Comfort food is no longer my friend: Week 10

This past week was the first week it was cold in Denver - and by that, I mean, there were morning lows below freezing. Of course, then during the day, it would get warm enough that I looked like an idiot in my winter coat, but hey, I totally needed it while roaming around before the sun came up. And with this, came a myriad of ... everything.

The Good: My PT has started to really challenge me. For awhile, I felt stagnant in my progress, but the past few weeks, she's been giving me new things to do, and I love that. This past week was the first week I felt a little bit of DOMS from the new work she gave me. And I loved and hated it at the same time. Also, my chiropractor emailed me just to check up on me, which I thought was so kind. I really lucked out with health care providers in Denver. I also got to meet up with lost Loopster hairgirl and her husband, who are both so much fun.

The Not-Really-Good-But-Not-Really-Bad-Either: With the cooler temps, I found myself in a comfort food overload. I made chili, gluten-free cornbread (scratch), gluten free chocolate cake (box) and macaroni and cheese; I drank lots of beer (for me); and then there was the comfort food potluck at work. Oye vey.

The Bad: with all the comfort food and lack of vegetables, I felt really icky most of the week and therefore slacked on my workouts and my energy just plummeted. Not a really fun way to feel for an entire week. Of course, that just made me want more comfort food.

The Ugly: My resting frowny face all last week. I seriously don't know what my deal was. Frowny faces aren't a good look for me.

Here's how the week unfolded:

Sunday
PT
25 minutes on ex bike
Brunch, chili, cornbread, cake

Monday
stretched
mac & cheese, cornbread, cake

Tuesday
"snow day" AKA work from home in my sweat pants
stretched, The Stick
chili, cake

Wednesday
PT
new exercises: single leg press
walking lunges
single leg squat off of step
mac & cheese

Thursday
stretched. and took the Stick to my leg and butt. that is it.
work comfort food potluck: chicken strips, steak fries, shrimp etoufe, nachos and cake

Friday
Had planned to do 30 minutes on the ex bike, but at 22:30, the fire alarm went off at work. So, I just went home.
work potluck leftovers

Saturday
PT
20 minutes on the elliptical
smashburger & hot chocolate from Caribou coffee