I can’t believe Summer is over! Tomorrow, I go back to work. While my classroom is 99% ready, I’ll be working hard these next couple of weeks to ensure my lesson plans and activities are ready to go for the first day of school. I will also be adjusting my lifestyle back to the routine I’m used to, only this time, I will be mindful about food and exercise.
While I’m creating the habit of eating better, exercise comes and goes. I do try to stretch or do a quick core workout in the morings. However, accomplishing that requires getting up with a determination to do it. Honestly speaking, I was sluggish this week. Even though I tried to get back into waking up at the time I get up during the school year, my body rebelled. I. Slept. In. I had two successful days, but after a night of barely sleeping, that all went down hill. I spent the rest of the week feeling too exhausted get back into the routine I will now be shocking my body into come Monday morning.
I did something this week I’m super proud of. I downloaded a calorie counting app. Listen, I am not a numbers person! I can’t stand doing anything that has to do with numbers outside of keeping up with my budget. Counting calories also sounded like a lot of work to me and I need my journey to be as easy as possible with as few chances of frustration possible. However, after three different people were like “download a calorie counting app…it’ll really help you…” I finally did it and….it definitely has put this journey of weight loss and better health on a whole new level. I’m still figuring it out, but I find myself paying more attention to what I eat and how much I eat now.
I am irritated that I didn’t get on the treadmill as much as I should have, but I’m trying hard not to fall too far into anger and disappointment when things don’t go quite right. Something that has been helping me a lot with the emotional rollercoster I could be on is I have an accoutability partner. I have a wonderful friend that shared her current journey with me. When I discovered we had similar paths we were traveling, I suggested we become accountability partners. Unfortunately, she doesn’t live in my town now, but we have worked out a system of texting each other multiple times a day. These check ins really help me stay on track. They also help when I’m hitting an emotional low becuase she will boost me up and remind me this journey is long, a lot of things will happen as I go. Even though I know this, I need that reminder because it helps me pick myself up and keep going.
I hope the blogs for this month have encouraged you through whatever journey you are currently on. Whether it’s weight loss, being mentally happy, or what have you, please remember there will always be bumps in the road and things tempting you to turn the wrong direction. You are worth the journey you are taking! Pray through it. Get an accountability partner. Don’t give up when it gets ugly. Don’t succumb to the depression waiting for you on the shoulder. Continue forward. Continue making you better. If we’re not growing, we’re dying. Grow, my friend, make the journey. It will be worth it!
