Yesterday was my weekly session with the trainer and she. kicked. my. butt. In a good way. I arrived at the gym a smidge later than normal so I felt rushed and not fully mentally prepared to handle the challenges in front of me. As usual, I went to my trainer's office and discussed nutrition, my water intake, etc. I've been chugging water, watching portions, eating healthy snacks, being mindful of sodium and bumping up the ol' cardio routine.
After some nutrition chit chat, the fateful weigh-in was upon me. My goal was 2 pounds down from last week and I made it! AND my BMI was down one percent from last week. I'm SO happy I'm finally getting some consistent loss coming before the wedding. I felt like I was in a rut for the longest time and I'm finally on my way!
The workout was hard. It was a combo of cardio, abs, legs and arms. So basically, everything. I'm feeling it today!
In my non-workout world, I had lunch with my fiance yesterday. This is off my routine as I usually have my Shakeology shake for lunch. But I can go with the flow, so I decided to have lunch with the fella and have my shake for dinner instead. I came away from lunch with a page-long list of things to do for the wedding. It is stressful, this wedding planning. The rest of the day was spent trying to cross a few of the items off the list.
After my workout, I went to watch Randy's softball game. He's on our church's team. It was gorgeous weather and I got to chat with my new buddy, Jaycie. However when the second game was over, it was 9:30! I went home, tired, but couldn't sleep. Of course. So I caught up on some hulu-ing before bed.
When my alarm went off at 4:30am, my whole body was relaxed. I couldn't get up. In the moment, I just needed to sleep more. So, I didn't get in my p90x this morning. But you guys, now I feel like a big fat failure. Why can't I get up in the morning?! I'm always SO tired. Meanwhile, I get home and I'm so tired that I don't have energy to get anything done at home, so it looks like a bomb went off in my house.
While I feel great about my weight loss and my gym success, all other aspects of life are worn a little thin right now.
I know how you feel. It isn’t in our nature to focus on ourselves. We focus our energy normally on work and family and leave little time for ourselves. But we didn’t care before because those things were rewarding. But we can only neglect ourselves so long. Now is our time to make ourselves more of a priority. It takes so much time trying to fit working out before or after work. And preparing all your meals for the day so you don’t go off track. And trying to get all the sleep you need to recover. It is a huge balancing act. My house too has become a wreck! But would I rather my body and diet be a wreck or my house. I need to get better asking for help with those other aspects of life. You lost two pounds! That’s awesome! Keep up the good work!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Peak! Balancing is an ongoing challenge, but I'm working on it! :) I love, love love your blog, miss!
Deletelittle miss l, you're doing great & i'm so excited for you! 2 lbs is awesome! KEEP IT UP! and i totally know what you are saying about the house thing. thursday is normally my night to make some house progress... it's not ALWAYS thursday, but a lot of times. that way it's clean & we can relax all weekend. and especially not do ANYTHING on Sunday...keeping the Sabbath Holy & RESTING. we fail at times, sure...but it's definitely helpful just making your mind up to clean up that tornado mess one night. then it's done! you can do it! and then, your reward? hulu. BAM.
ReplyDeleteThat's so funny you say that about Thursdays... Randy and I have a goal of getting all the cleaning, etc done before the weekends so we can actually relax and enjoy Saturdays and Sundays... definitely once we live together that will be more of a team effort! Also, Hulu IS a great reward! I need to focus on that, rather than rewarding myself with food. I'm not a dog :)
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