This year is going to prove to be emotionally challenging. with too many changes and a time sensitive project i'm part of at work, things will be constantly changing around me. I'm taking the union class, like i've mentioned, but, i'm not planning to put a lot of work into it...my goal remains to spend my energy on getting better at cardio...staying positive. I CAN DO THIS.!!!
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It's a fine morning, Just overwhelmed because life is a little busier than i like it to be.
kombucha 50
sf dark choco 120 coffee 80
wrap and egg, butter 100. 300. rest of the week is butter - i'm out of fresh avocados :) but did pick some up today!
11am roasted, dark choc dusted almonds 100
Noon lunch corned beef small amount 150, potato small amount 150, seaweed salad 150. squash small amount 50 500. also caffeine drink. around 30.
1:30 a small swiss fudge cookie yummy :) 100
snacks: apple, almonds 200
5:30pm iced coffee and granola bar 150
Light tasty dinner: mango yogurt and raspberries 250, peanut butter 150. 400
2000 :)
5day: around 2140/day
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Ladder Workout tonight.
During lunch i have the time for myself, and less people here to watch how i spend it or how long i go out, so, i'm going to H&M to see about any good deals...i don't have a lot ot spend, but, i could also use some flowy office pants instead of all the tight ones i wear....something that gives.
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I'm reading a new book that i HIGHLY recommend. It's called The Compound Effect and it's about small actions everyday either bringing you towards or away from success. It's a short, easy read by Darren Hardy. Good Book for people that need a kick in the buttocks to move forward and not remain stagnant. i'm going to keep on with books like this throughout the year.
I have a long commute, so i'm able to read a LOT. (many days it's over an hour of reading time, some days even more)
One of the first things recommended in the book is to CHART / TRACK everything! Like we all do here, planning food to remain of a certain weight / health, planning / charting workouts / planning financially is what the book is about. If you take no action, there will not be success.
So for all of us on DD, that track our progress and plan in a way to grow successfully, the book is showing we are doing it right.
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Moving offices again today (4th move in since i got here to this location 1.5 years ago), just across the hall. i'd be happy staying here, but it's a bigger room and more spacious since my current room is def very crowded with two people (i think it's meant to be a single person rm). After i have my coffee and do my time, i'll recruit someone to help me move my computer...not gonna do this rushed first thing...coffee and time first. as well as log in here. my mind and body will not rush any faster than this today...
The move took me around an hour and a half to move things and set up computer (luckily a male coworker helped with it). took from around 9:30-11am...now resettled, threw out a lot of junk!, and relaxed at new desk :). glad to throw out a lot of old stuff and have a clean setting again.
Now, i have to concentrate on getting some work done today! a lot of dust has been dusted and cleaned off. good to be in a bigger, more spacious room. i was previously in a room fit for ONE person, not the two of us. so now, we'll be in a bigger room, meant for 2-3 people :)
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In some ways, i could have skipped out on this offering of the Saturday Proj Man class. but i'm sticking to my decision and taking it - I only signed up for the Saturday course beause it's helpful and a good learning experience
but i cannot deny it's holding me from using the time to help me with the fitness goals and this class, working extra hours, and a union meeting upcoming this month is definitely more than i'd like. I also scheduled two drs appts for the dermatologist for skin tags and also a hyperhydrosis botox treatment (excessive underarm sweating) both appts are in the next month. I've been waiting, so it's not like they can be delayed longer.
the more a person balances in life and day to day, the less involved they can be on every activity they balance...
Progress as of today: -2.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
Good morning, i'm off to a great start :)
kombucha 50
8:45am sf lily's choc 120, coffee 80
10am breakfast: wrap and egg 200, half avocado and seasonings 150. 350...
noon almonds 50
Lunch: again from home with half an already small cured sausage :) 150, cooked greens in collard green recipe / some extra cabbage if i need it 200, chips 210 550
snacks: powdered dark chocolate almonds, fresh apple :)
before workout: TBD maybe something filling, like a sandwich - snacked at home something nice and cool: granola bar 100, yogurt flavored and with some sf whipped cream 210. total here 350 with a drink. def in a sweets mood and very satisfied now, sipping my aminos drink that i also bought from Vitamin Shoppe on the way home...working out soon :) and pb on a small rice cracker right before workout 150
during workout: TBD pb on cracker :) 100, strawberries 50
workout was from around 7:30-little after 9:30
close to 10pm After workout: TBD protein bar. thinking just pb on a cracker, less calories than a 200 bar. 100
2150 total = good!
