Stick To The Plan

     Yesterday I had some minor day surgery. It sucked, but it's over and I'm down one ovary. Now it's time to heal and recover and it's looking like it may be a couple of weeks before I can truly get back to lifting. As of right now I have a 10lb weight restriction. To be honest, it's not bothering me that I can't work out right now - I'm friggin sore. 
     This may actually be a good opportunity to work on bettering my diet. I can't eat crap and not train because that's just asking for weight gain. There is no secret to losing weight. Calories in have to be less than calories burned. There has to be a caloric deficit. While the theory may be straightforward, the practice is where the struggle comes in.
     I'm going to spend some time while I'm at home to go back through all of my recipes and set up some menus. I'm definitely a person that does much better when I'm just following directions! After I get all the recipes figured out, then I'll be doing shopping to make sure we have enough. I can't tell you how many times I've done grocery shopping and half way though the week I'm out of healthy foods. That's when I turn to quick, easy, junk. Planning is super important to succeeding. You've got to have a clear vision of what you want your trajectory to be. You have to have some idea of what the bigger picture is, what you're goals are and how you're going to make it all happen. The only way to do that is by putting some time aside to write stuff down and plan it out!