Making it Work

This has been such a crazy week, and I have been very worried about keeping up with my workouts. I know that if I took 3 days off, I would lose motivation and be stressed about losing my gains so far. So I had one choice: Make It Work! I am really happy with myself for working so hard so that I could get in my workouts and keep up with my eating plans.

Monday was a crazy day because I had a doctors appointment in the morning and I had to leave early for Taekwondo in the evening. My appointment was mid morning, and I was really tempted to just forget working out because I also had to pick up and drop off the pre-schooler in the morning. Instead, I stopped by my old gym on the way to appointment and got in my weightlifting workout. After my appointment I knew that I did not have enough time to swim even though I usually swim on Mondays. Instead, I parked my car at my son's preschool and ran in the preschool area. I got done with my cardio just in-time to pick up the preschooler. In the evening I arrived a little early to Taekwondo so that I could practice my form before I needed to get ready for demo team.

Tuesday was a scary day. My daughter fainted at school and I had to pick her up, take her to doctor's and keep and eye on her all day. There was no way I could workout in the morning. I was really bummed about this until I learned that the YMCA childcare opens at 3:30 in the evening. Once my daughter rested, and my son finished his homework I rushed them out the door. I got there with 1 hour before my youngest needed to go to swim lessons. So, I lifted weights and then swam laps. I cut my lap time down so that I could get the kids ready for swimming. Once swim lessons started I walked around and swam around in the pool for a bit. Not much cardio, but still something. When I got home after dinner I practice my Taekwondo while my boys took showers.

This morning I felt so exhausted after the past two days that I have had. I just wanted to crawl back in bed and sleep while the kids were at school. Instead, I forced myself to get my big breakfast and then went for a bike ride. The ride felt good. I came home and started to do abs. My body won...I fell asleep on the floor once I finished abs. I guess my body needs time to repair.