Sunday, April 18, 2010

When Life Throws You a Curve Ball

Last Monday, as i was about to teach my 2nd Turbo Kick class, I started to feel sick. My throat was hurting. I got through class fine, but woke up Tuesday morning down for the count. I subbed out my 2 classes on Tues, 3 on Wednesday, and my 2 lunch on Thursday. Attempted to teach Turbo on Thursday nite. My mind was ready but not my body- i had to take it super easy as i felt that i was about to pass out a couple of times. My personal fitness routine was affected as well. I had not missed a single ChaLean Extreme workout since I started in February, I even did my workouts while on vacation. Missing my workout frustrated me the most, I had a plan circuit 1-Monday, circuit 2-Wednesday, circuit 3-Friday. Now, I'm out of sync :( Okay, i can sit around and dwell on that or readjust my workout schedule and finish on May 3 instead of April 29th!
Additionally, my eating was so screwy while sick. I didn't eat too much on tues, but by wed my throat wasn't hurting anymore but my head was totally congested, so i was stuck to the sofa all day, and not in the mood for my regular salad. I didn't go to the grocery store all week and was stuck with my P90X protein bars, Shakeology and whatever little snacks i could find around the house-not good.
So being sick and not eating my regular food was a minor curve ball for me. It's just that my new exercise/eating routine has finally come easy for me and i really enjoy it.
I'm feeling better but not 100% yet, but I must make it my mission to get to the store and stock up on a ton of veggies and get back to my regular schedule. Yeah, it would just be so easy to fall back into my old ways, because things didn't go my way last week, but I know how good I feel when I am doing positive things for myself and reaping the rewards.
Everything is not going to go your way 100% percent of the time, but how you deal with it will determine your success =)

1 comment:

laura1952 said...

Bumps in the road will always happen because that is the way life is. Using them as learning experiences is the greatest reason we can enjoy them instead of curse them.

Back to life. Back to reality.

I can also relate to your video for Epilespy. I have not had a seizure for years once my body adjusted to taking control of my own life by removing processed foods and paying attention to what I ate and how it affected me and adding exercise to my life.

Feel 100% soon.

Laura
Brougham, Ontario, Canada