From One Extreme to Another

It was no secret that I hated my last job because I had NOTHING to do. The current job has kept me busy and last week was the first of our " fall busy season". I was told last week that I needed to maintain 55 hour work weeks. The entire team was irritated....not that we had more work to do, but that we were being told how long it should take us. Towards the end of last week and now definitely this week, I am getting slammed. I could probably stay until Friday at 5pm, never going home, and not run out of work to do. 55 hours will be no problem. Been here since 6:15 and only leaving before 6pm because I HAVE to. I'm glad to have lots of work to do, but I definitely needed a break from looking at spreadsheets. Off to another meeting....

A new year

In terms of my fitness life, yesterday marked the beginning of a new year. I have various goals for the year...many of which are to beat times from this past summer. I am not planning on taking on any new distances or events, just fine tuning to improve. This involves strength training and endurance. To motivate myself, I will be treating myself to manicures/pedicures/massages after each 4 weeks in a row that I meet all my goals. While I didn't work out yesterday due to sheer exhaustion, I did eat better. I did also get my lazy ass out of bed before 5:15 this morning to do spin and weights. Hopefully that's a sign of many more successful mornings to come! I enjoyed my two weeks of no working out and eating whatever I want, but it was definitely starting to make me feel gross. Being back on a plan with lots of goals is very exciting right now! :)