Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Day 67 Not Perfect

I have to say that for the past week I have not been into the PCP.  I haven't gone that crazy with food, but I definitely haven't been keeping to the diet.  I did, however, exercise and 8MA every day.  I ran twice instead of jump roping and it felt great.  I lasted 15 minutes with my MUCH younger and extremely athletic sister in law.  This was amazing in itself. 

For some reason, this week, I have felt my family obligations have taken preference way over the PCP and thus cooking, veggies and keeping exact diet have flown out the window.  We also traveled over the weekend to visit the in-laws and I didn't have time to prep food, nor was there time to prep food once we got there.  I have also been feeling like there is so much pressure to be 'perfect' on the PCP.  "You have 90 days to do this, and the rest of your life to eat cookies and cake." Well, for me, it's not that easy.  I just can't keep to the diet 100% and I have to let that go and be ok with it.  It's just not realistic for me.  The problem is I have been beating myself up over it for the past 67 days.  Now I'm going to move further with the understanding that I'll do the best I can and when I slip, my eating habits are still so much better than they were pre-PCP.

Anyway, as always, I love reading my teams' posts.  I love my team and I will definitely see this thing through, but I will have to come to terms with not being 'perfectly PCP'.

5 comments:

Molly said...

Yep, it's hard to be PCP perfect! I hear you! Pick it up and try again. 8 min abs are great!

Chris said...

Hey Heather, sounds like you are making progress on your own terms. Glad to hear you are grooving to the finish with us as it wouldn't be the same without you. Dig deep, rock on. We've got your back!

Anonymous said...

and ur not alone in the sense that some of us inc myself will be still in the pcp mode after the 90 day mark. our goal is not short term :) btw great to hear ur workouts are going good despite u feelin non perfect on diet front.. to do the workouts 100% itslef requries serious determination .. as i ahve found this past week

Patrick said...

Finish strong!

Gigi. said...

I am on the same boat as you! I keep telling myself at least i am not munching on chocolates or cookies anymore :) Good job.