Exercise update: It's been a mixed week. I was traveling for work Sunday through late Wednesday. I did some solid planning and made sure I did lots of walking in the airport on Sunday to begin because I knew I'd be sitting in my car and on the plane to Houston (I flew out of Minneapolis, my favorite airport). I also had workout clothes for my stay in Texas and I'm pleased to report that I worked out Monday and Tuesday at the hotel with a mix of a tiny bit of outdoor running, elliptical, dumbbells and steep incline treadmill walking. So that's the good news...
I knew Wednesday was a lost cause as I went from class, to an airport shuttle, to a plane, to my car to drive home by 1:00 a.m. Not that big a deal because I had hit it hard the two prior days and could get back at it Thursday (oops), well Friday (nope), and no doubt Saturday (can't explain why but just didn't). So I didn't update my blog on Thursday (which breaks a committment to myself) and have somehow managed to get to Sunday morning and realize I haven't worked out beyond a dog walk since Tuesday.
Well my new favorite book Mindset, teaches that failure is just information, so I'll process the information and move on. The biggest piece of information is that I have lots of habits and routines built around my work that don't support my health. I need to work on breaking those and stop using work fatigue as an excuse to skip workouts and eat poorly. It's also interesting that the woman I live with who is related to me by marriage strongly encouraged me to work out today because apparently I'm not real pleasant right now. I didn't believe it and told her to go to hell... j/k, but I didn't realize my malaise was so obvious. So I'll probably hit the gym when she gets home, even if it means I watch the Packers from a treadmill or elliptical. That mood to exercise connection is particularly strong lately.
Nutrition update: My nutrition has followed the same up and down pattern over the last 10 days. I have done a great job of avoiding ice cream even though I crave it like a junkie, but I used fatigue and convenience to allow myself to eat fries 3 times in 10 days, so that's not great.
The lesson is the same, I need to plan not react or I make bad choices right now. It's just hard because I feel like I can't find time to do all that planning. Of course, bad health habits will shorten my time on the planet, so I need to make the time. Seems that my de-porking program tomorrow is coming at the perfect time. Many around me would say that nutrition is my nemesis, so I'm hoping to do good work in that area. I've even noticed I struggle to write much about nutrition, perhaps that means something.
Random Musings: The training in Houston was fantastic. It's about approaches to helping first generation students do better in college. If I have a professional passion, that's it right there. Now I just have to strip away enough BS at work to find time to work on being a crusader for helping people move from powerlessness to where they want to go. That feels like a mission.
Wish me well as I begin the 12 weeks to A New Me tomorrow night. And of course while I go to the gym today so I quit being crappy to people I love.
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