I’m becoming one of THOSE people…

Lately I have been ridiculously busy and stressed out beyond my limits at work. In the past whenever I faced times like these I somehow still managed to eat 5-6 small, healthy meals a day and get all my scheduled workouts in. Although I am still faithfully getting my workouts done (taking my anger and stress out in a healthy way feels great) I am letting my nutrition fall to the wayside. I am becoming one of those people that is “too busy” to eat! As I look over my diet journal for the past 2 days I am appalled at myself. It’s 10pm and I have only eaten 3 meals today!

Let’s look at today and see what I could have done to fix my problem. First, I got up late and was rushing around to get out of the house. I knew I was going to have to fly out of work right at 5pm if I had any chance at all of making it to BodyPump class at 6pm so I grabbed my sneakers, tank top and shorts, along with my food for the day. I got in my car and drove off to work, eating meal #1 in the car as usual (2 pieces of whole wheat bread). Fix = I could have gotten up 15 minutes earlier, microwaved some egg white and had an egg white wrap.  Then I got to work a little after 9am and after an annoyingly inconviently timed fire drill, I was back at my desk by 9:30am to tackle my impossible workload. I work in an office, if you can’t tell, in a cubicle (or as I like to call it a padded cell without the padding..or a jail cell with invisible bars). I begin responding to emails, checking voicemails, answering phone calls, answering endless questions from my co-workers, etc. Before I realize it the time is now 12:15 and it’s time for lunch. That is what my stomach thinks, but unfortunately I’m tied to my chair and unable to escape even to take a 3 minute break to the ladies room. Fix = Protein shake! If I had some time in the morning I could have easily made a shake and thrown it in my bag. My muscles now hate me! So I continue to work, on empty, and just deny my hunger. Now it’s 3pm and I NEED food! I go in my bag again and all I have is more whole wheat bread. Oh well, better than nothing. I’m still so busy so I eat at my desk as I work, unable to finish eating because I keep getting interrupted! Fix = I should have had somethings on hand – almonds, protein shakes, a protein bar, etc. No excuses! Now at 5pm I bolted out of work and walked as fast as I could to the other side of the world where my car is parked and drove like a true Masshole so I could get to the gym on time for BodyPump. No time to eat. Fix = Keep snacks in the car at all time! Instead I make it to the gym right on time, workout in class for one hour and then do my regular workout after that. Now it’s almost 8pm and all I have had all day is bread. Yikes! Finally I get home, shower and get myself something “real” to eat. It’s now 8:30pm. Since I barely ate I eat another meal right before bed. (Incase you are wondering that is perfectly okay to do!)

Alright – no more excuses. Eating is easy and not eating means flabby ass syndrome, loss of muscle and a slower metabolism. No one is going to force me into that situation so work just better DEAL cuz this girl’s gotta eat!