It’s all up to me

The sun actually exists!  I thought it had disappeared forever behind a ginormous rain cloud.  What an absolutely gorgeous day.  After a good workout (Turbo Jam, 30 minutes of Pilates and day 2 of my walking program) and a trip to the dentist (no cavities, yippee!!) my hubby and I worked on getting our soggy mulch to the dump.  We got about half of it loaded but apparently half of our town was also taking things to the landfill b/c the line was horribly long.  We decided to wait until tomorrow morning to take the rest, hopefully others won’t be ready to go at 7:30 am.

Things are still going well and the checklist yesterday worked, but it’s day 2 and I already didn’t take the time to make one for today.  Our printer is hooked up to our computer downstairs and I wasn’t able to get down there last night.  It hasn’t thrown me off track, though, b/c what’s important for me is that I plan for the day and I did all of that in my head.  I’m still hoping to get into a better routine so that I can write it out in advance but until then I’ll just make sure I specifically determine in advance what my workouts and meals are going to be.

For those of you who workout right away in the morning, what do you eat?  Now that it’s summer I’m working out between 1 1/2 and 2 hours so I know I need to eat something or I’ll pass out.  Plus, it gets your metabolism going and who doesn’t want that?  This morning I was up so early that I should have eaten breakfast (up at 4:45, didn’t get to workout until 7:00) but I settled for a low-fat cheese stick.  This is the part I’m struggling with most.  I had hoped that when summer hit that it would be much easier to eat every three hours to keep the fuel burning but it’s actually way harder.  Maybe it’s just b/c we’ve had this yard work that HAD to get done so I wasn’t completely in control of my day.  I don’t think my hubby would have been too amused yesterday when he was covered in mud and dripping in sweat if I checked my watch and announced that it was time to eat.  The thought of what he would say actually makes me laugh

Tomorrow we’re leaving for a conference but it’s really like a mini-vacation.  My parents are taking the boys Weds-Fri eve and we’ll spend the night there Friday night and do Father’s Day stuff on Saturday.  I’m excited (especially to know that I’ll be able to sleep through the night for 2 nights in a row) but I’m kind of scared b/c I have no clue what I’m going to eat.  I have decided not to stress about it, I’ll just make the healthiest choices that are available.  It’s just that this week I re-started AGAIN and I don’t feel strong enough to resist the donuts, sandwiches, chips and other treats that always seem to be offered at trainings.  But I’m packing some fitness DVD’s and I already checked that the hotel has a gym so even though I’m not 100% in control of my food I can be in control of my activity.  OK, I should start packing now.