TL;DR: A last-minute meeting almost ruined my workout and nutrition plan. 📉 Despite some "lazy" advice from my partner to just eat my meal prep and skip the workout, I found a workaround by joining a later running club! 👟🌙 Now I’m heading home feeling accomplished and fueled! 🙌🔥 ✨ 👊Question for you: Have you ever had an event mess up your workout where the people around you weren't supportive (or even encouraged you to be lazy!), but you found a clever workaround and got it done anyway? 🏋️‍♀️💪🔥 Full story On Monday evening, I found out I had to attend a meeting from 6–7 PM on Tuesday. 📩 That was exactly when I should have been doing my interval training at the stadium! 🏟️💨 🚫 I had already "boiled my fuel"—a big pot of grains, beans, and seeds—specifically calculated to match my TDEE for that intense training session. 🫘🍲 ⚖️ Initially, I was stumped, so I asked my partner for advice. Guess what reply I got?!? "Just eat them all," knowing full well I couldn't do my interval training! 😱🤯 ❌ 🥘 I was shocked! ⚡ That whole pot was meant to replenish my glycogen after a short burst of exercise; otherwise, I’d be in an extreme calorie surplus! 📈🥘⚠️ I sat down with myself and brainstormed some alternatives to that crazy suggestion. 🧠💡 🤔 Here they are: - 1st option: Eat half on Tuesday and save the rest for Wednesday (but re-weighing everything is such a hassle!). ⚖️🙄 🥗 🕒 - 2nd option: Go to the stadium and run intervals solo (but then no one would be there to watch my bags and belongings). 🎒👀 🏃‍♂️ 🔒 - 3rd option: Join a different running club at a park that starts and ends later, even if their workout is different. 👟🌙 🌳 🏃‍♀️ It’s now Tuesday evening here, and I chose Option 3! 🥳 I’m heading home now, enjoying my "sweet treats" (that pot also contains Whey Protein Concentrate with artificial sweetener) and feeling accomplished! 🥣🍫 🙌🎉 ✨

Today I decided to explore my second hometown neighborhood and headed to the outlets to buy a new pair of shorts because my current ones are way too big and loose. I picked out three or four pairs just one size smaller… and they were still too loose! I couldn’t believe it when I realized I actually needed to try size S and XS. For the past 10–20 years, I’ve been wearing a US size 10, but today I walked out with US 4–6 (depending on the cut). I was honestly in shock when they fit perfectly. Even now that I’m home, I’m still in disbelief. I tried on the denim shorts and jeans I bought again just to be sure… and they really do fit! 😄