I should have better defined what "cheating" meant before I started; perhaps then John wouldn't be subjected to a barrage of questions as I ate bread and olive oil or homemade mini chocolate cupcakes last night at Will & Colin's house. Thankfully, Will made this delicious lentil soup, so I felt good about the main course.
Why didn't I bring a sensible tasty dessert -- something with fruit in it perhaps? Instead, I looked for a recipe with chocolate in it. Enter Low Fat Mini Chocolate Cupcakes. I had two, at 74 calories each. Is this a cheat? Maybe half a cheat? Well, add the slice and a half of french bread, and call it a cheat.
I guess I did define the cheats early on as diet oriented. A fitness cheat would be not doing all the exercises I'm supposed to do in a week.
On the plus side, I did the Balance & Power Workout today -- LOTS of room for improvement, especially related to my push-ups, plyo push-ups, and not collapsing into my hips when standing on one leg (surprisingly, there's a lot of one-leg movements in Balance & Power...coincidence?). My hips are the least flexible part of my whole body, the most tight when stretching, the most in need of work.
Calories Burned = 777
Average Heart Rate = 142
Peak Heart Rate = 178
So, I've been thinking about the cheating thing. I've decided cheating is when I have something I've specifically given up -- sweets, caffeine, alcohol. Additionally, if I can't alter my diet to account for the food (e.g. yesterday I had some pasta that wasn't part of my original plan, so I had less grain later), then it's cheating.
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