My Journey With Health And Fitness – A Successful Week

Well, it has happened, today I have turned 60. Not sure how all of those years have crept up on me but they have. But you know what, it’s ok. I have earned every one of those years and am proud of them. The only thing to me that is bittersweet is I would love to have my brother around to wish me happy birthday. I will be thinking of him as I celebrate with my friends today.

I told you that I was going to focus on new goals while I am here in Mexico because I want to get back to normalizing being healthy and fit. As a reminder, the goals were 5 days of fitness classes a week, reduced carbs, less alcohol and at least 3 runs a week. The reason I wanted to start all of this while at the condo is because it is more challenging to do all of that here as opposed to at home. It becomes quite easy to find reasons not to do most of the workouts but especially the online fitness classes. And we are really quite social while here so the less alcohol takes a lot of commitment. But you know what, I got through week 1.

I have managed to reach all of my goals this week. I targeted 1 meal a day that had significant carbs and that one was easy. I didn’t miss a single fitness class Monday to Friday (the Saturday one is just too late in the day because we are 3 hours ahead here). Today I did my 3rd 5k run of the week and trust me those are brutal because even at 6am the temperature is about 23c before humidity. I actuall ran/walked at least 15k each of the last 5 days and while I have only hit 10k so far today, before we meet our friends for a late lunch celebration my husband and I will be doing a long walk to get a few more km’s in. Finally, while I will be celebrating today, the last drink of alcohol either my husband and I have had was last Sunday. I am particularly proud of him because he doesn’t have to follow my crazy goals but he is supportive and knows this is good for him as welll.

And so, it has been a very successful week for me. I’m am happy with what I have managed to accomplish and I know the first week is the hardest. We’ve got about 4 more weeks here and I am determined to say that I have met my goals each week while I am here. Oh, and we found Corona Cero (Zero) which has been a nice treat to have when sitting out on the deck.