Finding my way back to #fitwinning slowly but surely

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

After a week back I am feeling good physically, already dropped a couple of my vacation pounds. Which is good. And I may have unwittingly stumbled upon a new eating strategy that I had actually done at one time but was skipping: the mid morning snack. But I am fighting the doldrums for my non-running day workouts.

Eating wise this weekend actually went very well. I kept myself occupied and busy later in the day so I was able to make dinner either a snack or nothing at all, after having a large lunch. Which was all to the good. One of my big downfalls on the weekend has always been that big dinner. I just need to try to break that habit, and make dinners either a snack or eat light. I did my Saturday run, strong run, and then played kick ball for a couple of hours with the family. Which involved lots of running around chasing long kicks from the teenagers, so I ended up pretty exhausted. So Sunday I skipped my run, figured it all balanced out.

Last week I had something happen which normally disrupts my efforts: I had a little cash for the vending machines at work. Which allowed me to get some snacks in the mornings, which I normally don't do. Not the healthiest snacks mind you. Well as the week wore on I started thinking about how I felt better at lunch, and not as famished, and realized that the snack was helping me appetite wise. And the results were positive as I ended up dropping 2 pounds over the week. And in retrospect it was really a no brainer, I normally eat breakfast around 6:30 so I was expecting my body to make it 5-6 hours without any food, no wonder I was always hungry at lunch! So I will make sure to start packing a little snack for my mornings this week (healthier than something from the vending machine).

I am back to a frustration point: what to do on the days I don't run. I can't run every day, not at this point. But I am bored/tired of the push ups on their own, and still nervous about the sit ups. Which leaves me wondering what to do in the off days. One option I might try this week is just getting out for a walk, ideally with Spotty. Either in the morning or in the evening, depending on weather and my schedule. This is all tinkering at this point, I want to remain active every day, but want to avoid wiping myself out or get bored with doing the same thing every day.