morning sunshine

can't seem to get enough sleep! Going from a night schedule to a day schedule screws you up enough, but when family/friends are constantly planning things early it makes it even worse. And by early for me I mean noon, do people not realize that is their 2 in the morning for me!

Pretty sure I've explained things to them but it still makes it hard to understand for most. Normal people may go to bed at 10 pm but I normally go to bed at 8 am, so planning events that early in the afternoon is like me planning my birthday party for 3 am, hey 3 am is normal dinner time for me. While you may have the rule "don't eat after 7pm", I have the rule "don't eat after 5am"....see what I'm saying. You may not function well before 8am, that's fine, but keep in mind I don't function well before 4pm.

Oh and if I get stuck working overtime until 11am, forget about it, I'm useless that whole day.

As for working out, my morning workout comes around 4pm(remember I function best then). Most retired people join me at the gym because they are the only ones not busy at that time, I call them "my people". If for some unknown reason I can't workout at 4, I have found the only other good time to go is 8pm, when all normal people are settling down and nothing but me a few older folks and some "juice heads" are there. This works for me. I'm pretty sure if I went back to an 8-5 job I'd loose it. Those working family types are not who I like to be around when I work out, give me a geriatric or juicer over housewife trying to "do it all" any day.

motivation? Where are you???!

trying to start again is sooooo hard, and it's not really "starting again" but pumping my motivation back to where it was.

These past couple week my sleep has been royally screwed up and when I don't get enough sleep I tend to eat HORRIBLY! So I need to work on a balance for those days I can't get adequate sleep.

Ugh

had a very bad week last week, on top of being sick I slipped and ate whatever I wanted at my sons birthday party, it was delicious but something I regret. Cause I know I've probably gained a couple pounds....
I am not feeling 100% but still enough to start back again. Yesterday went to the gym, wasn't my best workout but it was something.

To me it seems I've had more setbacks than accomplishments lately, need to figure out why and see what I need to do to fix it.

Like I said, I knew this wasn't a quick fix, or even a quick weight loss. It took me years to get to where I was, it's going to take time to fully get rid of that and become a new. More speed bumps, not road blocks...

Sickly and crabby

I think I'm dying! Or that's what I thought the past few days.

I've been sick with what, to me, felt like the plague. It wasn't don't worry, but in my head it was. What was sacrificed though was me working out, I didn't(because I thought I was dying!).

I'm still not to where I think I'll not pass out or get to dizzy to work out so I'm taking tomorrow off to and will try to start back again Thursday....we shall see.

But for the meantime I also haven't eaten well....

This may not be that week for me, I'm hoping to rest today and bounce back for tomorrow....zzzz

National Nutrition month...blah

Nobody wants to eat healthy, but we all should. Our bodies are like a machine, with the right fuel we'll thrive and feel great, but with all bad foods or fuel, we become sluggish.

Notice when you eat something, how you feel an hour after or even the next day after.

Ever heard of true "food coma"? We've all been in that state at one point or another, remember last thanksgiving??? Or for me, Super Bowl Sunday....ugh!

Instead of eating to eat, we need to eat to live. Cliche as it is, it's true.

We always feel better after a meal of lean proteins and vegetables rather than that greasy cheeseburger. That feeling is our body telling us..."um.....what the hell!"

Doesn't mean we have to eat fantastic all the time, a little indulgence is fine, but watch how you feel after....notice anything???

Rest....relax....work!

Rest, we all need it. This past week I took some much needed rest. I have 2 days off, one day on, then two days off again...I started back into it renewed and feeling refreshed. It was great! I was getting burnt out, I know, but after this mini-break I feel like I've stared anew.

Maybe that's what we need every once in a while....a little break to get us back in. Worked for me :-)

Class complete

I have to admit all day I was nervous about this new class, but once I got there I found out I wasn't the only one nervous....the whole class was!

After I talked to a couple people I saw we were all in the same boat, and once we got started found several at my fitness level! Made me feel so great!!!

Not only did it give me great motivation, it's screwing up my routine, which is exactly what I needed.

Scared to death as I was, this class was the best idea!