Day 53 Monday Balance

Today was Chisel Balance, not one of my favorite workouts. I do not like the pistol squats with weights because I'm wobbly on the one side more than the other. Whenever I feel off balance unfortunately I always think like I'm having the beginning of some debilitating symptom. I know that is completely silly and ungrounded. It's all emotional. But when you have lived and cared for someone with a deteriorating illness, then it's just how you think. You wonder 'oh was that how it started with her?' and so forth. 

So I hate those balance type of swinging pendulum moves. I feel like that glass bird my Grandfather gave me that used to "dip" into a cup, haha. Crazy what you remember. 

I struggled this morning because I went to sleep too late. I normally like to be in bed by 10:00pm, but I was awake until 1:00am. Way too late! I pushed through all the 40 min. I think this is one of the longest. Of course I 'prefer' the 30 min ones. 

The school had a delayed opening which throws me off for a different reason now than it did say a year ago when I was still working full time. Delayed opening meant everything getting thrown off on my office routine because I'd be late, then I'd have to figure out which one of us (my husband or I ) would have to "compromise" our work schedule to see who could get both our girls to school (in two different buildings about 3 blocks apart)

Well, today I just took the extra hour and got up at 6:00am to work and get this in. 

I cannot even express here how comforting the 'morning routine' is for me . When I was coaching part time and working full time I used to have all kinds of excuses as to why I couldn't get shit done. Well, now I know! Because I wasn't getting up early. But that's the funny thing about counseling others in nutrition and exercise . Once I can just get a person to trust the process that 'if' the nutrition can get fixed first , slowly but surely your system will be more energized. Once THAT takes place, and you take the one-time scary step of waking up early one time, to workout for example and get some personal development in, even 10 minutes, it's addicting. You will never go back to working out at night . But I get you. You find it hard to trust because it involves going into the unknown. The 'known' is easier. 

This whole week I tried it, I think 3 times, and my goodness, these night workouts, sucked! How can you wait until the whole day is over to try to force it out? Well. I know the answer. When you start as a working parent, you may have to, only because your nutrition doesn't kick in until about 10 days into my programs . Then you feel the fog lifting and suddenly the 'impossible' just doesn't look so much like it used to. 

Be careful today Monday Mayhem peeps. Make it a day where you reflect on what you really miss. What you really forgot to dream about . ~Jedi 

When You're Stopped

There will undoubtedly come a time where your health throws you a curve. Since I started my exercise program of 6 days per week back in October, the most I've missed is 2 consecutive days. In fact, it makes me crazy thinking about not working out. This makes me want to truly laugh out loud because the better sense - my logical side-  says 'it will all be ok'. Taking a few days off is not going to break me. But I'm so dedicated now that I can't imagine life without it. The morning routine, my headphones on and listening to podcasts fuels my mornings, followed by my exercise. 

But can you believe I wasn't like this 6-8 months ago. I never could have maintained 6 days a week routine. I could barely pull 1 day and I would often find an excuse just for that one. 

Isn't it amazing how our bodies want to go into homeostasis- it doesn't like to be awakened. But once it is, it's a case of 'get out of my way'. 

It's hard getting started, but it's also hard being told to "stop". For those of you out there who maybe suffered an injury or an illness, or as me, got sidelined because of a colonoscopy, trust that the time can be used wisely to reflect on what you 'have' done up until now, the lives you've influenced including your own. I was blown away by how many of my clients said they were doing double workouts: one for them and one for the one I couldn't do . Now 'that' is one cool gesture. Isn't it? 

Be grateful today and reflect. 

~Jedi