4day 2150.
Progress as of today: -2.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
you will do better, don't get down on yourself...pick up where you left off :)
Kombucha 60
Breakfast 1: keto chocolate 120, coffee 80.
snack: wrap 120, half avo 150, egg 80. 350.
11am almonds 100 and also a sugar free iced herbal tea from starbucks bc i ended up going out on a visit into the field and taking just over an hour outside...it was sweaty down below and i decided on totally treating myself on a sugar free iced tea (stevia is at starbucks!) on my lunchtime excursions!
I prob walked around 2mi or more at lunch!!!! - prob more like 2.5mi :-)
on the exercise note, now, i'm excited to finish up this workday, go home and read (also got my new book from public library!) and get to bed early tonight :)
lunch: all from home, the 200 cabbage (pretty good, very flavorful) and tofu 100 with chips 200 (chips are my indulgence, if you couldn't tell by now!). 500 balanced.
later afternoon snacks: cherries 50, almonds 100...maybe a peach
dinner: not sure actually, i 'm thinking fruit and whipped cream and to call it a night. or like a yogurt and also whipped cream and strawberries. looking for an easy to digest, somewhat voluminous dinner. i can also just go for a wrap/mustard/cured sausage (have quite a bit more of them at home!)
dinner was 1/2 small cured pork sausage (will be having this frequently for awhile) 150, chips 150, apple 100, whipped cream 200. 600. went a hair overboard.
2050
3day avg 2150
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at the end of the workday, went on DD, took it easy a little as well as the long lunch. it helps to get me here yet another hour. I worked it out :) everyone else went home, and i do not think most will be honest about doing the extra 8 hours in order to get 7/5/19 off.
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working an hour OT, so i'll make sure to take a LONG lunch (picking up book at NYPL that i requested by work).
staying at work until 6pm.
maybe take slow train home to read.
It may take till around 8pm-8:30pm for me to get home. i'll do some walking, but not too much (walked a lot at lunch!) bc i'm wearing shoes that aren't hugely supportive - they aren't sneakers lol. anything that's not a sneaker i find hard to walk in for long periods of time.
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all in all it was a good weekend, but i'm very headstrong to keep my goals and not let others literally bother me or affect my progress. i'll do what i need to do :)
So what does that all mean regarding this weekend and my progress?
It means simply that my goal this year is positivity and i cannot let people's lack of forward positive thinking to get me down. If they say something negative, instead of remaining silent like i did this weekend, i can offer MORE solution and positive thinking commentary back. Instead of my typical being quiet when i hear something i don't like and in my head think not to say anything, i will try to be extra positive back.
Why be extra positive? Because it's what i want from myself.
I realize that hanging with C friend over the weekend, i am more negative i think than usual. i start to be negative. this can't be - i'm talking about speaking to her about myself more negatively and this cannot be!
I do in fact have a good job now. I do in fact have quite a full life right now. everything is good.
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she's complaining about her sister's wedding and really she shouldn't be taking her sisters wedding so so so personally. it actually is TOO MUCH. i didn't realize that until i wrote it now!
i can remind her - she doesn't have to think negatively about her sister's wedding at all...it can be a positive thing for her and her family. it's what you WANT to make of it. nobody sees it as negative (that she has to go on her bday) except for her!
she needs to live her OWN life. develop her own passions. there's more to life than work.
A longtime goal of mine with friends is to learn from a friend, learn something, there should be a give and take of friendships were one friend gives the other something they maybe don't have solo. even just the friendship itself. but it's got to remain positive. there has to be a forward motion. and it cannot be boring.
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she asks me if she should be looking for another job. NO! she's got guaranteed job security till she retires. she's got the job part of her life down pat. now she can delve into the other aspects: dating, getting a home (she wants one), continuing any studies in effort to get paid more, getting a pet, any hobbies she wants.
