3rd Body Pump class of the week! Feels good to getting back into a routine as my peak work season begins to calm down ?
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I had a breakthrough this week that took me by surprise.
For context my mother is a mentally unstable alcoholic and has been especially difficult for the last 21 years after my parents split. My Dad died unexpectedly in November 2007, which was 5 months into my professional career.
#selfcare #recovery #workaholic #deaddadsclub #alignment
Weigh in Wednesday: still bouncing up and down between 179s and 176s, today I’m 179.8 lbs (also aunt flow is in town).
The great news is that I went to Body Pump last night and this morning and knocked out 2 miles each day too on the treadmill. 174s I’m coming back for you to pick up where I left off pre-work season madness.
Juuuuust booked myself a massage for this afternoon. I was going to book one for next week, but this has BEEN A WEEK (and it’s only Tuesday) so when I saw the open appointment I just couldn’t put it off!
This was my day yesterday:
13.5K steps from one helluva 16 hour work day aka running the first day of a massive 2-day, 450 person paid event in the scorching heat and while managing a crisis. We had to readjust schedules and communicate with colleagues (you should see the amount of calls and texts) due to a mid-day GAS LEAK from construction at my event site. It shut down some main buildings for a few hours as well as all dining/catering services. Have you ever ordered $1400 of pizza because we had to last night! Thank goodness this was my 5th of 6 back to back events and we were able to adjust as smoothly as possible!
My sleep (which is something I’m working to make sure I can get enough off). 5.5 hours of of 6 possible hours of sleep is pretty decent I’d say! I was OUT that block of time from 1:15AM until my alarm went off. There was a whole 2.5 hour chunk where I didn’t even flutter awake.
As stressful as yesterday was it’s also a scenario I’ve trained for, crisis management is no joke, but I also really love it!
Flights for Maine are finally booked. T & I can’t wait to enjoy this view with fabulous friends while at the #squeezeinn 7/28-8/1!!
A recent goal I set was to start using a paper planner to better organize my personal time. It was just my luck that “academic year” planners starting July 1 were available, I was totally prepared to buy one for just half the year! I literally spent 30+ min in Target looking at EVERY planner until I decided on one that would best suit my needs. I also bought erasable gel pens to color code my time blocks. My aunt introduced me to these pens a few months ago and I’m obsessed with them. Since calendars are every changing and pencils can be messy I thought these would be my best bet!
Took some steps to set up a home office today. Purchased a personal computer, notebooks, planner, and erasable gel pens. Still need to order a cute bulletin board, any suggestions?
June was a rollercoaster. I had a really solid first half of the month, then my peak month of work started and I’ve had zero time to cook, sleep, or exercise. Pushing through these last 2 weeks and then will get back on track.
Had a walking date with my friend M this morning around a beautiful nearby lake. I NEEDED this walk. My physical activity has been demolished due to my work schedule. I love finding opportunities to mix being social with working out. Love catch up time with M for 1.5 hours and we also hit our step goal in the process!