My Journey With Health And Fitness – Running Out Of Time

I’m not sure what happened this morning but somehow I increased my running pace. I normally have a fairly consistent pace but today it was one of the fastest paces ever (note, fast for me but still slow for normal runners). I don’t know if it was because I was cold or the fact that I was often running against the wind and felt I had to push hard but somehow I got good results. Let’s see what happens on my run tomorrow.

I have started to panic. I have a lot of things to get done before heading off to the condo for nearly 7 weeks. Yesterday I realized that tomorrow I had meetings for 3 different volunteer groups, I had a tax client to meet with, walking the senior’s dog and somehow finding at least 4 hours for workouts. I thought ok, now I have to cut at least 1 thing out of the day or I am not going to get it all done. I opted to back out of one of the meetings though I found out this morning that particular meeting was canceled. Gives me back 1 1/2 hours but that isn’t quite as much as I would like.

I drive my husband crazy because I am a planner. I like to schedule what I am doing each day even on weekends or when we are in Mexico. I have learned that this really has helped me in my weight loss and fitness journey as I plan what my meals will look like and how I can eat at fairly regular intervals. When we are in Mexico timing and scheduling meals becomes even more important because we freeze most of our proteins to prevent them from going bad. And, while it drives my husband crazy trust me he would never make sure all the details are covered though he just expects everything to magically be in place.

So, deep breath, I can get everything done. I still have prep work to do for the trip (7 weeks is a long time). On top of that we have some preplanned family events this week that I just don’t want to get rid of. I still have some taxes to do and there is always volunteer work going on. The one thing I certainly won’t skip will be my workouts. I know if I just stick to the plan I will get it all done and then be able to enjoy myself while I am away.

One thing though, when I put things in my calendar I usually set an alert for the day before the event. Last night a reminder popped up that tonight we are going to a wine tasting event. Yes, we both had forgotten about it but it was something nice to look forward to today.