Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - Day 2 of ZTD

What I accomplished 12/29/2015

• Went for a morning walk - 1 mile
• Made dinner at home 



Roast, potatoes and carrots in wine sauce from the Instant Pot recipe book. 45 minutes for the roast!

• Ate dinner at the table without TV.
• Cleaned the kitchen, packed lunch for Wednesday, and ran the dishwasher.
• We made sure we had enough leftovers from dinner for two more meals, so we don't have to make dinner for Wednesday!

Food Journal 12/29/2015

Breakfast:

• eggs
• yogurt (grass-fed cream top)
• coffee

Lunch:

• 2 microwave burritos
• 2 bowls of popcorn

Dinner:

• Beef roast with potatoes, carrots and wine sauce
• 1 bag of Lay's dill pickle chips

Observations

Yesterday started off badly. When it was time to wake up, my legs felt like they were on fire up the calf and into the back of the knee. I didn't get up and do a workout as it was all I could do to get up at all. The day consisted of me rising slowly and wincing as I walked. I even refused to go to the library to pick up a book because the thought of walking across the parking lot when all I wanted to do was go home and get off my feet was too much.

Mid-morning, I had a small bout of anxiousness/depression and journaled about it. In my journal I postulated that the feelings could be due to missing my morning exercise. I went on a walk shortly thereafter.

When I got home, Aaron didn't feel like going for a walk, and since my legs hurt, we just stayed in.

Our routine already thrown off, we sat down to watch TV after cleaning the kitchen. We didn't get to bed until really late, around 11PM.

We forgot to set our alarm for the next morning.

Due to the late night, I woke up with a headache and slightly dizzy this morning (Wednesday).

As I said before, I was feeling a lot yesterday. Clearly, my emotions were getting the better of me in my food choices, as they have since October. Another issues was not having a pre-packed lunch, since we went out to eat on the 28th.

Fixes

• Get up at the same time even if I am sore. Go do stretches, foam rolling or pilates instead of a vigorous workout.
• Do a cool down after every workout. 
• Incorporate foam rolling into bedtime routine.
• Go for walk with dog by myself if husband doesn't feel like it. She still needs the exercise!
• Make sure alarm is set each night, perhaps consider backup alarms. (Eventually I want to get to the point where I don't need an alarm, but that means that I need to be very consistent with my bedtime/wake up time.)
• Agree on TV time with husband - aiming for no more than 1 hour a night.
• Reinforce bedtime - maybe with alarm on phone or Sleep Timer on the TV.
• I spoke with Aaron and he agreed we could watch for 1 hour at a time and we will use the Sleep Timer to enforce.
• Make sure that menu plans and dinner includes enough leftovers for lunch the next day. If not possible, leave early and pick up soup or leave for lunch and get a salad at New Seasons 3 miles away.