Summer is Quite a Struggle

I've been slacking on posting. It's only because I am feeling like I am not getting where I need to be. So I am embarrassed by my lack of progress. Therefore, no posting. But it's time to acknowledge the issues.

Beginning of summer I was on. I had won the Paleo Challenge in my gym, I competed in my first competition and all around  I was VERY pleased with my progress. 2 months later, my story is not the same.

After working hard for my first competition and eating well, I took a step back from my extra lifting and strict diet. I planned for it to be a week or so. But summer was busy. Kicking my butt really with more and more things to do each weekend and less and less time to get in extra workouts. I was sacrificing workouts for fun. I was drinking more and eating bread and not caring about the sugar intake. I was not tracking my workouts. I was not doing anything I should have been.

A few weeks passed and my lifting partner and I came up with a schedule, we were ready to be back on track and I was ready to prep for my next competition after my vacation/girls trip to Palm Springs. Unfortunately, I suffered a facial injury before my trip and had to take 1 week off. By the time I came back it was 1 1/2 weeks since my last workout.

It has now been 2 weeks since I got back from Palm Spring and I am back at my box but I have lost SO much momentum and strength in the past weeks. My eating is still off, I am still sacrificing workouts for fun and feeling pretty terrible about it and I still not tracking my progress. Today is Monday and I have only worked out two of the last 5 days. Ugh, what happened to me!

At the same time, I am really trying not to be too hard on myself. I am not going to the games. I am not trying to compete in regionals. I am however, trying to be the best I can be. And right now I am not being the best I can be. I haven't gained weight specifically, but I am losing my progress so rapidly.

I am signed up for my next competition. And I am SO unprepared for it. I realized today the competition is a little over 3 weeks away. My squat is not as low as it use to be. The WOD's are harder that they were a couple of months ago. Damn it, how did it all go away so quickly? I want to cry.

I am not however I crier. Therefore, it's time to come up with a plan of attack. I don't know what that plan is yet. But once I figure it out, I'll let you know.

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