My Journey With Health And Fitness – Keeping Focused

Today is the start of advance voting for our Provincial election which will be held on October 19th. Since my husband and I left September 7th we were fortunate enough to have time to order and complete mail in ballots. That in itself was a bit challenging because they could not be received by Elections BC before September 21st when the election period started. So, we made arrangements for the ballots to be put in the mail on the 21st ensuring they wouldn’t arrive too early. I strongly encourage everyone in BC to make sure you vote regardless of which party you support.

I mentioned in my last post that I had skipped walking that day because of the weather though I did still do my fitness class. I know from past experience that it can become all too easy to fall into the trap of getting out of a routine and then struggling to get back to it. Yes I know taking a day or two off really isn’t a big deal but for me I need to keep focused on my fitness routine otherwise I know it will be too easy to backslide.

Yesterday I woke up via my Alexa alarm at my usual 4am. There is something a bit funky about this Alexa as she says she is telling me the weather in Playa del Carmen when in reality she is giving me the weather from White Rock (trust me I know the current temperature here was not 5 Celsius this morning). However, yesterday my husband happened to be awake when the alarm went off so he asked her for the weather here and it was like 26 degrees. Damn I said, I’m going to have to go for my walk. As much as I wanted to just turn over and go back to sleep I got up and was on the road by 5:20am.

I know I have to stay focused on my workout routine because while I am at the condo I tend to let my eating habits go a bit off track. I absolutely confess to overindulging in both food and alcohol and the way my shorts are fitting right now tells me some work will need to be done when I get home. I know the only way I can mitigate the damage is by continuing to put as much effort as possible into exercising. Quite frankly I am proud of the fact that I workout 2.5 hours pretty much every day while I am here.

And so I will keep being focused so that I can enjoy some fun but not have to purchase new clothing when I go home. I also can honestly say that knowing that if I don’t at least walk each day could mean the kitties in the complex might not get fed and that alone helps motivate me.