Work
Like normal, my work week was exhausting! The days are just long...and I’m using my brain pretty much every second of the day. This week was maybe even a bit more tiring than normal as I continued training the reps from a different site AND because the discontinuation calls have started to hit us. Discontinuation calls? I work for a medication assistance program. We run various programs to offer assistance for people that can’t afford their medication to gain access. One of the medications (two actually....very similar uses) are still available on the market but the decision was made to end the assistance program for these medications at the end of the year. This is a life sustaining medication...so to say that people (patients, doctors, nurses, social workers, anyone really) are upset is an understatement. So that makes work.....interesting. It’s also heartbreaking for those of us on the front line as we have to confirm and talk to these people.
Exercise
A while back I made the vow that I would have to sacrifice something to make time to exercise. I knew I wasn’t sacrificing my time with Jason on any consistent basis...which meant my sleep...I would just have to wake up early and exercise before my shower. Shame on me, I never did it! And then last weekend I got a friendly nudge to do it. I decided to do it! Nothing was going to stop me! Every workday morning I was getting up early to get in a workout! So I am proud to say that on Monday morning I woke up early and hopped on the bike trainer! On Tuesday morning I woke up early and split my time on the bike trainer and the stair stepper. I realized that the stair stepper gave me a better workout (the bike trainer is a bit louder and I didn’t want to mess up Jason’s sleep OR the people downstairs so I kept it on an easy and more quiet resistance). Sooo on Wednesday I did most of my time on the stair stepper and then finished up with a few minutes of sit ups on the exercise ball (Amazon Affiliate link) ..a good cool down before my shower! Thursday was a repeat of the previous day’s workout! But I was really dragging on Thursday morning. Honestly I was dragging by Wednesday night...bad! I am always really dragging by the end of the week. Sooo...I am altering my plan. 4 days a week...allowing me a Friday off! (Or Friday is a make up day if I miss a day earlier in the week). My altered plan really does make sense, to me at least!! It allows my body/muscles a bit of a rest before we break into our weekend plans of hiking or biking.
You can see my stair stepper thingy on the far left at the bottom and my old Trek bike on the trainer in the middle top of the picture ...and of course the exercise ball!
So this week I’ve learned a few things....wear shoes on the stair stepper....remember to put my hair in a pony tail....it is possible to do it blind in my little ‘exercise room/area, without glasses....lots of fun lessons. But I have also come up with a few ideas to pump it up. I will be going into the storage closet this weekend to grab my weights to add upper body to my stair stepper machine. I will also be perusing my dvd collection to add in a dvd workout. So I am full of plans as I alter and adjust this new lifestyle behavior to fit my needs.
Walking on my lunch break??? Well...hey I’ve been waking up early to workout...that’s something...right? Ok, so walking on my breaks hasn’t gone ‘well’. In fairness Monday and Tuesday were rainy. Wednesday was just sheer laziness on my part!!! On Thursday We had a fire drill at work so I walked down the steps...then walked the steps back to my floor...but otherwise..I’ve been a slug!
Eating
The crazy fact of the week? While we were on vacation I tracked every bite of food! There were some high days but I tracked them. I went back to work and the tracking went away...and I barely tracked anything! Crazy isn’t it??? This week I picked it back up! My calories were kept in line...betweeen 1200 and 1400 calories a day!
I did indulge in a small piece of my homemade fudge here and there...but it was totally accounted for!!!
The hardest part? I had been doing intermittent fasting ..not eating until 1pm...my lunch break. It has worked well for me. Until this week! About an hour or so after my work out I’ve found myself hungry...and then I think about food all morning long! I caved one morning and ate breakfast! (I’m not a sadist...if it isn’t working I’m not doing it!). So I’ve been doing a bit of research...and I’m up in the air about continuing that morning fast.
Weight
Typical week...my weight popped up on Monday....frustratingly so. It dropped again, a little....and today my weight is a pound up from where I was last Friday! Grrrrr
So that’s my week. Some plans for a healthier lifestyle were made. Some were altered. Some were deleted....life is going on and I’m slowly going to figure this out!!!! And it’s going to be something that I can do forever!!! Sustainable!!!
