It’s been a little warmer these past few days, so I planned to run outside this morning. Unfortunately by the time it was light out and I had my act in gear, Zak had to put the kibosh on my run to leave something called work.
Fine, I guess you can go to work.
What to do – what to do? Leave sleeping children unattended or find something to do at home? OK, OK get out the yoga mat.
45 minutes of gentle hatha yoga and what was supposed to be 20 minutes of sun salutations turned 5 minutes due to a couple interruptions and then derailed altogether by a growling stomach.
For breakfast today I dove head first into to the fridge to fetch the Apple Cinnamon Cereal from yesterday!
This cereal is just amazing, and I still can’t get over how simple it was to make! I’ve probably got 2 or 3 servings left and I’m already plotting to make more.
Today I started with a layer of sliced bananas in the bottom of the bowl, topped with cereal and then the rest of the banana on top. I thought this might make a nice pic but those bananas underneath were completely obscured by cereal and hemp milk. Oh well, I tried. But rest easy my friends, I was easily able to uncover those buried bananas with my spoon and shovel them straight into the cereal hole in my head – they didn’t stand a chance.
I’m getting better at not feeling guilty if I don’t get cardio in every single day. I’ve come to understand that at the end of the day, weight loss and weight maintenance really comes down to your diet. Exercise is of course important, but I’ve always been active and exercised regularly and still struggled to reach my healthy weight for years and years.
Running gets tricky for me this time of year when the days get shorter. But if I’m mindful of how big my servings are and stop eating when I’m no longer hungry, I can eat what I enjoy and still maintain my weight even if I miss a work out now and then. It’s not always easy and I definitely don’t get it right all the time. I have to remind myself to keep my portions reasonable and stop to ask myself if I’m truly hungry when I feel the urge to go back seconds. When I get it right I don’t have to panic when I’m not able to run one day or can’t get to the gym as planned.
No run today? No sweat. I’ll run AND sweat tomorrow.
DUDE. Get out of my head. Seriously. I’m scared.
I barely got to run (we are talking maybe 1.5 miles) this morning because hubby had to leave early for work. I contemplated doing the ghetto treadmill (i.e. running in place) in the living room when he had to leave, but then I slapped myself upside the head and convinced myself that I wasn’t going to die if my cardio was cut a little short today, and there is a reason I have a million yoga and pilates DVDs.
And I’m about to eat a really lame version of your really delicious breakfast.
It’s nice to know I’m not crazy…or at least not alone. Thanks.
I need to be at a place where you are. I still beat myself up over a missed workout. My “all or nothing” thinking has come to the point of being unhealthy, for my mind and body.
In unrelated news…get this – my date with the HBIC today was cancelled. For the second time. Is this a sign???
Love LOVE where you are at!
I have the treadmill so weather is not my issue…but when it’s HOT it is….not into bikram jogging!
but balancing my evening time…with JJ, Hubs and myself and whatever waning energy I have at say 9 pm is my biggest issue.
The biggest BIGGEST single most important factor was the GUILT one.
I do my best. I even sipped HAPPILY a small bubble gum slushi (post stick treat) while we were costume shopping
I had planned to jog last night but JJ went to bed way later than normal so I made a dinner of green smoothies..one for than and one for NOW
and got a good night’s sleep.
I have to THANK YOU because YOU put me on this path when months ago I was having melt downs about it all.
It’s all about BALANCE
and mindfulness!
So tomorrow am I am getting out my “fruit cereal” fixins and making us a batch of that loveliness!
Have a great day!
I LOVE the new header from the orchard!!! Perfect!
Sorry your run was nixed, but you have a great mindset about it! It is harder when the days are shorter.
It has taken me a while to come to terms with not getting in exercise every single day. As much as I love it and can get addicted, my running hiatus has gotten me to realize that a short amount of cardio is really good enough for our bodies! Good for you for coming to terms!
Hey lady I think it’s great that you gave yourself permission (and mostly guilt-free permission it sounds like, yay!!!) to not do hardcore cardio. Waking up sleeping children to do so would have made me question your sanity. BTW if you want an in-home yoga practice that is more challenging than gentle and you will still “feel like you did cardio”, look into my muse for the past decade, the style called Ashtanga.
Great post, great reminders
agreed me lady. i have not been working out as much since the marathon, but its been okay because i have been eating (relatively) healthy and i still walk to work 2 miles a day! activity is the key part!
This was the perfect post for me, as this week’s running has gone down the drain. I have been panicking a bit, which often for me leads to overeating. I need to get over not being able to run and do cardio. NO BIG DEAL! And then make good healthy eating choices. And STOP THE EVENING SNACKING, which is my serious weakness and what has been killing me the last week or so.
The cereal looks awesome! I’ll have to try that soon!
I can totally understand about feeling guilty. I could not squeeze in my workout yesterday for my life. Today, it’s been on my mind CONSTANTLY. Tomorrow morning it’s the first thing I will do.
Thanks for this post. Some days I still freak out if I miss a workout, but I’m learning the same thing. It feels to good to hear someone else say this.
i love this mantra Alison, cause your so right, with these shorter and colder days it seems so much harder to get a workout in for some reason. But working out is only a small portion or maintenance and i’m learning that myself! I’m already dreaming of summer though when we can run outside again!