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i don't have my career down pat and find it hard to work in this industry because a lot of things with work are not concrete in terms of a job. things are always changing, people losing jobs or getting swapped around a bit. that's my reason for still pursuing a diff career.
but in the midst of doing that, i have other passions. I like to cook and experiment when i can with veggies, keto, and other simillarly inspired dishes. i like to walk and go to different places on weekends. i like to read. i love to exercise. i'm expanding my exercise to reach my goals. i like to see friends that i don't always see. i like to spend some time with R and watch movies and longer tv shows with him. i'm taking another class to help myself as positive education in regards to my industry. i look to further advance myself.
i've taken advantage of travel opportunities and other similar things to expand my mind.
people who don't expand their minds...i really don't understand them at all.
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R has some passions too...not the same as mine, and some are rather exaggerated like his intensity in regards to politics, but, in general, he does have his passions. he also loves to fix broken things (not a bad thing, trust me!) and he likes the arts concerts, being active..
Progress as of today: -2.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
I know you will reach your targets this year because of how determined you are; and also because of how you are able to use the resources and people around you to be, do, and live better as an individual! You've totally GOT THIS!
Agreeing with her justifies her negativity. Disagreeing with her adds fuel to the fire. But silence just leaves her statements having with nowhere to go.
Just food for thought. You focus on YOU and the blessings you are able to see in every day situations!!!!
Seems this weekend was another wakeup call, to stay focused on my goal and not the distractions.
7:30 breakfast oatmeal with almond milk and spices 170, 2% Chobani cherry yogurt 110, iced coffee with almond milk 30
Snack during laundry / weights workout: chocolate protein nut butter 100, coconut water 100. 200, aminos, seltzers, CBD mix (HI DONKEY, yes, i use the oil during my workout in one of my large cups of many that i drink during workouts!), tastes of my cooking 50
600 cal for lunch, balanced, more carbs. (2.5 servings crackers/chips, wrap with mustard and half cured sausage, cooked veggies)
strawberries, apple
caulipower pizza and veggies 500 basically right before ladder workout :)
8pm after workout: tasty protein bar, very fresh and soft 200 with almond milk. 30
2080, good.
2day: 2190, ok
TOMORROW I WORK OT FOR ONE HOUR (extra hour as i have to do 8 hours in order to get July 5th off also along with July 4th...), so, i'm not exercising at all after work and will be probably reading and taking slow train home as well as going to bed shortly after getting home. so, i hope to keep cals decently in check due to not to much stuff going on after work :-)
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Getting a strenght workout in and laundry this AM, i could be free after lunch all day with just my ladder workout to take care ofllater this early evening!
Because i now order some veggies from a service, and i have enough meat and eggs for the week as well as almond milk, iced coffee and kombucha - i don't need to go to the supermarket today for much besides seltzer/fruit .
I am coming to realize it'd be better for me to go only for little things on the way home (fruits / veggies ) or stop at stands to buy these...and do big shoppings for items in bulk every 3-4 weeks at the supermarket. I'm trying to cut down on time spent doing errands.
If i can manage to get everything done before lunch, after lunch R & I are planning to walk a cemetary right near us. Like, a 5min drive away. It's actually where my grandparents and i think also some of their relatives are buried. I shall hopefully pay them a visit, assuming we can find the graves (very big place), but i think i remember from 2 years ago when my grandma was buried. Seems we like to walk cemetaries now....weird....but, thoughtful and serene.
Tonight, i'll be getting ready for the week ;) It's gonna be a good one. And a busy one with Saturday classes starting up. So today is very important to do my workouts and enjoy the day :)
For laundry, i was going to wash my bedding, but may just do the pillows again and wait one more week for the sheets. Yeah - will try to just do everything quickly today and get it all done :)...
....lots of thinking out loud in this post!!!!!!!!!
Progress as of today: -2.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
A few years ago, when my husband was in the hospital with back spasms after he fell in the driveway - that was a HUGE wake-up call for me, making me realize that I need to be very careful with how I allocate my time and resources. You might notice this same aspect this summer.
slept in a little bit, felt great to do so.
Banana around 5:30am 120 and headed back to bed!
9am breakfast oatmeal with almond milk and stevia and a little saffron in one part of it only (because i like to use oatmeal as a way to get saffron in, so i put it in a little bit of the oatmeal so it softens up!) 180, yogurt 120, iced coffee with almond milk and stevia 40. later a tablespoon of nut butter 100. 440.
almost noon nutritious meal: some of the below greens from the photo 150, wrap with mustard 100-150 and half of a cured pork sausage (small amount) 150 tops. 450. peach 100
1100 so tasty...just gotta watch cals because eating takeout later, just prob getting veg/tofu soup with rice.
bar200, fries 150
dinner white rice 350, shrimp battered 250, veggies in sauce 250. 850?
