Best Self Journey

I was doing so well...my last post was pre-Covid-19. I was going to the gym every day, doing yoga, jogging on the treadmill to increase my endurance, eating healthy.... And then Covid hit. Now by all accounts I am one of the luckiest people out there. I am healthy and my job allows me to work from home. I have no complaints on that front, I am deeply blessed! But we all know new routines are hard to keep up and when turbulence like that hits we often fall....well I fell hard. My dance studio closed, my gym closed, and where I was going to the grocery store a few times a week to pick up small batches of healthy veggies, we were being told to go once every 2 weeks and frozen veggies were hard to come by. Due to the nature of my work we were extremely busy, I stopped taking lunch breaks so I did not go outside at all. In the end, I gained a lot of weight. Last week I clocked in at 205lbs. I promised myself I would never go over 200 again. I did it once about 3 years ago and that was more then enough. Yet here I am. All of the above was tough, but what really happened was I gave up. I gave in to the pressure of the times and let my progress suffer. It's always hard for me in the moment to realize I am only hurting myself. Today I am committing to trying again. The last week I have been going outside to walk, started using myfitnesspal again to track my food, and even started week 1 of zen's 10k trainer app. I just need to keep moving forward. I am lucky to be healthy and I need to treat my body right and not take it for granted. This is me starting over.

Ok, for real this time. I am tired of being tired. Tired of not feeling well, and I know I just need to take charge of my life and make steps to make myself into my best self. Today I didn't make lunch so I'll be eating in the cafe, but I did bring my workout clothes so straight to the gym after I get out of work at 5:30pm. Wish me luck.

I've been using tumblr for fitness inspiration and I finally decided I need to publically be accountable for my progress. In 2017 I weighed 212lbs at my highest. At one point I got down to 160lbs. Unfortunately with the cold I've been sliding backwards. Today I weighed in at a disappointing 176lbs.