Flexible

Now that I am almost back to the land of the living.  Here are some of my thoughts on the weekend...

On Sunday, we had to be up at 5:30am so that we could leave for the track by 6:30am.  We got to the track and Jacob ran his 200m time trial.  Then the clouds started to build.  The 500m sprint heats were running when the rain finally busted through.  Some people ran for cover, we got a little wet.  Jacob was two races away from his race.  Then the rain REALLY broke lose and we RAN for the car!  Luckily our rental car was a hatch back so we could sit in it out of the rain.  They finally called the racing until 1:30pm.  So we went to lunch.  During most of the lunch time it didn't rain.  We went back to the track, it rained a little more.  Then it stopped enough to start the racing.  Jacob did well.  We managed to get through the rest of the meet with no more rain.  We went back to the hotel to get cleaned up and then went out to a celebration dinner.  By the time we got back to the hotel it was 11:30pm and I was nearly comotose since I had been up for 18 hours with only 5 hours sleep the night before.  Hence, the minimal post and missed disciplines.

As I was thinking about this later I realized my biggest problem was not being flexible enough.  I did take my book the second day so that I could get reading in between the races.  But I could have brought my walking shoes and gone for a 30 minute walk, even if it was in the rain.  It may not always be reasonable to exercise with workout equipment at a reasonable hour.  The same is true for the fruits & veggies, I need to find alternatives to salads in a restaurant.  An apple jumps to mind, it's portable, self-packaged, self-opening and it has lots of needed fiber.  Then yesterday I did a little phone tag with my prayer partner.  When our lives don't sync up I need an alternative... yesterday I opted for extended personal prayer time.  Flexible!

My life can't be on a regimented schedule, I wouldn't want it to be.  It's the craziness in life that makes it fun.  Being the mother of four boys I am very flexible with just about everything.  Schedules, meals, laundry, emergencies, boo-boos, etc  In the past, one of the ways I was flexible to the needs of the kids was to drop my needs or scratch personal "to dos" off the list.  I would just drop what I wanted to get done and replace it with what someone else NEEDED done.  Well, I am going to change the way that I flex.  My priorities need to get done and NOT dropped when something else comes up.  I just need to be flexible in when and how they get done.

I'm living on the eighth day, right now!

Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist

Challenges of Travel

I did get up early to go to the fitness center, got in the workout and audio. Then it was off to the track. It is now midnight and we were at the track ALLLLLLL day. It is sandy and very windy here in Florida so I feel like I spent the day on the beach without the relaxing part.

The veggies were a challenge since the only food at the track was a snack bar i.e. hot dogs, nachos, candy, and soda. Not a vegetable to be found! Jeff did a run to subway at lunch time but I didn’t think I could count lettuce and cucumbers on my sandwich as a serving of veggies. So later, he went to 7-11 and got a little mini veggie platter with dip. I spent the day with Jeff so THAT one was easy. And of course, there were many new people to meet. We have to leave the hotel at 6:30am to be back at the track tomorrow. Yeah!  The big challenge will be to read 10 pages without falling asleep!!! Since I’m counting the night before reading on today’s status I get it for today. Remember the airplane yesterday? But tomorrow???

I'm living on the eighth day, right now!

Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist

Halfway to a habit!

Day 10 down... It takes 21 days to establish a habit.  I'm almost to the halfway point!  It really is starting to feel like a habit, where the day isn't quite "normal" without getting everything done.

I am also dicovering new and interesting fruits and veggies AND discovering new and interesting ways to prepare and eat them.  I actually have been eating them two or three meals a day and usually more than one servings worth.  That is a huge improvement considering I used to go whole days without a single serving.

I forgot to report on my weigh in on Sunday.  I have abandoned 2 pounds and the clothes are definitely fitting better!  At this rate I should basically be at my goal by the end of March!

I'm living on the eighth day, right now!

Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist