Lack of Motivation

So this past week, I have fallen off the wagon and gone a full week without any sort of exercise.  No Insanity, lifting or Zumba.  I feel so guilty over it specially with eating out at a chinese buffet two of those nights, pigging out at our super bowl party, and polishing off a german chocolate cake by myself.  Ugh!! I think I have gained like 5-10 pounds in one week.

Now I can blame it on being stressed or that I had my brother-in-law sleeping in my exercise area, but I just think I lost the motivation.  I still am not at my goal weight and I still need to lose about 15 pounds to have a healthy BMI.  I am not so much worried about body image as being healthy in my old age. :-) So how am I going to press on?  I thought about starting my Insanity routine from the beginning again, but maybe I am bored with it and that's part of the problem.  I started doing Zumba classes, thinking that would give my body something new to do but that lasted like a week lol.  By the way, all the sweets in our house are not helping me get back into my routine either.

Let's just hope the nice weather this weekend (50s and sunny) will help get me out of this winter funk.  :-)

Always Something

I started this blog as a stress-release for me as I am trying to near the end of grad school.  So as my first post, I figured I'd share just a few examples of why I feel there is always something going on in my life.  Not to say that is not the case for others, but it always seems to compound the STRESS in MY life.

So yesterday, I find out from my dad that I have been summoned for jury duty which would not be an issue for me.  It's your civil duty to serve.  However, I have been summoned as a juror for Lackawanna County, PA.  Helllllooooo!!  I have not been a resident of Lackawanna county in 10 years.  Yes, 10 years!  What the heck?  Now I have to contact them and probably provide every proof under the sun that I am a resident of Maryland and have been for 6 years.  Even then, they might not exempt me and I will have to take time off to visit Scranton for jury duty.  Not that I mind going home to visit, but come on now.  This is ridiculous.  Of course it has to be in March, before our break, and probably during what might be the busiest month of my life writing a thesis.  Ugh.

Then today with my computer bag, gym bag, lunch purse, and coffee (I know that's a lot of stuff) in hand, my clumsy self slipped and fell on ice outside my apartment.  I am sure if anyone was around they probably got a kick out of it.  I know my husband would have since he thinks that kind of stuff is hilarious. Anyway, I hurt my knee and decided this is a good reason probably not to go to Zumba class tonight.  As if I need anymore excuses not workout and exercise.  I am having a tough enough time getting back into the Insanity routine, falling is not something that I really needed at this point.  Oh well, as my husband said,  "Rub some dirt on it and walk it off."  I guess that is how I deal with most issues in my life so why would these examples be any different.