ate before we headed up to NJ. We didn’t stop on the way, and other than some Crunch & Munch, I didn’t have anything on the road.

Friday started out relatively healthy, having a bagel and some fat free cream cheese. But, by the afternoon I was still eating relatively unhealthy. I did take a walk to the park with my Nadia, Nyah, and Diane, my stepmother. So, I got a tiny bit of exercise.

Saturday, I had two begals with nonfat cream cheese for breakfast. I had some White Castle for lunch. I used to be able to eat 30 burgers (they’re mini, but 30 is alot) in one sitting. This time, I had 5. Better, but still, it was fattening, greasy fast food.

I visited my sister in the early afternoon and had some of a vegetable platter she put out. I also snacked on some cheese cubes she had. At one point, it became activity eating and I quickly stopped.

When I got back to my father’s place, we had leftover pasta and turkey burgers for dinner. This was relatively healthy. But, the ice cream, apple pie, and canolies we ate afterwards were not. The canolies were small and were not completely filled, but I still ate a good bit of them.

Sunday, I had eggs and an english muffin for breakfast. For lunch, I had two turkey burgers. And, for dinner, we had the customary Easter turkey with homemade mac and cheese, stuffing, sweet potatoes, potato salad, and asparagas. 

My father cut his hand and had to go to the emergency room, so my sister ended up finishing up the meal. This led to mixup which resulted in cooking the wrong part of the asparagas. Long story short, I didn’t eat green vegetables.

All in all, I ate a lot. I almost had two servings of everything. I didn’t eat till I felt stuffed, but I probably was closer to being stuffed than I ever had since starting the Year of Discipline. for that reason, and the fact that we’d be on the road for 4 hours, I skipped dessert.

When I got home, however, I did have a piece of pound cake that my sister sent me back with.

At the time, I didn’t reget eating it, but after not working out the Monday after we got back, I started to feel a little bad about it. But now that I’m getting back on track with the working out and eating, I feel better.

It’s good to be back and get back into my routine…