recovery time

(I was going to post the Q&A today in response to my first 'Ask Andi' post...but the questions that I got asked will actually need more thought and time to properly write out the answers. So look for the answers to come here and there over the next few weeks. And it's not too late to ask a question too if you have one! Thanks to those who have participated!)

This week was my recovery week. Recovering from what? you might ask. Well, recovering from my 6-Week 6-Pack challenge that I just finished last Friday of course. It's an unfortunate pattern that I have been noticing in myself: I give myself a challenge, work really hard at it and get some good results. When the challenge is officially ~ and f-i-n-a-l-l-y ~ over, I sort of collapse from what it all took out of me and I unconsciously (or sometimes consciously) give myself a 'week off.' You know...to recover.

The thing is, now I need to recover from my recovery! Vicious cycle, I know.

But after a week of hardly any exercise (in my defense, it was a really busy week which didn't really allow for a lot and with a hubby gone all week long, evening runs were not even an option), more eating than normal (again, in my defense, it was a week of uncommon get-togethers -- including our town's annual fair, a wedding, a family gathering, and some out-of-country guests), more evening snacking than I've done in a long time (ahem...yes I have a defense for this too -- sort of. I was getting used to the long, lonely evenings of being hubby-less all week. Emotional eating kind of reared its ugly head)....and not to mention that 'special' time-of-month...it was not an ideal week for maintaining the loss I had incurred over the past 6 weeks.

But I know that I will get back on the wagon. And soon. As in N-O-W! Because while I don't really miss the actual act of working out and while I did enjoy more freedom with my eating...I do already miss feeling more toned and I do miss the way it feels to have conquered an awesome work-out.

So, Recovery Week Phase I is thankfully behind me and I have Phase II of recovery still ahead of me....