Sooooo I totally overslept this morning. I really don't know what happened. My alarm was set for 5:30 am, yet I woke up to the sunlight streaming in my window (a fantastic way to awaken, I might add) at 6:30 am. Eh, I am just going to chalk it up to the fact that God knew I needed that extra hour of sleep and try again tomorrow.
My hope is to do an hour of yoga tonight, if I can get out of the office at a reasonable hour. Either way, I will plan to swim tomorrow morning, do yoga on Friday, and swim again on Sat. My mother recently gave me a travel clock, so I'm going to begin using that as my alarm rather than my cell phone.
As a side note, I need to once again refine my diet and exercise plan. My current plan has me averaging two days of cardio (swimming) and two days of strength training (yoga) per week. However, I still feel as though I am gaining weight. This is all speculation b/c I have refused to step back on the scale, however my dresses and slacks are feeling a bit snug. Therefore, I am going to up the average to 3 days of cardio per week and then try to maintain my two days of strength training per week. This will be challenging, esp. since I am just one month out of busy season (lol...as if I wasn't already working busy season hours). However, I loved the way that I felt about myself when I was right around 160 lbs, so I'm going to fight to stay there.
Now I will admit...the fight would be quite a bit easier if I would put down the damn fork...or cookies...or snickers mini-bites, etc. There are so many snacks at my job that it has been hard to resist. Plus I have just gotten out of the habit of selecting truly low-fat/low-cal options (like a salad for lunch or yogurt for breakfast). So my plan (which I will commit to blogging about regularly in order to keep me honest) is to whip myself back into shape. I have been successful at bringing breakfast/lunch to work 3 days out of the week. I just need to make good choices on those off days, cut out all of the unnecessary extras, and quit splurging so much on the weekends.
Try to keep me honest folks. I'm really good for sneaking a treat and pretending like it never happened ;-)
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Imagine my surprise when I log onto your page and see a big foot in my face. If I'd eaten this morning I would have thrown up.
Anyway, we not here to talk about my foot bias.
I've been on my grind this week. I was at the gym when the tornado hit on Monday. 22 minutes into my 30 minute workout they tapped me like ma'am, you need to go to the basement. Not to be discouraged, I got up at the butt crack of dawn on Tuesday to get a proper 30 minutes in. The power was off at the gym.
Encouraged even more, I walked two brisk miles along the lakefront. (Be for real, I'm not running when I'm this out of shape).
Then Wednesday I did it again. 6:30 at the gym, on the elliptical. Got a proper 30 minutes in.
Today... however. Well today, I couldn't stop thinking about how the elevator power is still out in my building and 30 minutes of exercise followed by walking up 6 flights of stairs didn't seem appealing. So, like you, I'm gonna try again tomorrow.
But I am excited I got my exercising mindset back. Feels good.
P.S. He thinks, when convenient, we should start exercising together. I'm wit* it.
Yay for commitment, and even more yay for a workout buddy. Get it girl!
Also - I'm cracking up b/c Joya told me that she tried to go to the gym Tuesday morning to flat iron her hair (power is off in her bldg), but was also turned away b/c power was off there as well.
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