Does anyone read this stuff?

Ah, the thousand dollar question. Does anyone really read my blog? Comment if you do so I know someone is listening! I started my new triathlon workout program this week and it is kicking my butt. The workouts are both long and hard and sometimes they are two a days. I am enjoying the challenge, just not sure I can keep up with the program. Monday is an off day and I am looking forward to that for some rest and recovery. I weighed myself this morning to see how I was doing. I am up about a pound. All of this working out and I still can't lose weight anymore. I guess I have just lost the ability to drop pounds like I used to. I will keep trying of course. I would be marginally happy if I could maintain where I am today long term. Well, honestly I would like to be 5 lbs lighter. I have a project due at work this week, it is stressing me out. Anyone want to help with developing a financial benefits case? Drop me a line if you do. We have ants in the house. I hate ants. There is poison out everywhere but I am not sure we are gaining on them at all. I will give it another week and then report back.... Stay safe!

I am back!!!

It has certainly been awhile since I wrote in my blog, things have gotten crazy busy. I spend 8 days in Belarus delivering humanitarian aid. It was an awesome experience, one that I hope to make an annual event. The highlight of the trip was that I got to visit my Belarussian daughter three times while I was there.  She is all grown up now, it is amazing how big she is! Everyone in her family is doing well. It was hard to leave them, but I had to get back to my family in Canada.

I purchased a new Triathlon program called Tri4P. I am excited to get started on it. It will begin on Monday and will kick my butt. I signed up for my first tri of the year on May 17th in Ottawa. I am looking forward to it but at the same time I know I am not in as good shape as I was last year at this time. I am heavier as well. I have some work to do but I have 6 weeks to get ready. Will it be enough?

Brittany is in her final exams now so I am thinking about her. I hope she does well and doesn't stress to much about them. Brandon has another possible gig lined up for a local festival. News of his greatness is getting around, lol.

That's all for now, stay safe everyone!

Charity

What is it about helping others that creates a sense of fulfillment in ourselves. Whenever I feel down the easiest way to improve my mood is to get involved in some small way with helping others. Later this week I head to Belarus on a humanitarian aid trip. Me and a group of other caring individuals will be delivering food and other necessities to impoverished individuals in the contaminated zone of the Chernobyl disaster.

It will be a long trip across the Atlantic. I fly from Ottawa to New Jersey, from New Jersey to Warsaw, and then Warsaw to Minsk. From Minsk it is a four hour drive to the small town of Chausy. It has been eight years since I have been there. During my last trip I stayed on a collective farm. I had no running water of bathroom facilities and there was 6 of us in a one room house. Sounds awful right? Funny thing is it was a very fulfilling experience! I hope my upcoming trip has the same effect! Wish me luck!

Sick sick sick

Ok, this past week was no fun at all. I got sick on Sunday night of last week and today is the first day that I feel human, a full week later. I spent most of the week on the couch in a daze, watching mindless TV. The good news, I am caught up on all my TV, the bad news, I feel like a slug.

I figure I have lost about a month of fitness progress. All of the missed workouts as well as how much energy and stuff I have lost over the past week. And most importantly, confidence. If you don't feel it that makes it hard to believe it.

So this upcoming week will be an ease back into it kind of week. I did a very slow jog this morning, and ugh, it hurt. And it was slow as molasses in January. Things can only look up from here.

Have a good week everyone.

In a rut....

It has been a bad week. Just a number of little things but they do add up. My workouts haven't been great, and I missed a few due to my boss being in town. My weight has ballooned big time, I am at my worst ever for about 1.5 years. As I said, just a poor week.

Looking forward, this upcoming week will be a good one! Lots of exercise and good eating habits. It is time to get control back once and for all.

Positive thinking

Why do we as a human race continue to focus on the negative things around us. Most of us concentrate on the worst thing that can possibly happen, then we obsess about it until it eats away at us. In the end, very rarely does that obsession come true. But then we start the cycle all over again.

I am no different. If you have been following my blog you know that I can certainly be a negative thinker. One example is my battle with weight. I always assume the worst will happen each Monday morning when I get on the scale. The crazy thing is that by that point in time there is absolutely nothing I can do about it!

We could all use a bit more positive thinking in our lives. Each morning when you are still laying in bed think about three things that you are great full for, that will start your day off on a positive note!

Stay safe everyone....

Think Positively

It is so easy to have the mid-winter blues at this time of year. In fact, I usually fall into a funk in the winter months. The cold weather, the snow, lack of sunlight, all contribute to a poor state of mind. I am trying really hard to think positively this winter and stay out if the funk. There are many things to look forward to, in fact each individual day is worth looking forward to!

I recently rejoined a charity as a board member and it has done wonders for helping my attitude. It is funny that by helping others we often help ourselves in the process. I would recommend that everyone get involved in some process where you are helping others on a regular basis. I think you will find that it creates a greater sense of contentment in your own life.

So get out there and volunteer to something you are passionate about.