So here's the down and dirty truth - I've been a slacker. Life has gotten in the way these past few weeks and I need to get myself back on track. I can't say it's been a bad few weeks - it's actually been really exciting around our house! Both of my boys celebrated birthdays the first week of February which meant birthday fun and a big birthday party. February is also the busiest month of our friends and family birthday parties too so we've been running each weekend to parties. We've also been doing lots of fun things like visiting the Baltimore Auto Show and renewing our membership with our first visit of 2019 to the Maryland Science Center.
The weather has been dampening my training plans - literally. Between the polar vortex, snow, ice, and rain, I am once again renewed with my feelings of bitterness for training in Maryland winters. Bring on the sunshine and warmer temperatures! My treadmill has been getting me some miles, but it's admittedly not the same. And with my hubby traveling a lot for work lately, getting to my elliptical at the Y has become more difficult.
And diet - don't even go there. Training diet went out the window with the birthday cakes, pizza, and Super Bowl food about a week and a half ago and I haven't gotten that ship righted either. In January, I lost 9 lbs and in February I've found 2 of them again! I've been a yo-yo dieter most of my adult life so I'm used to this ride, but I'm hoping to end that cycle. This time around I'm not doing a "diet" - I'm working to balance healthier eating choices with exercise to take weight off once and for all.
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So now it's time to refocus and get back on track. But how? Getting back into a routine is HARD - like seriously hard people. How do you do it? I need to hit back with consistency. Whether it's what's on the training plan or not, I simply need to do something every day. Training for a marathon is, well, a marathon not a sprint. I know ups and downs will happen over the next 11 months and my success next January won't be determined by one or two weeks where I fell down on my plan, but by the weeks where I pulled myself back and kept pushing forward. That's a good metaphor for life too. We're all bound to fall down from time to time, but it's not how far or how hard you fall. Instead, it's about how you pull yourself back up. And remember you are not alone - in life or training. Admitting our failures and our struggles as well as celebrating our successes with family, friends, or total strangers on the Internet means we find support and encouragement. So today, let's lift each other up and make each other stronger!
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