Tonight, I ate frozen yogurt with mini-chocolate chips. I cannot remember the last time I craved this sugar-laden treat. It was delicious.
Lost my rhythm. My weekends have now shifted to Tuesdays-Thursdays. On these days, I have massive readings and homework assignments that need to be done, blog posts to write, children to care for, dinner to cook, laundry to do, do my regular job, and find time for working out?!
I love to race my bike, seriously. Before this training, I would happily kill myself on my bike in “almost pukeville” {interval training} 2-3 times a week. I had motivations to do that kind of training so that I could attempt to be competitive on the weekends. My bike workouts have dwindled down to maybe 2 and I can’t bring my intensity up to that level. There is something in me that is saying “no” not today. Conserve energy. This morning, I had little arguments with myself. Ok, just do 30 minutes. No intervals. Just keep going. By 30 minutes, I was sufficiently warmed up and managed a few measly intervals of 3 minutes (heart rate at 160 max) and that was it. Yesterday, same thing. Did the Surf Yoga DVD in the AM and then in the PM grabbed the Kettlebells for swings, squats and lunges in the backyard with the kiddos. Again, energy not there.
Not sure where I am going at the moment…the yoga training is allowing me (hopefully) to get at least 3 and possibly 4 intense yoga sessions in per week. They are always amazing. My body feels energized when I’m done. The more yoga I can do now under a trained teacher will be better for me in the long run- for the teaching and for my own practice.
But, what do I do about the other things in my life that I love? How do I squeeze it all in or should something be dropped for now?
In closing, a quote from Desikachar.
“The way that we see things today does not have to be the way we saw them yesterday. That is because the situations, our relationships to them, and we ourselves have changed in the interim. This notion of constant change suggests that we do not have to be discouraged.” T.K.V. Desikachar
3 responses so far ↓
1 Fitarella // May 1, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Oh Rach, I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about! I am just now coming out of my 5 month no workout slump because I could not find the energy with working full time, going to school, family, volunteering, etc…I know we all talk about finding a “balance”, but sometimes its just not that easy to do. The fact that you got on the bike for 30 minutes is awesome!!! Keep forging ahead and just take it day by day
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2 Toni // May 1, 2009 at 8:13 pm
That is a crazy schedule, maybe you just need a rest day. You are working hard with the yoga and biking for 30 minutes is great even if you aren’t at the same intensity.
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3 Stephanie // May 5, 2009 at 9:07 pm
That’s a great quote…and a very hope-inspiring one too.
Best wishes with finding your rhythm…I’m still trying to do that too.
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