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Holiday mayhem
JAQUINA
Monday, Nov. 24th
Today is Monday and I am feeling pretty good. I went to the gym yesterday and feel pretty good this morning. Today I have a lot planned and it is hard trying to do everything after work, especially if I have to take the girls with me. I am thinking since I went to the gym on Sunday, I am skipping the gym today… first time since the day I forgot my clothes that I have skipped the gym on lunch! Well I run here and I run there and I get most of everything done, I am feeling a bit guilty about missing the gym, but that’s ok, I will walk when I get home!
Guess what time I get home and put on my sweats and walk outside, the rain hits my head, oh no..can’t mess up the braids! LOL..Back in the house I go.
Tuesday, Nov. 25th Angela is gone! She is out of town and I promised her that I would work hard and make her proud of me. But in the back of my head it’s a little person talking to me, telling me “Angela’s not here, she won’t know if you missed the gym, go ahead, go to TJ Maxx.” Well against the suggestions of my inner thoughts, I head to the gym and I am glad I did, because I haven’t been feeling that good the last couple of weeks. I don’t know if it’s what I am eating or lack of eating, so I am making sure that I am consuming every bit of the calories that Angela said for us to eat.
I head to the gym and my weekday work out partner is already there, so I have to catch up. I spend about 45 minutes doing cardio and then head to the weights for 15. Since my girls don’t have to go to school tomorrow and they have gone skating with friends, I take advantage of the opportunity and head back to the gym after work, because I know that with the holiday approaching my time is going to be limited.
When I get to the gym at 6, it’s not as crowded and my friend and I begin to workout, we stayed at the gym for about an hour.
Not so bad, I think Angela would be proud of me!
Wednesday, Nov. 26th Today is supposed to be a short day at work, I have everything planned out. Leaving work early, going straight to the gym, then heading to the beauty salon, then a quick stop to the grocery store and home to prepare for tomorrow. So, I have my breakfast whole wheat toast and natural peanut butter and a fruit, and my day is started, I have so much energy because I have everything planned, and organization is the key right?
Wrong! My day was all off track, we didn’t get to leave work at the time I thought, I missed my hair appointment and by the time I left work, it was only time to head home to get the girls! So I decide that I am going to come back to the gym once I went home and picked up the kids!
Wrong again! I get home and there are tons of things that need to be done to make sure I have enough room for my nephew to stay with me for the next 3 days. I end up at home cleaning and doing laundry that I hadn’t found time to do during the week because of homework and preparing for final exams. So no gym today!
Thursday, Nov. 27th Thanksgiving Day is here. I get an early start this morning, I feel bad I did not get to the gym yesterday, but I have to find time today to walk or do something.
So I start to get everything together for dinner at my mother’s house. I have to get their early because I still have to help prepare. So once I finish all my last minute stops I head to her house. We get most of the food together and I have about an hour or so before more people start to arrive, so I head out to the back yard and start to walk/jog her huge back yard. I do this for about 35 minutes and then I head back in to shower and change. It’s not Angela’s boot camp workout, but its something I hope it helps a little! So for dinner I don’t do too bad, I didn’t have any deserts! I intentionally made sure that no one fixed any kind of cakes that I really like, so it was easy to stay away…I am praying that I haven’t set my weight loss journey too far back!
Friday, Nov. 28th I get an extra early start this morning! My mom is at my house by 4:30 am ready to hit the sales! We walk and search and stand in lines for about 6 hours! I am totally exhausted when I return home. I skipped breakfast and my mom and I got brunch instead around 11 am. I haven’t had a chance to get my water, this is not going well for sticking to my guidelines.
The rest of the day I decide to go to my mother’s house because I have 3 kids with me now my girls and my 6 year old nephew, there is no way I can get any sleep with them alone! So the rest of my day is spent with naps and me waking to the kids and my mother bringing in Christmas decoration! Once I refreshed a little we head back out for round 2 of the shopping! Not a day that Angela would like, but I totally enjoyed myself!
Saturday, Nov. 29th Today is my BFF’s birthday! So on my plate for today, I am driving 2 hours to visit a relative, celebrating her birthday and somewhere in here, I am suppose to find time for the gym! Well I had to eat on the road, so I tried to make the best decisions for the resturants we stopped at. My entire Saturday was in a rush to do this and a rush to do that! Day 4 no exercise, I am really ashamed, I am not planning my time well at all. I am really scared to face Angela on Monday!
Sunday, Nov. 30th Well I am glad Sunday is here, my nephews are leaving everyone is not going to be visiting as much, cooking when be back to normal, my schedule will return to my lunch hours at the gym and I really have to keep on track because I have really been slack and I could use the holidays as an excuse but truly its not, it’s a lack of me planning and just taking the time for me, regardless if it was there are not! I have to remember to be able to be the best of me for others, I have to be selfish sometimes and make time for myself. Although I am looking forward to getting back on track on Monday, I am not looking forward to looking Angela in the face and tell her about my rollercoaster and gymless (is that a word -LOL) weekend, I am scared to imagine, what she has in store for us, I hoped the other girls did better than I with my holiday weekend!
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