Staying Active

Hopefully by the time this has posted, I will have returned to a semi-normal workout schedule and will have found my drive and motivation to keep on keepin' on. As I look back on the last couple of weeks, I find that even though the workouts were not my typical organized, scheduled workouts, I did stay active and busy.

I know, I know, I've said it before and I'm about to say it all again. I walked as much as I could during work breaks. Whether I was on a semi-sprint to the grocery store in the allotted 15 minutes or a stroll around the neighborhood surrounding my work, I was doing this a couple times a day.

After work, playing outside with Tyson. I admit that I would sit and eat a popsicle with him and watch him while he rode his trike around the driveway. But I realized that when we got inside the house, I didn't sit down for more than 15 minutes in two hours. I was vacuuming, doing laundry, picking the house up, prepping stuff for the bedtime routine, cooking supper, changing sheets, etc. etc.

The last couple of weekends, we have had so much going on. As a side note, I feel that walking around in heels burns more calories than walking in tennis shoes. I feel like I am working harder. So I'm rethinking my protest on heels. Anyhoo, the last couple of weekends... oh yeah, I remember what I was going to say! We have been staying active on the weekends as well, which is a bit more active than sitting in a recliner watching TV. We've walked around a mall, chased Ty around outside, helped with our nephew's birthday party festivities and even took Ty to the river for the first time.

After the injury to my foot and then bronchitis episode which seemed to last an eternity, it was really hard to stay focused. It was actually quite depressing to feel like all my hard work was going straight down the tubes. Of course, it didn't. It isn't like I have to lose X amount of pounds by X date. I'm on my own schedule and my own course. You should be, too. The only way anyone can be successful is if you are doing this for ourselves. Now, with that being said, it is easy to say it NOW after all has passed, but I really wish I could have talked myself off my ledge during the last month and a half. It was rough. I felt defeated. But, I was doing EVERYTHING that I could to stay on my course. It is just that "everything" didn't feel good enough. Sigh. It still doesn't. Because now, I have taken a couple of giant steps backwards and feel like I'm climbing the same mountain all over again. Sounds like life... or a Miley Cyrus song.

Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you actually reading this, until next time...