Packaged out, and using my time wisely
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:41 AM filed under General postings
I lost my job in January, and I received a package that will last me some months. I have decided to view this turn of events as a blessing, and I'm using the time to make fitness a habit. While I was working, I was unhappy with my job, and this coloured all other aspects of my life. I was most often too depressed to do anything more than go to work each day, and walk my dogs. Beyond that, everything else got pushed aside - fitness, housework, etc.
I am learning to run, using the Couch to 5K plan online, and I'm committing to weights and yoga regularly. Although I just started logging, I've been doing the weights for about 2 weeks now, 3X per week. I'm doing a program with my boyfriend, which consists of squats, bench presses and deadlifts. I am adding in some arm exercises, v-its (some with weight) and pushups.
For the running, I'm on week 3 of the program. Yoga is an old friend of mine, but it had been deep sixed with the rest of my healthy habits while I was unhappy at work.
I want to learn to do pullups, but we need a bar for that first... trying to find one cheap somewhere...
My goal is to get fit and toned, lose body fat, and feel healthy and balanced again in time to work full time again. I know that when I'm working out, I feel my best, and therefore the next job won't wear me down as badly.
I do need to run out and get a scale, we don't have one, and I do need to track my progress.