Tuesday, December 17, 2013

The Holidays: destroyer of routine and good habits

Dear James, Daniel and Emily

I'm not running up the white flag or anything, but it has been damn near impossible to settle into an exercise and/or diet routine this month. First there was Thanksgiving week with it's own issues as far as time to run, and of course bad eating habits. Second was the cold snap, the week of sub zero temps made it pretty much impossible to run. And now we have so many things going on, what with end of quarter, prepping for holidays, running around, that it has been impossible to settle into a decent routine.

About all I can do is drag my butt out of bed each morning and get out for a run. Which I have been doing at least 3 days a week. But I know I could be doing more, if I could just get back into a better sleeping routine and not be up late every weekend night etc.

Of course all of the above are just excuses, poor excuses really, for not exhibiting proper will power. But a huge part of this time of year is mental, thinking about everything to get done, and then there is a surplus of good yummy treats. And not as much time devoted to cooking regular meals with all of the other activities. And it becomes very hard to maintain the focus on good habits.

All that said, I am doing what I can, and looking forward to the time when I can resume a more 'normal' routine.

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