2300, fine ;)
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I will do ladder workout Tomorrow morning not today...just reading and relaxing now, showering & getting ready to leave by 2pm for beach minigolf with friends!
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spent an hour or so in the morning cooking up my greens using a collard greens vegan recipe (didn't want to put any meat in it)
Progress as of today: -2.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
The vegetables look so beautiful - and tasty! How was beach mini-golf?
yeah, i'm glad my agreement with myself was ladder 2x a week now and nothing more :)
I want to start off today just mentioning how thankful i am for my life and the opportunities i have been provided with since birth. I know i am very lucky & blessed. <3
Several people in my office were laid off today. The project will be winding down. I will probably be amongst the last in this case to remain on the project.
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Home: kombucha 50
1st snack: sf chocolate 60, coffee 40.
breakfast: wrap and egg with seasoning and half avo 150. 350 total.
11am snack: chocolate wafers :) 150
late 1:30pm lunch: all my good leftovers from this week. very happy. romaine salad, seaweed salad 150?,tofu 100 and 2x chips 260:) clementine 550 tops, hot tea.
snacks: almonds 100, later granola bar 100
before strength workout: strawberries, iced coffee, couple munchkins 200 here with almond milk, then small banana 100...got home later so snacked on commute followed by a banana back at home so i can start my workout right away now around 7:30pm
during strength workout: coconut water, amino drinks, etc and nut butter
after workout: TBD :) maybe a sausage again! in a wrap! with mustard. stuck with a protein bar. so glad it has been a wonderful calorie day for me. 200
2050 total.
2070 7 day weekly average is much improvement from all the recent weeks before this one!
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I am working out tonight. and i hope to cook up a few of my vegggies tomorrow morning :) planning the time to cook veggies will be something i DO actually need to consider now. :) being that the veggies are ugly, i prefer eating them cooked. but they do taste wonderful :) and are organic!
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There's a picture in my below entry of my order from Misfits Market. I like that a good percentarge of the produce is Greens. That is what i lacked in my diet and only very recently (like last few weeks) have been making sure that greens (not just any veggie, but lettuce/leafs) are part of my weekly diet, almost daily. I will def be cooking them all up soon. I realize if i have a problem, can't eat it all, i can freeze the food after I cook it. :)
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I get a letter in the mail from the union saying there's been a seat held for me for the Intro to Project Managment course held for 5 weeks, only Saturdays, from 9:00am-2:30pm starting June 15. I decided it's valuable enough that i WANT to take it, so i accepted the seat. It's a free course. It's only a ten minute walk from my apt. So, i'm attending as i'm working in the PM field now and the course is totally valuable towards what i'm doing now.
Since the course is 5 weeks, one week is a skipped week, so it ends July 20, i realize i will have less "exciting" weekend plans for half the summer. I"m totally OK with this as training for the court officer exam can still be done easily on days I have this course and i can easily skip other more adventurous things....i'm glad to stay close to home actually.
My friend who loves the beach will DEF be disappointed when i tell her i have a class on Saturdays, but, she'll def understand as she was taking classes all school year on Saturdays lol.
This is one of several classes i have taken, for free, at the union. It's great i can do this continueed education at this point in my life. It's good every now and then to take part in an organized educational opportunity. I don't feel it will create too many planning problems and i'm much better at organizing my time than in the past. Working out at home has been invaluable to me, especially, as you see i do have obligations that come up time to time besides my regular job.
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All in all, things are going well for me at this current time & I do expect that this year will be following that pattern. After that, it will be slightly up in the air again, but for this time now and for this whole year ahead of me, I'm def staying positive and proactive.
Progress as of today: -2.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
kombucha 50
lighter breakfast to start (trying to change up my eating / calories to change things up / break up all the eating i do) coffee 50, chocolate 50.
mid morning; wrap with egg 200, seasoning, avocado 150. 350.
Healthy lunch: tofu approx 150, seaweed salad with lettuce too 150? avocado half 150, chips 150. clementine 50. 500
snacks: almonds 100 (such a better day, eating a late breakfast at 10am is the way to go for me right now!)
