My Journey With Health And Fitness – Realizing Time Won’t Let Me Do It All

This morning it was strength class and when I got there I asked the instructor if we needed our matts to which she said not until later. She did tell me I would need a step platform but not to worry we weren’t doing cardio. She told me I could use 2-4 risers but suggested I probably would prefer 4 so that is what I used to set up my platform. As other participants joined she told them to choose between 2-4 risers and as I watched I realized that no one else was using 4 like me (I do note one woman used 3 but I’ve probably got 20 years on her). But you know what, I was pretty proud of myself when I got through that class doing the hardest level available and it started my day on a positive note.

I have been struggling these past several days to try and get everything I needed to done including working out. Don’t get me wrong, it is not just about the workouts. I have been pulled in so many directions between family, work, exercise and volunteer work that I realized something had to give. Prime example, Saturday I had a 10am meeting so I decided I would just have to forego my 2 hour walk and instead just do the bootcamp class (note where several person events also going on that day). I realized I just couldn’t get it all done. Unfortunately there was a mix up with the class so that didn’t happen either.

Yesterday was even more challenging. Normally on Monday I do bootcamp followed by a 2 hour walk, coffee with some friends and then another 1 1/2 hour walk. But I had to let reality in, there simply was not enough time to get this all in. You see yesterday we were spreading my brother’s ashes at sea and I would need to be ready to go by 8:30am. So, I got in the 5:30am bootcamp but that was it. I did consider once I had gotten through the morning that I could do some walking but instead I felt it was a better plan to go out for a nice lunch with my husband and sister. Yes, there was some of that annoying little voice chirping in my head but I countered it with the fact that a few lax days were not going to make a difference.

I’m pretty good at time management but I acknowledge as I try to prep for not just heading to the trailer tomorrow but also with the next Mexican trip coming up on Sept 7th, time is not on my side. And so the next week or so I am going to focus on exercise and work but put the volunteer stuff kind of on the back burner to be done only if time will allow.