Falling Into Place

(The next munchkin update will cover our trip to Kansas for my family reunion, but for now I'll just talk about day to day stuff)

Oh my goodness it's finally clicked! I'm back on track with diet and exercise. Not necessarily running... that's not been as easy to fully embrace again. I'm trying. But, I'll take what I can get and apparently that's finally re-motivating myself. I've been saying the same things in my head over and over, but for whatever reason, this week, it finally feels like it did last spring and I can actually talk myself out of eating the Halloween candy that I bought early. Or talk myself into doing a round of bodyweight exercises while munchkin naps. Oh, it feels so good. And after having done this once before, I feel like I've really conquered the hardest part - just the starting of it all. It's not going to happen as quickly as before, or in the same way... but I'm proud to have finally pulled myself together and recommitted.

I'd like to say that I could have done this sooner... but I don't think that's true. I think I just had to wait this all out until everything resolved itself. That whole, just keep trying until it works thing. It helps that our schedule is falling into place and I'm making time for cooking and exercise. Being able to prep lunches and dinners makes a world of difference for managing calories in and out.

I'm focusing more on weight training this time around because let's face it, I'll never be a fast runner. I don't have the drive to be, it doesn't feel good, and frankly, I just don't have that kind of time anymore. Man, remember days when I would go run for an hour. An hour. Or multiple hours! And then have time to shower and stretch and have a snack. Wow.  I think I could pull that off if I woke up at 330am. As long as munchkin didn't beat me to getting up at that time first. I'm using MyFitnessPal again to track my caloric intake, Fitocracy to track my strength training, my heart rate monitor when I go to the gym, and I've added in using my Fitbit more rigorously. I'm not using nike run as much, but I try to turn it on when I'm out. If you're using any of those, definitely friend me on the apps so we can motivate one another. :)

I keep reminding myself, that this year is rushing by and I need to suck it up and take care of myself if we're going expand our family at any point in the near future and so I can keep up with the munchkin and her endless supply of energy.

In other (awesome) news, we've scheduled our time home. I'm jumping out of my skin with excitement to see friends. The small taste of being with family that we got at the reunion this past weekend was a huge breath of fresh air. I've forgotten how nice it is to be around people. Lovely, wonderful people.

I'm just feeling really good lately. Health stuff is back on my radar in a great way, the seasons are changing and the holidays are coming up, always my favorite time of year. I have other things I want to get on track with, but I'm happy just to have one big thing going well.