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Last Week Sucked

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Last week sucked.  Like, if last week never happened, I would TOTALLY be okay with it.  I won’t go into much detail, but here’s the deal…

Last Saturday marked my last day of work at a job I care a lot about and have poured a lot into.  While I was sad to leave, it was really nice to no longer work insane hours and to focus on taking better care of myself and my family.  I resigned so that we could move to Vancouver (Washington, not BC…we’re not that swanky!) and my husband would no longer have to make the long commute that he graciously has been this past year.  Resigning and moving would also lighten my work load (which has become extremely overwhelming).  So yes, leaving was hard but Monday and Tuesday were awesome!  I worked out, read, slept in, and started packing our things to make the move up to Vancouver.  Then, Wednesday hit and life sucked.

Without making a big dramatization out of it, my husband lost his job last Wednesday which took us by complete surprise.  We now have no jobs and just bought a home in Vancouver.

If you know the history of this past year and a half for us, you know how devastating this is beyond what the circumstances are.  If you don’t know our history, suffice it to say that it really, really sucks.  And, if you know anything about the Pacific Northwest, you know Vancouver (locally dubbed ‘The Couv’) isn’t really a destination hotspot for housing.

I’m a positive person by nature, but last week really rocked us and I’m a little depressed.  So I apologize in advance that this post isn’t in line with my typical fashion (you know my type - insanely insightful, witty, and earth-shattering words that change your life forever).  You won’t get that today.

Suckyness aside, I need some control and some positive things in my life.  The nice thing about your world spinning out of control is that there’s always something you can do to move forward in other areas of your life.  Professionally, we’re kinda screwed for the time being and this blog is about health so you don’t care about that anyway.  The good thing is that I can control my health (to some extent) and that is what I am choosing to focus more attention on during this season of our life.

I’ve formed some really bad habits over the past year that I am excited to kick to the curb!  And let’s face it, when your physical body feels better, you feel better overall.  While I can’t control the situation we are faced with, I can control the things I have allowed to creep into my life that I don’t like.

For the past six months, I have let my health go to the wayside.  I totally want to blame it on my job, but the truth is that your health is about your priorities.  Simply stated:  My priority was my job.  So, I let my health slip and I don’t feel good.  Now that I’m no longer employed, health has officially moved up on my priority list!  WOO-HOO!  :)  Here are the things I don’t like that have crept into my life and what I am doing to change it:

1.)  I don’t work out any more.  I hate the way I feel when I don’t work out.  Ugh!  I am now back to working out 5 times per week (and when I say “now” I mean since last Monday so don’t give me too many kudos yet).  I don’t have a real goal or focus in my workouts, I just want to work out.  I do have a workout video that I did the other day that was SUPER hard for me.  I’ve never been able to get through it (even when I was in super shape), but it was definitely way harder this week.  I would like to be able to do that video by October without having to stop and rest.

2.)  I don’t move much throughout the day or get outside.  My job was extremely sedentary with long hours indoors and I saw myself becoming accustomed to that lifestyle.  I am now back to walking our dog 3 miles per day, moving more throughout the day in general, and it feels really good (plus Nike (our dog) likes all the walks!).  I am contemplating getting a pedometer to more accurately measure this, but for now simply walking our dog for an hour is way more activity than what I was doing and I don’t feel I need to be hyper-diligent about how many steps I take.  I just want to move more.  By the way, this is Nike as a puppy.  Heart melted.

3.)  I eat really late at night.  My typical dinner time has been 7:30-8:00.  When you go to bed at 9:00 (don’t judge me), this is late.  Now that my schedule allows for it, I am shooting to eat dinner at around 5:00 (granted I am hungry for it).  I try not to be obsessed with when I eat and let my body guide me, but I have become accustomed to eating when I got home from work and I don’t like going to bed on a full stomach.

4.)  I put on some weight.  Not a lot, but enough to make my pants tight and make me feel uncomfortable.  I want to lose 5-7 pounds.  (Don’t we all)?  Although it’s not much, that’s the weight I feel more confident at.  I am really reigning in my diet, (I’ve been doing the ‘vacation plan’ outlined in this book) which focuses on lean protein and vegetables with a significant caloric deficit, while keeping my workouts light for the next few weeks.  I know weight loss comes primarily from diet and while I can’t work out hard right now anyway (because I’m de-conditioned), it’s a great time to really focus on my diet and get my weight loss in the next two weeks while I build my endurance.

5.)  I want to drink more water.  I’m a pretty good water-drinker to begin with but coffee has become my drink of choice.  I have my trusty ol’ water bottle from WalMart (another reason we’re not kosher enough to move to Vancouver, BC), and I am drinking 5 of them per day (the water bottle is 32 ounces).  My goal is 4, but I’ve been doing 5 so I guess that makes me somewhat awesome…somewhat.

So there you have it.  In the midst of chaos, those are some things I can control and things I am changing…starting last week…that make me feel better about myself and thus have a better outlook on life.  I know I’ll mess up and I know I’ll drop a ball somewhere (after all, I’m human), but I find it pretty amazing that we can always improve our lives and move forward…no matter how sucky they get.  Happy Sweating!

 


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