I went to bed Tuesday night setting my alarm for 4:45am. Just enough time to wake up and leave the house by 5am to get to the Y to take the 5:15am cycling class. I woke up Wednesday morning and hit the snooze, but quickly got up and headed to the Y. I really was neutral in how I felt. Tired? Happy? Just there I suppose. But I had to go since I did not make it Tuesday morning. Cycling was led by Vicki, which I have never talen it from before. It was awesome. Quieter than I am used to, but I still got an excellent workout! It was perfect timing to get home in time to make a nice breakfast (oatmeal), shower, then get the lunches packed and the boys ready to leave the house. I think I could do this on Wednesday mornings!
(Going back to Tuesday again) I missed all my planned workouts for Tuesday including meeting my friend Dustin for some swimming. I had been wanting to try getting in the pool for a workout, but just had not. Dustin and I both need motivation to workout as well as a reason to go (accountability via meeting up with a friend). Later in the day Tuesday, there was a nice facebook message waiting for me from Dustin.
It said, "I'm Josh Corning you right now. HEY TRACY when are we going swimming tomorrow. Hahaha".
It made me laugh out loud because that was so true. Josh has become a verb! When someone "Josh Corns" you it means, bugging you because he knows what is best to motivate your butt to get up and workout! Of course I was happy to commit to 2:00pm in the warm pool and warned him I couldn't swim very well and I would be using a kick board. The kick board thing lasted about 2 laps when I realized that I was moving as slow as a snail. I also realized that if I wanted to do the indoor triathlon in February, I needed to learn how to swim for real and use my arms. Swimming was the first part in the triathlon, so I needed to use my arms to swim so that I could still have legs to bike and run. I agreed to giving up the kick board for a pair of goggles and I also agreed to go to the big pool. It wasn't bad at all! I have a lot of practicing to do in order to get my breathing down to a nice rhythm, but I really enjoyed the workout. I also enjoyed my new workout buddy Dustin. He gave me just the right amount of encouragement. I really had picked workout buddies that I knew would challenge me and motivate me to do better. I wasn't too sure how Dustin would motivate me, but I was pleased and I decided to keep him on for Wednesdays.
Wednesday evening I was supposed to workout with my group. I had talked with Tammy on Monday about challenging me more and of course, I couldn't make it. Dean had to work late and I just didn't have it in me to drag the kids to the Y that night. Both my kids were needing some down time and so instead we just hung out at home. I felt guilty. I hate feeling guilty.
Let's talk about food now. I really love cooking and planning what I am going to eat. I love payday and the weekend or so after payday. But I hate when I start running out of food in the house and money and I have to stretch it the rest of the week. In the pre-healthy living time, I would make easy things like hamburger helper, or hot dogs and mac and cheese for dinner. Part of my healthy living journey is to also change some things that I feed my children. I am starting slow by taking away some of the really unhealthy options like hot dogs, boxed mac and cheese, and chicken nuggets. Of course fast food also has also been taken out of our diets. Of course I can't control what Dad does, so at times they get it as well as him. At this point, it is ok and I will fight that battle when I get to it. My point is, it is hard to eat healthy when payday is not here yet and I feel like the healthy foods that I need are the first to go.
Thursday was Cycling with Frances. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel having a cycling class two days in a row, but it felt great. She worked us hard and I LOVED it! The only sadness to this day was the fact that our schedule was going to change and Frances wasn't going to be able to do cycling for us anymore. I don't know how I feel about this. Josh quickly said that he would still be doing it for us. I heard he pushed the class to the point of breaking on Tuesday. I don't know if I am going to like this!
I felt like I was just going through the motions this week. Get up, workout, try to eat right, sleep. It was almost like I knew what to do and was on autopilot. Friday I met with Sue, she worked me out good...AGAIN. I really love weight training. I really love everything. I am still trying to find a good groove of what to do what day. Maybe it isn't so much a routine I need, but just to make sure the pieces that I am suppose to use each week or two, get used. Maybe not so much the same thing in same order, but more like do what I feel like doing without neglecting any certain part of the whole. Maybe it will be like when you notice you are craving oranges because your body may be lacking in some certain vitamin. I hope it is like that. "Hey Tracy, let's swim today because your muscles in that area need it." or "Tracy, you really need to walk and run because you need some cardio!" We will only see. I am a planner, so I need to plan to some amount, but maybe I should quit worrying so much about coming up with a permanent routine and only look a week or two ahead.
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