“What may be done at any time, will be done at no time” -Scottish Proverb
Aaaaand, I’m back. The theme of my vacation was…
Procrastination.
Yep. I did nothing. Well, I didn’t do anything I planned, anyway. I brought a “gym” with me and my cookbooks. I didn’t have the access to a DVD player that I was counting on though, and didn’t have the desire to sit in the house planning menu’s. I did, however, find plenty of time to eat junk. Lots and lots of junk.
I kept telling myself “I’ll go for a run later” And later just never magically appeared on the bedside clock. I made time for one three mile run the entire two weeks. To be fair, though- I did a LOT of walking each day. I never did get around the opening the pedometer, but with the beach, and the boardwalk, and the playground, etc… I think the kids and I averaged at least 5 miles most days.
As a result, the scale is showing me back where I started. However, I am pretty confident that some (probably not all) of that weight will be off by Friday, since I know I didn’t drink nearly enough water the last couple of days, and some of it is going to be due to increased sodium with fast food stops on the two day drive home. But, realistically, I am expecting a gain on Friday. It’s disappointing, but I know I “deserve” it.
Today I have been just trying to get back into the swing of things. Restocking the kitchen, buying school supplies for the kids, easing my way back into work, etc… I’ve been looking over our “to do” list for the next week and a half (the kids start school a week from Thursday) and trying to figure out what our routine is going to be after they go back.
I’m definitely going to have to figure out a way to carve out more time for cooking and working out this school year. It should be a little easier, since they are in the same school now (last year my daughter’s daycare was on the other side of town from my son’s school.) That’s going to cut at good 30 minutes out of my morning commuting. The plan right now is that I will drop the kids off at 7:15, be at work by 7:45, and have an hour to workout before I need to grab a quick shower and be in the office. (Lucky I work in the gym!)
The cooking thing is going to be a bit harder to fit into the schedule. I really need to find some quick, easy clean eating recipes, or at least meals that I can cook over the weekends and then freeze for when I need them during the week. I don’t know if anyone reads this but, if you do…
What are your favorite “clean” recipes? What are your go to healthy meals on busy days?
I’m putting myself on a deadline here! Because I know that, if I don’t get a plan in place before school starts, it will never get done. If I keep saying “I can figure it all out later” then later is never going to appear.
