I've been doing well the last couple months at getting almost daily exercise at the YMCA: Aquafit 2x/wk; 40mins on the eliptical + 40 mins weight-training 2x/wk; Pilates for 20 mins 2x/wk. I've been feeling good and seeing small muscle changes. It didn't feel like 'too much'.
Then the busy back-to-school season hit, and it was the week of my period anyway - exercising didn't make the to-do list, and it didn't feel 'right' anyway, so I took a week off. Next week I added the aquafit & Pilates back. Yesterday I added the eliptical and weights back. I didn't really want to - I wanted to just go home. But I told myself I'd been lazy long enough and needed to push through it and then I'd feel great. I eaked out 30 minutes on the eliptical instead of 45. I only did one set each of the final two exercises instead of three sets each.
Fast forward to 12:30am and I wake up with a sore throat and a congested nose. I tell myself I'm just dehydrated (got up to drink water) and will feel fine by morning. Fast forward to now, and I want to go back to bed. I don't feel AWFUL(although the sinus headache & sore throat are no picnic) - - but I DO want to curl up on the sofa with green tea and raw honey, instead of facing the packed day ahead of me.
Thursday is one of the busiest days of the week at my church job, but its not so bad. I could make it through pretty easily knowing that I could come home and curl up with tea. Except Saturday is a big fundraising event for my non-profit job, and since I am on-call currently, I can't just have a plan for myself to do it, I have to have a plan for myself, and a back-up plan in case I'm not available at any point. Same goes for all the prep. Normally I would just pop out for a couple hours on Friday and wrap all the prep up. But if I get called to a birth on Friday, there won't be enough time left, so I have to go to town this afternoon and get it done. Just in case.
I should've listened to my body saying "go home and take it easy" yesterday.
One foot in front of the other right? Fortified by echinacea, vitamin c, siberian ginseng, and decaf green tea with raw honey.
Then the busy back-to-school season hit, and it was the week of my period anyway - exercising didn't make the to-do list, and it didn't feel 'right' anyway, so I took a week off. Next week I added the aquafit & Pilates back. Yesterday I added the eliptical and weights back. I didn't really want to - I wanted to just go home. But I told myself I'd been lazy long enough and needed to push through it and then I'd feel great. I eaked out 30 minutes on the eliptical instead of 45. I only did one set each of the final two exercises instead of three sets each.
Fast forward to 12:30am and I wake up with a sore throat and a congested nose. I tell myself I'm just dehydrated (got up to drink water) and will feel fine by morning. Fast forward to now, and I want to go back to bed. I don't feel AWFUL(although the sinus headache & sore throat are no picnic) - - but I DO want to curl up on the sofa with green tea and raw honey, instead of facing the packed day ahead of me.
Thursday is one of the busiest days of the week at my church job, but its not so bad. I could make it through pretty easily knowing that I could come home and curl up with tea. Except Saturday is a big fundraising event for my non-profit job, and since I am on-call currently, I can't just have a plan for myself to do it, I have to have a plan for myself, and a back-up plan in case I'm not available at any point. Same goes for all the prep. Normally I would just pop out for a couple hours on Friday and wrap all the prep up. But if I get called to a birth on Friday, there won't be enough time left, so I have to go to town this afternoon and get it done. Just in case.
I should've listened to my body saying "go home and take it easy" yesterday.
One foot in front of the other right? Fortified by echinacea, vitamin c, siberian ginseng, and decaf green tea with raw honey.