Really? One Year to an Organized Work Life Filled with Hapiness?: I slayed two excuses with one trip to the gym!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

I slayed two excuses with one trip to the gym!

I've been plagued by a stuffy nose for a few days now and on Friday found myself needing decongestants to breathe properly. Saturday, I awoke at 8:45am, the time at which I am supposed to leave the house to go to they gym. I took about 60 seconds to tell myself to snap out of it because if I missed the gym today it would lead to the slide into excuse after excuse. I took a decongestant and got out of bed. Luckily I slept in my clothes, so went to the bathroom, quickly ate a protein breakfast and a small glass of 1/2 the sugar oj, brushed my teeth, and got on my way. I arrived to the class 10 minutes late and stayed until the end. I can't tell you how good it felt to have punched the devil int he gut on Saturday morning. In addition to the danger of sliding into the downward spiral of excuse allowance, knowing Sunday was weigh in day was a great motivator.

I should note that my bouts of low blood sugar during an am workout was also something I struggled with the first few times. Eating long-time solution of protein laden foods was good for the end of the workout, but I was having low blood sugar spells in the first half of the workout. My hypothesis was that I needed to have a little sugar spike as well as the protein, so on Saturday number 3 I added a half glass of half the sugar oj. Worked like a charm! Slaying excuses one at a time.

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Weight progress

11/10 173.2
11/3/12 174.3
10/27/12 175.2
10/20/12 174/8
10/13/12 172.8
10/6/12 175.0
9/29/12 175.0
9/21/12 174.2
9/14/12 174.8
9/7/12 175.2
8/31/12 175.0
8/24/12 175.2
8/17/12 175.0
8/10/12 174.0
8/3/12 172.4
7/28/12 173.2
7/21/12 173.2
7/14/12 175.4
7/7/12 173.6
6/30/12 172.6
6/23/12 172.0
6/16/12 171.6
6/2/12 171.6
5/26/12 172.0
5/19/12 171.4
5/12/12 171.0
5/5/12 171.6
4/28/12 171.2
4/21/12 173.0
4/15/12 174.4
4/8/12 174.4
4/1/12 174.4
3/25/12 175
3/18/12 174.2
3/11/12 Whoops! I forgot to weigh-in !!
3/4/12 173.8
2/26/12 176.4
2/19/12 174.4
2/12/12 176.0
2/5/12 178.2
1/29/12 178.6
1/22/12 179
1/15/12 179
1/8/12 182
1/1/12 183

How I said yes to life and no to overworking in May:

5/14/12 Went to Fusion class and read before bed
5/13/12 Visited with in-laws, parents, sister's family, then went to daughter's softball game
5/12/12 Went to YMCA interval class
5/11/12 Made potato salad to add to dinner prepped by hubby and went to Rebecca's softball game
5/10/12 Read before bed time
5/9/12 Went to Power Yoga at the YMCA
5/8/12 Didn't run errands on my lunch hour.
5/7/12 Fusion at Just Breathe Yoga Studio
5/6/12 Spent some quality time with hubby
5/5/12 Went to see friends on a last minute invitation and read on the way there.
5/4/12 Had dinner at Sam'z and read before bedtime
5/3/12 Went for a walk with my husband after dinner.
5/2/12 Went to Power Yoga at the YMCA
5/1/12 Went to Rebecca's softball game.

Home Habit of the Month

Month 3: Get rid of and file all mail and incoming paper from school, work, and play as soon as it comes in. (Touch it once!)

Accomplished on: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

This includes reading newspapers and recycling right away and cutting coupons and recycling the remaining paper right away. There are two visual measures to this success in my house.

1. Dining room table free of clutter

2. Kitchen counter free of clutter

On May 1 the dining room table is pristine. The small kitchen counter has a to do pile, which I'll put in a folder so it isn't as noticeable. That way I will have a visual reminder. Is the small counter clear? Yes. Good. No? Take care of it every day!