My Journey With Health And Fitness – The End Of Week 4

Well, I did manage to get my 3rd run of the week in yesterday. I woke up feeling much better and wanted to be able to say I had met my goal. There is something really satisfying about not procrastinating about doing workouts so I just had to get it done as soon mas possible. Fortunately other than a bit of a cough my cold doesn’t seem to be too bad which is probably due to the sunshine, heat and possibly the tequila.

We are at the end of week 4 at the condo and we return home a week tomorrow. I can always tell when our trips are nearing the end because we start talking about things we need to do before we leave. Some of them are what needs to be done in the condo while others are things we had planned to do that we hadn’t gotten to yet. Ultimately even coming here for 5 weeks we still seem to run out of time. We’ve already reduced our things to do list because we just won’t get to everything.

I said to my husband last night, do you realize I have not missed a day of working out? He congratulated me on being so diligent this trip. I guess the lesson I have learned is that I can work hard at my fitness and still have a good time. Previous trips I 1) didn’t work as hard as I should and 2) as the trip went on I found more and more reasons not to work out. This trip I have been so bound and determined that when I get home I will be at the same or better fitness level than I was when I left and I am confident that won’t be a problem.

I won’t lie, I have been eating and drinking more than I normally do. Having said that, I am still very cognizant of my calorie intake and I think I have managed it appropriately. Once I get home I still have over 2 months to reach my end of year goal so allowing myself to indulge a little during this trip won’t really take me too far off track.

The bottom line is that I now know that I can successfully train hard while I am here and at the same time enjoy myself.