Dinner: to be healthy and to be determined! but i think i might eat another cured pork sausage!!!!!!!! or half of one! YUM! Pork sausage smaller piece 250, chips 160, veggies 100. 500
snack:misfits large tasty peach 100
1700....this is more like it! need a few more days here and there like this one.
6day avg: 2083...thanks more like it, getting closer to what i think is best, around 2000 cal-2050 cal per week.
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Instead of working out tonight, i think i'll do it Friday night instead, and get sleep tonight...this would suit me better and also calories should be better if i stick to it and stick to an early bedtime :) That's the plan, a rest night!
Also, my veggies should arrive tonight from Misfits Market! super excited. i'll post a photo here when i get around to it!
Really looking forward to sleeping tonight :) And a lower calorie day would be good, too.
I'm thinking that keeping Thursdays for rest and Workouts Fridays might be better for summer. we'll see. it's a good option bc for me it's difficult to workout tuesdays, wednesdays, thursdays in a row like that! So tonight is def off, Friday i'll do it (which means Sunday night is my next weights routine to follow).
Progress as of today: -2.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
however, of course they don't LOOK as nice as in the supermarket. these are the products that don't make it to the supermarkets bc they are misfits.
if i can make sure to eat most of what i order and not waste it within these two weeks, i'll be trying to keep ordering from misfits.
sticking to a schedule is very important indeed, and it's a mental victory. i like your idea of getting the thing done at the time it's scheduled. this has been my typical approach too!
Great Articles about the Misfits company. Seems it's a pretty honest, human approach!
i think this company services areas of NYC, NY, Pennsylvania and NJ.
kombucha 50
8:45am Breakfast wrap and egg 200, avo 150, spices, coffee 50. sf chocolate 60
10am snack Dang bar chocolate sea salt 210, almonds 30
12:45pm lunch: sauteed veggies 200?, tofu 100, chips 200, seaweed salad 50?, clementine 550-600
3pm snack: will be fruit 50 and almonds, so snacky, just going with it. 100
6:30pm strawberries100, whipped cream 120, iced coffee 30. 250 before exercise ladder
Heavy duty cured pork sausage - very fatty, VERY TASTY (SO GOOD!) 350? and popcorn 100. 450?
2200
2150 5day which is good :)
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my coworker / supervisor is at a class today...i will leave as soon as possible as well as take a nice, long lunch today! as long as it doesn't rain!
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I have a ladder workout planned for tonight. Weather looks similar to last week, wth rain forcasted. this time, instead of working out in the lobby, i'm going to workout in the front of the elevator, unfortunately, in the space between the four apts on my floor. i'd rather have worked out in the lobby...but, i'll see only my immediate neighbors if i work out only on the 9th floor (4 apts total on each floor). i have decent neighbors who i think will be agreeable and not be frustrated with my doing this workout at the hallway between apts. YES, its tighter area. Yes, the lobby is a better place to do it.
YES, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SET UP A LADDER WORKOUT IN MY OWN APT where i have things all over and the potential of tripping is there. i just cannot deal with complaining neighbors :( like last time the one woman who was sooo annoying in the lobby when she saw me working out last week.
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I'm trying a new VEGETABLE (i think fruit too but mostly veggies) delivery service! Every 2 weeks, MisFit market sends me "misfit" and regular looking 10lbs of food. :) Similar price to shopping in supermarket and savings bc some food will "look funny." I like the idea of mixing up my veggie consumption since i tend to buy always the same stuff.
Plus, i like that it's delivered to my door (less supermarket shopping on weekends, especially in the summer). Since it's only every 2 weeks and i chose not to do it every week, i'll supplement by still going to supermarket but i'm trying to change over some of my shoppinng needs ;) I think the package comes today. sould be interesting to see what arrives as it's different every week and up to Misfits Market.
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
I completely support you on your home workouts. The time spent on commuting (for anyone) doesn't make a gym membership effective at this time. That was a really good idea to exercise on your floor rather than in the lobby. I agree that your immediate neighbors might be more understanding that offer busybodies that live in your building. GOOD!
