Sunday August 7, 2016  1st Week Back At Home

It's working!  All the lectures, classes are making sense and working in everyday life!  I am really trying to focus on BALANCE!  How to Balance fitness, nutrition, house, husband, children & work.  It's going well.  I am probably on the side towards "NOTHING" on the all or nothing spectrum.  As I type that I realize that I may be being hard on myself.  Probably just right in the middle. 
 - doing the balanced plate for meals
- tyring to get atelast 40 min of working out in a day, but nothing too strenuous!
- figuring out what I like and what I don't - while I do enjoy getting my workout done in the am, I got up on Tuesday and did a great bike session and them am sessions did not workout the rest of the week - and i'm ok with that.  I get them in other times of the day and don't have to get to bed so early if I don't have to wake up so early.
- enjoying the occasional "treat" balanced in with my healthy balanced plate. 

My blood pressure is amazing.  The last reading was 110 / 68.  Before I left I was having BP issues, was not feeling well, dizzy, lightheaded, vision disruption etc with a BP of 160  -170  / 95 - 100.  Feeling SO much better!

This morning I was going to go on a bike ride with a group of other riders.  The tour of ALBERTA is coming to our town.  120 Professional Bike racers will be competing and we did a part of our town's section today.  I was really scared, nervous and that little voice in my head was winning.  " I can't keep up"  "What if this.... What if that....?  I was pretty close to backing out and then I thought to myself.  " Look at what you accomplished in the last month, look at what you gave up to go to UTAH, think about what you would like to achieve!  That damn comfort zone, I just really felt like I didn't belong but took a chance!  I pulled up to the meeting place and everyone was looking at me and I saw a few familiar faces and felt a bit better.  We ended up biking 70 km together as a group.  I kept up with the group and I did just fine.  We were all a bunch of well polished ATHLETES and it felt great.  It was a beautiful day for a bike ride and I can't believe that I just about didn't go - all because of that NEGATIVE  SELF TALK and that voice in my head.  I am working hard on positive self talk .... day by day!

I did manage to lose 1 lb this week. I am in no hurry.  Working on finding balance , routine - afterall

Emotional Management + Nutrition + Fitness = Weight Management - in that order.   

Getting lots of fitness with the kids, biking a walking - hunting for Pokémon, what ever gets us off the couch and gets us quality time together!

I got the cookbook printed out, no surprise my first recipe..... LOL

not as pretty as Chef Sam's but pretty yummy!

I have 2 bike races coming up and am looking forward to many happy hours in the saddle to get some fitness in and to train for the bike races.

Looking forward to another week of challenges, fun time with the family and working on creating harmonious balance!

Enjoying a nice kayak as a family!