A great lesson learned - and some great coaching from Amy

On Monday I talked to a friend (Chris) who was in town from Philly & we decided to grab drinks on Tuesday after work. With that news I had to form a plan for Tuesday (Small Lesson - be prepared). My plan was to get up before work and do Yoga and then do a late afternoon workout prior to dinner. I added this extra workout session to compensate for the planned wine. IMPORTANT LESSON - To email / communicate this plan to my coach. Therefore I wouldn't skip the morning yoga because I knew she would ask me about it. And the next morning when I got up I was sore and tired from the day before but I did a 30 minute restorative yoga video and it was great. For my afternoon workout I went to the gym with a friend (another Amy) and we walked on the treadmill doing incline intervals for 50+ minutes.

At the office I asked Chris what he wanted for dinner and one suggestion was Twin Anchors. A GREAT rid joint in Chicago. But I said no - because wine was going to be my vice for the night. This inspiration came from a great email I got from Amy (my coach):

Are you and Chris eating, or just meeting for a drink? If eating, I
would remind yourself that the drinks are the splurge, so you should avoid
the bread basket, dessert tray, fried appetizers, etc. I think that is the
downfall of most people. When they eat out, they don’t pick the one thing
that’s important to them (drinks, in this case) and splurge on anything and
everything.

Chris & I decided on Sushi and we had a very healthy meal (mostly pieces with a raw appetizer, split 2 rolls, edamame, no rice). We split a bottle of wine. And I will tell you I was really tempted to have another drink. But again I told Amy that I would have 2 and I had to stick to that plan. And even better she texted during dinner to say she hoped I was having fun and encouraged me to make good decisions. Overall Tuesday was a HUGE success and I am so happy that I had Amy supporting me. On to the next day.