My Journey With Health And Fitness – Trying To Get My Head On The Same Page

Not sure how I missed the memo because I normally follow the weather forecast but it was surprisingly cold this morning. I had hoped that by time I headed off for my 2 hour walk after bootcamp that it would be a bit warmer but nope, still cold. I had really layered up before heading out for that walk and I can honestly say I didn’t remove any layers before I got home. Still it was clear and sunny out so it was a beautiful walk along the beach.

I am always planning ahead as to how I will fit in enough workouts each day. It becomes quite challenging the end of this week as I am off to a convention but I have found a gym close to my hotel where I can get in at least a 90 minute workout each day. However, this past weekend with the Remembrance Day celebrations I knew I was just going to have to suck it up and cut back on exercise. And so on Saturday I did a good hour long walk and Sunday I skipped working out all together.

Again this was all well planned in advance and I haven’t taken that kind of time off in 5 months. Still, especially Sunday, I spent all day looking at my Fitbit and agonizing over the fact that I was not going to meet a single one of my daily goals. To be honest, I actually obsess about those goals. Ultimately I forced myself to stop checking and come to the realization that this short 2 day break will have absolutely no impact on my overall journey.

I know that it is just the way my brain works and there is not much I can do about it other than finding something else to focus on. So that is what I did and reminded myself that I have worked hard and am close to my goal. Sometimes I just have to ignore those annoying voices in my head and keep moving forward.

Oh, and to make up for the weekend yesterday I walked 5 hours, 43k steps and about 30 km. Sigh, ok mentally I may still have room for improvement.