My Journey With Health And Fitness – Time For A Break

Yesterday after doing a run and a walk I told my husband my butt hurt. Really it was my gluts rebelling a bit from the stair climb on Sunday. I admit my quads and hams were also complaining. Therefore I literally groaned out load at the end of this morning’s class when the trainer started playing Bring Sally Up. Yep, those muscles are feeling it again today.

I got home from class this morning and it was pouring rain. I know I said I was determined not to let the weather stop me from running/walking outside but I thought about the fact that I am heading up to the trailer this afternoon and didn’t want to be packing wet running jackets. And so I hit the dreaded treadmill for first an hour run and then an hour walk. Because I find using the treadmill extremely boring it gives me times to do a lot of thinking. While I was doing that workout knowing the weather at the trailer is going to suck for the next couple days I decided that it is time for a break.

To be clear, I have worked hard the last 7 weeks since I returned from Mexico (where I also worked hard). I did a month without alcohol and really have watched me food. I realized that Sunday was the first day in more than 5 weeks that I hadn’t run (though after the stair challenge I did get in an hour of walking done). I have not eased off and have pushed myself hard every day. And I plan on continuing to do so until we head back to Mexico in a month. Moreover, the fitness plan while at the condo has already been laid out.

Easter weekend has always been the ‘girls’ weekend at the trailer. It started 2 decades ago with me and my Mom. My sister and I decided to continue the tradition after Mom passed and it gives us the opportunity to have some sister time away from my husband and our brother. Thus, tomorrow and Thursday the only workouts I will be doing is to walk my dog (who is starting a bit of her own health and fitness journey). I am going to take 2 days of centering myself and not logging calories and exercise. I have said before, sometimes you just need to step back for a couple days to power yourself back up and that is what I plan to do.

I’ve already decided that I’ll be back to it on Friday with hopefully a 10km run first thing in the morning. I will repeat that on Saturday though will pull it back to my usual 6.5km on Sunday. Doing those runs will help keep my momentum going as I head towards the finish line of my goal weight and fitness level.

Oh, and also I will not be posting a blog until I return next week. Seriously, the priority for the rest of this week is going to be things like watching movies and playing dominoes. I’ll catch you all up next Tuesday.

Happy Easter!