My Journey With Weight Loss – It’s OK To Take Time For Yourself

This week I am doing training that is even more challenging than last week. Coach has upped my interval training to 10 sets of 10 minutes running and 1 minute of walking which I will do 2 days this week. On top of that I will do 2 8 km runs. If I survive this and feel good about it then next week I will get to try a 10 km run. I think I am up to the challenge.

I learned during the pandemic that keeping yourself almost completely isolated can be very draining on you both physically and mentally. It’s the reason I started calling isolated seniors and more importantly it was why I started walking which started my journey with weight loss. After surviving the last 16 months I’ve come to appreciate all the things that I had previously taken for granted and that includes taking some time for myself.

Prior to COVID my sister and I used to do “fun Fridays”, just doing something different that we would enjoy. Of course, along with many other things, we had to give that up for over a year. However, with things opening up I decided we needed to do something just for us. I found a local winery that offered wine tasting while sitting outside in a plastic dome. Included in the price was a meat and cheese lunch (locally produced). I booked a reservation for last Thursday and when my sister committed to helping with a volunteer event on the same day I told her no, we are not changing our pre-booked event because we needed to just take some time for ourselves.

We’ve been through a lot during this pandemic. My husband has been home only 10 days since the end of February 2020. We’ve been dealing with our brother’s serious ongoing health issues. We have missed many celebrations. I think most of all we have missed our friends and family. I just felt we could be a little selfish and do this outing for us.

Both of us were so glad we did this. We sampled several wines, enjoyed an awesome lunch and just relaxed for a couple hours. Doing this made both of us feel great. Sometimes you just need to do something that is just for you. If you do that occasionally trust me you will feel so much better and you will be ready to face whatever comes next.