So I went for a 35 minute walk today (woo hoo!) I’m slowly increasing the amount of time I’m walking although I hope I don’t push myself too hard (I have a BIG tendency to do that). But anyway, for the strange question: when I get done working out in any way shape or form, it can be a walk around the block, a heavy step class, anything…my HEARING fades out!! It’s the weirdest thing ever and I don’t know why it happens but my hearing truly does fade out and its not something solved by popping my ears. I mean, eventually they return to full hearing capacity but for like 5-10 minute after my work out my hearing is diminished a little bit. Does this happen to anyone else or is my body just really weird?? And even if it doesn’t happen to you, if you have any sort of information behind WHY it might happen, that’d be helpful too!

I forgot to share that even though I had only been back on the program for one day when I went and weighed in yesterday, I had already lost a pound! woo hoo! If that’s not a reassuring feeling then I don’t know what is!

 Now I’m off to the grocery store to stock up on some healthy ingredients for the kitchen!

I recently commented on a fellow bloggers post about slightly falling off the band wagon and whether she should just give up and forget the diet or pick up where she left off and get back on track. Unfortunately I know this has happened to everyone, we have all been at this crossroads time and time again. I actually faced it myself today! But I made the decision not to just let myself go. I’ve actually made a promise to myself that I am going to commit a SOLID week to the plan, because really…what’s one week out of my life? If it doesn’t pay off then nothing lost right? Well, the best thing about this commitment of mine is that I KNOW it will pay off…I KNOW one solid week on the plan will definitely show results! I love when I form sneaky plans against myself to help myself, hahaha.

However, the real reason behind this post is not to talk about my commitment to myself but the whole idea of “not throwing the baby out with the bath water.” I mean because it’s really a ridiculous thing to do! One of my leaders set it up perfectly to show just how ludacris it is to partake in this kind of thinking…she simply explained that it’s like having a set of wine glasses and you accidently break one, so then you go ahead and break all the others as well. Now, how much sense does that even make?! NONE! Just because we made one bad decision, had one bad meal, or one bad day even…does not mean that everything is lost! It doesn’t mean we should just completely throw away everything! Now, I’ve heard people say “don’t throw the baby out with the bath water” before and I totally got it…that made sense to me but it wasn’t exactly revolutionary or anything. However for some reason, the wine glass example just really stuck with me, really resonated true! Hopefully it will do the same for other people as well because it helped me through today and I know that it will help me through other days as well - because no one is perfect, no one can always be on points all the time, we are only human - but we shouldn’t throw away all our hard work over one mistake!

I did it! The first real exercise I’ve had in MONTHS! I walked outside in the glorious sunshine for about 20-25 minutes. Now, I could totally have done more but I’m trying to be a good girl and not push myself too hard so as to not set myself back for a THIRD time. So while it was kind of lame to have to limit myself, I’m super happy I got to go out at all! I sure hope the good weather continues so I can continue on with my walks. I’ve just felt so blah lately - but I don’t want to focus on the negative stuff because I am going to have positive experiences from here on out. I had a bit of a pity party for myself last night and laying in bed, it just clicked - I don’t want to feel this way anymore. I might be limited due to my back but that doesn’t mean I have to give up completely. I am going to stay OP, I am going to track everyday - even if I do get off track and go overboard (which hopefully won’t happen too often) and I am going to moderately exercise so that I can build up my strength and endurance to be able to exercise on a level comparable to what I use to do! So I’m going to make it happen - my New Year’s resolution was that I was going to have a POSITIVE year - positive choices, positive activities, positive people, positive attitude. And it started today!

And here is the beauty of being a part of a community - support! I don’t necessarily have anyone here (in Austin) that I can count on to help keep me accountable. Not that I need someone to check up on me everyday, but knowing that there are people out there, reading my journey and only wishing the best for me, keeps me accountable and that’s HUGE. So thank you to anyone and everyone who might read this blog because trust me, even when people don’t leave comments, knowing my blog has been viewed is support enough for me and I thank yall for that!

Seriously…thank the Lord that there is SUN today! This cold, rainy, overcast weather has been killing me! I mean, I haven’t been able to exercise for the past 4 months due to the back injury and now that I have the go to at least do short walks, it’s been horribly nasty outside! So I’m about to put on my walking shoes and go for a brisk walk around the neighborhood. I am so excited! I hope everyone else is having the delightful weather that Texas is having today!

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