My Journey With Health And Fitness – I’m Feeling Pretty Good

This week is pretty crazy for me. Not only has tax season begun meaning I am doing taxes through the volunteer clinic as well my paying clients are starting to come forward (which is good because I am off to Mexico in 3 weeks) but I also have a workshop I am presenting this afternoon, financial statements to present at an AGM tomorrow and an executive meeting to attend tomorrow night. You add on to that the fact that one of my volunteer organizations just got extremely busy and I am starting the usual panic regarding not getting everything done before I leave.

If you recall I took last week off from the gym. I did so because my husband had shared the plague with me. Mornings were particularly challenging as that is when I felt the worst. While I had signed up for classes each morning by time we hit Thursday I realized I might as well just cancel the rest of the week. It was the right decision to give myself time to get better. I still did a walk everyday and I admit I always felt better after doing so.

Having given myself the week off, it was time to get back at it yesterday. And so up at the usual 4:00am to head off to class. Despite having taken a week off I felt pretty good when that workout was done. I then got another 2 1/2 hours of walking done and by the end of the day I was proud of the day’s accomplishment.

I was back at the fitness centre for the early class this morning. When we were about 1/2 way through the class I thought to myself, you know I am really enjoying this. I think after taking last week off I’m appreciating how good I feel when I get in a good workout like I did yesterday and today. Even though I am tight on time today I still managed to do an hour walk after my workout this morning and while that is less than what I like to do trust me, there is no more time to squeeze out of today.

There is even better news. The last trip to Mexico in particular I slacked off a bit. Yes, I still walked every day but I missed doing my online classes several days. But now I have learned a new gym has opened within a 10 minute walk from our Mexican condo. I am quite excited by this because it means I can check it out and even if they don’t offer fitness classes I still might be able to go there a few times a week to do workouts with weights (remember the heaviest weights I have found for the condo are only 10 lbs and I am way beyond that).

Right now I feel pretty good both mentally and physically. Yes, I am pushing myself to the limits in terms of time management but it is always that way when I am gearing up to head self. I just hope I can keep feeling this good while I am away on my extended trip.