Ugh. Struggling with my diet. Struggling with motivation and energy. Struggling with another strained hamstring (the other one). It's been a week of struggles!
The diet is my own fault and frustration. I'm not good at making healthy choices at restaurants, so I combat this by not eating out, which is also better for me financially. The only problem with that is that if and when I do go out to eat, I eat everything in sight, plus dessert, thank you very much. I really only make good food choices when I create and cook my own meals, so for now, this is what I need to do. It helps that I work out 5 days a week and I'm not available for the lunches with work friends. I need to work harder at saying no to gatherings that focus on food. It just leaves me depressed and grumpy and sluggish.
I also need to work out a better compromise with my personal trainer. She likes to push me hard on max weight, which is what hurt me this time, and I just can't afford to get hurt in the next 4 months. Not only does it throw off my entire workout routine while I'm healing, but it also throws me off my mental game of reaching measurable goals. I need forward moving progress to stay motivated and injury is not allowed. I think we need to focus more on endurance, more reps with medium weight, so I'll talk to her about it on Friday. I also need to get serious about my push-ups and sit-ups. I'm already at my passing goals, so now I need to set higher goals and work harder to reach them. I refuse to be a just-barely-passing kind of girl in the Army.
As far as the hamstring, I think it will be ok. I hurt it on Monday, jogged on Tuesday, and took today off completely. I've got heat on it now, will soak it tonight, and do another light jog tomorrow. I have FSA class tomorrow night but I can modify any running required. I think it will be fine by the weekend, though I won't push for speed in any of my running over the next 2 weeks. I am running the Shamrock 5k come hell or high water! :)
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