My Journey With Health And Fitness – Getting Ready To Head Home

This morning my husband said to me, this is our last full day here. Seriously? Like I needed reminding. My goal today is to not think in those terms but rather enjoy the day. We are heading downtown to pick up a few things and to have a nice lunch. I’m not quite ready to think about what I need to do next week other than I will be back to my usual eating habits and workouts. Otherwise it is simply have a great time today.

It never ceases to amaze me how every time we come to our condo it is a different experience. Each time we learn new things and meet new friends which happened again on this trip. We spent more money than planned but it was because of repairs and purchases for the condo. The unexpected washing machine breakdown and termite issue were somewhat costly but if I look for a positive spin we now have more contacts of who to call when we have problems (though hopefully we don’t use those contacts anytime soon). Our social network has again expanded and we are developing a real sense of community. Oh, and I saw monkeys which was probably the highlight of this trip.

I think though that I really proved to myself that if I put my mind to it I can stay on my health and fitness journey while I am here. Ok, full disclosure that food wise I had things I shouldn’t have and the alcohol consumption has been higher than I would have liked but that has been offset by the fact I did not miss a single day when it comes to working out. I acknowledge that I didn’t get the number of runs in that I planned this week but even the heat hasn’t stopped me from doing at least a good 5k walk each day. Keeping to my workout plans is something I now know that I can do as long as I keep that mantra of no excuses.

And so tomorrow I will still do a workout and then it will be packing, cleaning and laundry. We will say goodbye to our close friends before we head home. Fortunately it really isn’t that long until we are back for another 6 weeks during which I know I will stick firmly to my journey.