This morning I woke up at 5:40am. I planned on doing yoga after my morning coffee and cereal (Kashi Go Lean w/nonfat milk) but it didn't work out like that. After eating breakfast I sat in front of my laptop at the kitchen table drinking my morning coffee. I was browsing news articles when I came across this one about a mom who poisoned her five her old son with salt which ended up killing the poor child. One site had a five part series about this ordeal starting from the very beginning, before she had kids. Before I knew it, it was 6:40am and too late to get in yoga before having to get the kids up and ready for school.
After dropping of my kids I came back home and have been reviewing videos of mine from last year when I was dieting. It's interesting to watch those videos and to read those posts to see what I was doing compared to now. It was clear that some of my choices weren't the best but some of the issues I faced I still face which I found interesting. For example, for some reason, when I start exercising regularly, I absolutely cannot motivate myself to get (business) work done. I procrastinate and put off everything until I am unbelievably stressed out. It's like I only have enough motivation for one challenge: I can either be motivated to work or motivated to eat healthy and exercise... but for some reason I have found it extremely difficult to do both. I have been working on getting caught up with some work items and, as long as I stick with it, I will be okay. Fridays are the toughest days though since I am at my office and I don't have any clients with me. I don't "have" to work (even though I need to since I have a ton of stuff to do) but because I don't "have" to I usually don't. This Friday my goal is to complete a few high priority items from my task list. We'll just have to wait and see how that goes.
I have to leave work at 2:45pm to pick up my younger daughter from school and take her to gymnastics. I then head back to my client's, work for an hour, and then head back to the gym to pick her up. After that, I have to pick up my older daughter from my mom's house and head directly home to meet my friend Mary who is coming over tonight to touch up my hair with some strawberry blonde highlights and to celebrate her birthday over dinner. I am not sure what I am going to make yet, either way I have to stop at the store...ugh...no idea when I will have time to do that...
Unfortunately, because it's a busy day, I won't have time for the gym which is fine since I get to spend a nice evening with my friend and my kids. I also had a great workout yesterday so I am fine skipping a day, afterall, nothing says I have to go everyday. I think it's important to set up realistic expectations, like going to the gym three times a week, otherwise you'll feel like a failure when you don't complete you're goals.
I have to go now... Off to pack some healthy snacks and lunch to take with me.
No comments:
Post a Comment