My Journey With Health And Fitness – Back From A Break

Ok, I learned that leaving my husband for 5 days to look after the cats might not have been the best idea. The young rag is a very dependent cat who wants to cuddle all the time (well, when he is not antagonizing the older rag). Literally this cat will sit in front of you and asked to be picked up and held. Apparently he got none of that while I was gone and so the past couple days he has followed my sister and I around demanding that one of us constantly is holding or petting him.

Last week was the first trip of the season to the trailer and I thought we had everything set up and ready. Turns out we did not. It started with the furnace which somehow seems to be drawing too much power. It would come on for a bit and then shut everything down. We worked around that by layering up and turning on the electric fireplace which trust me only gives enough heat to take the chill off. I also found that water had gotten into my charcoal grill meaning after using it I went to take out the tray full of ashes and it had all turned to a sticky mud. The worst however was that the Keurig no longer worked. I have to admit given that it was 10 years old it had done its job. That has now been replaced by a carafe/single serve machine which works great.

I had mentioned last week that I was going to take a couple days off from my obscene workouts. I also promised myself to eat properly and minimize the wine. Full disclosure here, it all went to hell. I did not do runs Friday and Saturday as I had planned. There was a lot of food eaten over those 5 days with far too many carbs and not enough vegetables (though I note that I did cook some awesome proteins). And the wine, well let’s just say we went through a lot.

Sometimes I have to put things into the proper perspective. I’ve learned in the past that if I give myself permission to do a reset I tend to come back even stronger and more determined. And so I refuse to beat myself up over 5 days over want has been to date a 10 month journey. I really do know that I did not do any real damage during that time and as long as I stick to my overall plan I am still on the right path. Also, it’s not like I did nothing, I had my dog with me so walks had to be done. It was just more like an hour of walking each day not 4-5 hours of bootcamp/running/walking.

Now I am back at it. Yesterday I got in 30k steps and by 9 am today I was at over 18k. While this week is crazy busy for me but I have fully mapped out at least 4 hours of exercise each day as well as planned what I will be eating. I know I only have 23 days until Mexico so I am going to get the most out of them when it comes to my weight and fitness.

In case you didn’t see it I have signed on to a new challenge, workout to conquer cancer. I have committed to working out at least 30 minutes a day for the entire month of May. I admit this is not really that much of a challenge for me except I will be in Mexico. Check out my FB post from yesterday for the link if you are interested in donating to my challenge.