My Journey With Health And Fitness – Dealing With The Weather

My husband has taken to calling me Rambette. That is because I now dress in full protection mode when out walking in the morning. To start, I now wear a satchel that carries the kitty food which means I have 2 hands free. Then, tucked in the satchel but visible is my water pistol loaded with strong vinegar water and in my water belt there is a bottle of vinegar water in case I have to reload. Finally I have a good, thick stick which I use as a walking stick but it is mainly to threaten the coatis. Apparently I look menacing because when I ran into some monkeys today they gave me a wide birth.

The weather last week was terrible. We dealt with massive thunderstorms which literally brought sheets of rain. As such there were severl days where I didn’t go out for my morning walk. Not to worry, I did not miss a single online class so every day I did do some sort of workout. Now not walking always makes me feel guilty not just because of the lack of exercise but while I am here I feel bad that I am not feeding the kitties (note, it is not likely they would be sitting out in the rain so I’m not sure why I feel bad about this). I am determined I need to find a way to deal with this going forward because we are in the rainy season here.

My husbad suggested that I just simply put on some rain gear. We have both rain jackets and rain ponchos. Now at home I do have a rain jacket that I wear when out walking but that is different. You have to picture that even at 5:30am it is at least 25c and always humid. If I put on that plastic poncho or the rain jacket I would be soaked with sweat within a block. It is just not a feasible solution.

So I have come up with plan b. Our tv system here has some Zumba workout videos. I’ve done them before and while it is boring to do the same workout over and over it is a pretty good one. I also as a backup could do some of the recorded classes from my fitness centre particularly choosing ones in which I didn’t previously participate in (if there is some doing a class online via Zoom they will record it then post the links on our FB page). Either of these will get me that extra hour of exercise that I so crave.

I am dealing with the challenges of the weather here and for the rest of my time here I will ensure if I am not walking then I am doing something else to make up for it.