My Journey With Health And Fitness – Taking A Family Day

Day 3 of my orthotics and I think it is going well. I don’t seem to have any pressure points and today I managed to wear them for 3 hours. I do find the sensation of the arch support a little weird but I am sure I will get used to it. I did wear them while out walking yesterday but I am following instructions and not wearing them for training or running. However, I think if it keeps going like this then within a couple weeks I should be good to give that a try.

Now don’t make assumptions from today’s title that I took the day off, I still worked out first thing this morning. Given that it is Saturday I just try to make sure I get in at least 10k steps which I of course have already accomplished. But today I decided it would be a good day to just hang out with my family. Ok, we live in the same house but really we don’t spend a lot of direct time together. We started out by going to a Keto store and picked up some great (albeit expensive) products including sugar free Daiquiri mix for the trailer (it is really Marguerita mix but we don’t have tequila at the trailer). It was then off to the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Wars for lunch. This is an event we have supported several times in the past and we all had a great time not to mention a fantastic lunch. This afternoon it will be watching a movie while just kicking back together. All of this will continue tomorrow as our grandson turned 9 on Thursday so my husband and I are going to join him at his birthday dinner.

Sometimes my life is just crazy busy and I forget that you need to take some time and just enjoy those around you. It’s kind of ironic because with everything my family has been through in the last 5 years you would think that would just come naturally but honestly it doesn’t. Yes, we do find things to do together but sometimes I have to specifically set aside time in my calendar to make sure I get in some of that family time. I admit every time I do I realize how important it can be. And really, it does put me in a good place mentally.

And on that note, next week is the annual Easter trip to the trailer for my sister and I. This tradition started nearly 2 decades ago with our Mom making it the ‘girls’ time at the trailer and my sister and I decided to continue the tradition after Mom passed. We like to just spend some time together and kick back and not have to worry about things like our brother’s special diet. Instead we have many movies planned around the work I need to get done while there. I’m hoping the weather is at least decent so that I can get my workouts in but if it isn’t, oh well, the time together is more important.

So I apologize now in case I don’t get any posts done but I promise I will do my best.