The first step to getting back on track is admitting that I'm not on track. I haven't worked out in two weeks. I've barely been eating lunch, and dinner lately has been chips and salsa--homemade pico de gallo but salsa nonetheless--and I can only assume my daily protein intake has maxed out at 20 g. I'm exhausted all the time, and when I finally get home I just sleep.
In the words of one very famous Minnesotan, "The times they are a changin." I made dinner, real actual dinner for the first time in a while last night.
A true Basil Vodka Dinner.
Whole wheat penne pasta, broccoli, tomatoes from the CSA, green onions from the CSA and homemade (by yours truly) basil pesto. Still lacking the protein, and that is getting bumped to the very top of my life list today. Step one to feeling better - eat protein.
Step two. Work out. The Book o' Death has some nice bite-sized 15 mintue workouts that might be a good step for me. I'm thinking I want to get into a running routine--baby steps--and partner it with some lifting.
There is a pretty big hurdle here though. I don't have the energy to workout. I tried to work out last night but couldn't peel myself off the couch. It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I'm mentally exhausted. I set the alarm for 5 a.m. this morning, thinking since I went to bed early I could work out in the a.m. Did. Not. Happen.
So new tactic. Heidi doesn't get dinner until she works out. I was really good about going to yoga five times a week because it was right after work. Perhaps I can apply this same strategy to lifting and running. Right after work. Then I eat. Then I relax. Then I get back to normal.
Questions
- Have you ever gotten off track for a few weeks?
- Do you have any advice on how I can get my workouts in?
- When do you workout? How often?
lol I got sidetracked by what I thought was a couple of weeks, I checked yesterday and it's been over a month. Yikes!!
ReplyDeleteI'm currently doing the Couch to 5K programan and I bought the big book of exercises to add some strength training along with exercising. My method, though I've just restarted this week is to do my workout the second I get home so that it's done. Also, I schedule it into my google calendar, that helps me stick to it.
Good luck though, I know how hard it is!
I am completely off track right now. Going back to work has been insane and I have been working evenings and weekends. Workouts haven't even been on the radar.
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time waking up earlier than necessary, but I prefer to exercise in the morning. Then at the end of the day I can come home and do what I need to do.
I hope things calm down for you soon and you are able to get back to your normal schedule :)
ahh i'm off track this week for the first time since i started going to the gym this year. i hate it! i was going 5x a week and now i'm down to 3 or 4...i'm just not feeling it as much!
ReplyDeletegirrrrl we ALL get off track! we're only human right? no stress, no mess that's how i roll :)
ReplyDeletejust take a deep breathe, relax and think about what you need to do to find the balance you're looking for :) things will fall into place!
Have you ever gotten off track for a few weeks? Yes. More often than I can count. I've been at this whole weight loss / fitness thing for like 7 years, and it wouldn't be NORMAL to never get off track.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any advice on how I can get my workouts in? Schedule them on your calendar, just like anything else. Meet a friend. Simply go for a walk (it's better than nothing). I always make deals with myself: "if you're miserable after 10 minutes you can quit and sit in the hot tub." I've never quit. :-)
When do you workout? How often? I'm a morning exerciser -- my theory is that "you always have time for the first thing you do every day." Like you, if I wait until evening, forget it - I just wanna be lazy. It might take you a few days to get your sleep rhythm back on if you haven't been sleeping enough. Would love to say I worked out every day but that hasn't been happening for, oh, the past year since I took this job. I shoot for a minimum of 3X a week... and then if I want to do more great, but at least I've met my baseline.
That's why I usually go to the gym by my office and not the apt. If I go right after work then it's done and I can head home for dinner and bed. Sorry you're so stressed.
ReplyDeleteThis summer has really gotten me off track. After nannying for 12 hours I'm exhuasted! Like I eat dinner, shower and then it's 9:30 and I'm curling up in bed. It's pretty terrible.
ReplyDeleteI have DEFINITELY fallen off track for a couple weeks before! Most recently while I was training for my half-marathon. I skipped about 2 weeks near the end - oops? I was on vacation and traveling around, I couldn't fit it in! But when I got back home, I went straight back to my training hardcore and ran 11 miles (!) that weekend. I was pretty proud of myself lol
ReplyDeleteWe all get off track sometimes. I definitely do, especially when school gets busy and exams get in the way.
ReplyDeleteI like to get my workouts out of the way in the mornings because that's when I'm the most motivated. But once classes start again, I just squeeze them in wherever I can.
About being tired, you should get your iron checked! I was super tired all the time and I found out it was because I had seriously low iron levels! It's pretty common when you don't eat meat.
Good luck getting back on track girl. :)
It's so hard for me to be motivated to work out when I work at home in NY because my days are so long and I come home starving and exhausted! I'm much better when I'm out at school.
ReplyDeleteI've definitely been off track this summer. I used to come home from work, eat half of a granola bar + a large water and either go to the gym or running. It was tough because I wouldn't eat dinner until 8pm, but it was a great routine.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to do everything at once, don't worry your life will get less busy hopefully soon and then you have time to do all the things you usually have time for :)
ReplyDeleteI've had those manic weeks too, although I never skip lunch because if my bloodsugar gets too low I can't concentrate to food is priority no 1. Exercise however is not, I have had too little time for that this week and sometimes I feel bad about but in the end I'm not a superwoman, I need my rest too after a hectic day at work :)
Take it easy when you can, life will get easier!
I've been off track for the past few weeks. I'm going to get back on tomorrow, well as best as I can. I usually make it to the gym 3-4 times a week after work and on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the rest is good for your right now while things are so crazy though.