A little over a week till my 6 week recovery! Training here we come : )
Ahhhh the wait has been VERY, VERY long… I have wanted to train and get back to my lifestyle for weeks now. 5 weeks ago this Saturday I had my appendix removed during "exploratory surgery" (yes it actually was exploratory…have to love military hospitals…). Although I am very grateful that I have healed well, learned how to slow down, learned to appriciate my health a little more - I am still going stir crazy. I have realized I am a doer… lol a busy person who loves to keep moving… I now know that I am not the type to be happy spending a sunny day indoors watching movies…let me outside! With all of these realizations I have been counting down weeks to my 6 week mark- I have almost made it! Before I was counting down to my 4 week mark to return to at least cardio…now I am here with cardio and I want weights back..but I am being good and following orders..believe you me…on Sat (my 6th week) I will be waiting for the gym to open and go in and train and train and train… I can’t wait!
Which brings me back to previous goals or as I call it "life before the surgery"… my primary goal is to be in the best shape of my life by age 25…essentially by September 5th.. it didnt seem like that much of a challenge giving all the time I had before but now…well it will deff be a challenge, I have lost 6 weeks of great training and in reality probably more like 8 because getting back in the gym will be slow. Here I sit at my desk (I know I should be doing something real estate related but I am distracted by this)… and I am looking over my calendar… I have a little over 11 weeks until Sept 5.. they say in 12 weeks you can completly transform your body- which in my case isnt really my goal.. I am more less seeking to firm up, slim down certain areas.. and increase lean muscle… increase endurance with my running and training.. and feel fantastic. I believe it is do-able… Here is my game plan…
*** Create weekly goals for the following week at the end of each week- EX: this week I will run 3 miles 4 days a week and complete 5 days of weight training
*** Start planning my meals the night before again (I use to do this before my surgery but surgery was my excuse to be lazy for a bit I suppose) This way I can plan for sucess with eating instead of finding myself starving and eating whatever I can find at work.
*** Involve my family more with my training. While I LOVE the gym.. (I knwo I am sick hahaha) I have decided that there is a very real boundary between my training there and being with my family. I think sometimes it takes time from them and sometimes I get a little resentment… so I will start taking my daughter outside with me more for bike rides, get out an hike and kayak with them.
*** Post my training on bodyspace EVERYDAY to obtain feedback from those with similar goals who may be able to help me along the way.
Thats it for now…the first initial steps towards sucess…
Take care.
June 9, 2007 at 4:04 am
Whew! Sounds like you’re back in the game! Awesome. Have fun getting after your goals - again. hope everything goes well as you crank it back up.