Kombucha 60
Breakfast: wrap 130, avo 170, little bit not that great texture pork roast yucko last bit 100? , seasoning, coffee 50. bit of chocolate sf lilys 60.
keto bar 210
LUNCH 550 in fried cauliflower rice, sauteed sausage and peppers, sausage, chips.
snack: apple very crisp! 100
snack before exercise & during :iced coffee, bar 150; fruit 50, whipped cream 120, pb on rice cake100. 300. chocolate protein nut butter 100.
After exercise: will be a protein bar :) 200
around 2250 total.
4day: 2140/day - good!
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
kombucha 60
8:45am breakfast (glad to get some healthy avocado in me!) 150, wrap and egg 200, leftover small amount of pork 100 (lower fat part) , coffee
10am already snacky!? some of Lily's dark chocolate bar 120. glad i ordered them, they are great.
11am dark choc dusted almonds :) 100
1pm LUNCH: small portion of my homecooked corned beef 250, lettuce, greens, veggies sauteed 150-200. 450. low carbed it as i got full and decided to try without grains. little tired by 3pm though. and craving carbs at 3pm, but trying to just work and forget about it. would be good to have more low cal days during the week to moderate my weight a little better. shoud actually be easier this month. tea and stevia
3pm blackberries 50 tea and stevia
4:30 more dark choc dusted almonds 100...very healthy day at office. feeling the need to keep it like this, more often! lots of health here!
1450
dinner plan: enjoy some of my cauliflower fried rice 50 maybe mixed with indian okra (craving veggies even though i did already have some for lunch!) half avo 150, egg and egg white 100, chips 3 servings 400. 650.
2100, good
3day 2100, good.hands got caught in the chips bag!
.not exactly sure on dinner, but the options in my fridge are VERY good! i actually would love another 1950 or so calorie day for today, totally possible :)
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i wore fashionable slides / comfortable shoes to work, not sneakers, so my goal is to leave work 10 min late because i arrived late this AM & then go directly home. maybe take the slow train to read. i can walk a little but nothing major of course. yeah. i should try to walk a little as i don't feel sore in my legs today,maybe they are tired, but not sore. and, i did the ladder workout yesterday quite well. i noticed i can go a little faster, toO!
i want to go to bed early tonight, around 8pm, as i could use some more rest to continue to feel ok throughout this week! :) Last night i was working out with breaks until 9pm so i could use an early night again tonight. i love early nights!
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
The reason i decided on after summer is that summer is a time of year to go out, enjoy the weather, take walks, go to beach. and i figure the ladder workouts are an appropriate amount of training but not overboard in the summer.
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Yes, definitely the more you add to your life, the less balance and engagement you'll get. It's important to be able to focus on priorities, but I totally understand your desire to also be true to your other goals - such as the project management classes. It's hard sometimes!
I am in the same boat. I have taken on 2-3 days coaching as well as my full time job; I try my best to get in 6-7 workouts each week; I have also been taking training through work to progress towards leadership, even though right now I have no desire to be in a leadership role there! I'll graduate June 20th (I started in September last year). After that, i'm taking a break for the summer and then i'm sure someone will find something else for me to do LOL.
Some months or weeks are always going to feel a lot harder than others, but you know we still get through them. Try to keep the stress low and the happy high!!
wow, i didn't know you were involved with a year long class! yes, i see how your situation is similar to mine.
my situation went from NO PLANS for summer to lots of extra stuff thrown in for the next 6 weeks. funny how that happens?!
I'll make the most of it! :) you gave good advice.
Maria7 on 06/12/2019:
Glad you took some time for yourself and got some shopping in today.
thank you, it helped me get thru the day better indeed!
Donkey on 06/13/2019:
The way I see it is that you are approaching choppy waters. Will you feel like you're overwhelmed by the waves of change? Or will you enjoy the ride on your inflatable raft?
While some days may seem long and tiresome, overall, at the end of summer, I think you'll look back and be quite pleased with your efforts.
I really love how your comparison and you are so totally right! Yes, i'll get on my raft and plow thru this!
also, i will just make sure my priorities are always in check...and to really not give up the bigger focus which is primarily to keep on with the workouts, all workouts, and not get behind.
i'll take days as necessary.
and i've decided that in September i usually take 3 days or whatever week days we have off for Jewish Holidays but this year i'll probably work them as I will not have enough days left for Winter...prioritizing.
first time ever in 8 years i'll work on a Jewish Major Holiday. but, gotta do what works for me - my dad will be angry - it's totally not up to him though.