Wednesday 28 February 2018

Re-Adjustments

It turns out I have absolutely no energy first thing in the morning. None. My workouts have been half-assed to say the least.  My legs are like lead pipes and I have no pep in my step! The lack of movement on the scale is pretty reflective of that. 

The only time my morning workouts rock are on the weekend. I really get my sweat on. Those are the ones where I gradually wake up, take about an hour to have something to drink (coffee!) and a little something to eat, read the news and then get to it. 

Weekday mornings, I'm on a time-crunch playing "Beat The Clock". Five minutes to splash water on face, get something to drink, throw an exercise bra on, forty-five or less minutes for the workout, and thirty minutes to shower, get dressed, grab my lunch from the freezer (meals prepped in advance) and get out the door to catch the bus. 

So... it's back to late afternoon, early evening workouts for me. At least we've seen the last of the severe winter snow storms (fingers crossed) so my commute from now on shouldn't so bad, and I shouldn't have to spend an hour or more shoveling. 

Food-wise, my calories have been a bit on the higher side, so I'm pulling in the reins a little on that too. My pants are looser, so that's a good sign.

Constant re-adjustments are just fine. It means I'm keeping track of what's going on with my body, rather than burying my head in the sand (or a in a bag of chips) and wishing things were different.

Saturday 10 February 2018

Adjustments

I do well with consistent exercise for a time, and then fall off the wagon. I did really well before Christmas but since then, my workouts have been irregular. Although I walk outside everyday, shovel snow when it falls, I don't use a car to get groceries instead I walk the 15 minutes home, this is not enough. When it comes to purposeful workouts, I'm the worst at being consistent. This morning I was doing a cardio routine and 10 minutes in, I was a huffin' and a puffin', really sucking wind like a vacuum cleaner. 
This is not good! 


The only solution that makes any sense right now is to exercise in the morning, before work. This means waking up earlier, and going to bed earlier. AND making sure everything is organized for the morning (meals, clothes, work bag ready to go). Waking up earlier will be tough for a night-owl like me! But really, at the end of the workday, chances are I am burnt out, had a long commute (2 hours last week to get home because of snow), or just had a bad day. I just can't eat supper at 9pm, then try and squeeze in a sweaty workout before 11pm. So morning workouts it is!

Food-wise, I've been more snacky in the past couple of weeks, and that also has to stop. I know I get good nutrition from my mostly veggie-filled (and sometimes meaty) meals, and I feel really good. The snacking is all a mental game. I just have to keep reminding myself that giving into cravings for junk food will negate any progress.

Weight is still the same, bouncing between 186 and 189 lbs.