Back to Work

On Wednesday, we got the call we've been waiting for. Back to work. I was feeling both grateful and reluctant at the same time. Grateful to have something to do again, but also knowing that I will have to go back to sacrificing a lot of the time I would like to be spending with my husband. I've been picking up a lot of hours, already, trying to get our store back on track. While I appreciate the exercise and constant movement, I must admit that it's more exhausting than I remember. I'm finding it hard to balance the gym, staying on track with our challenge goals, and home/work life daily tasks. I haven't even been back to the gym since the ridiculousness that was the complimentary fitness assessment. I was feeling a little awkward about going back in and having to face the trainer-- I wrote an email to him politely declining and at least offering to reevaluate a few months down the road. On the bright side, I had a friend from college reach out to me and offer me some advice and guidance, particularly on the nutrition side of things, and I am beyond grateful. I'm really optimistic that this is the answer that I needed to make this time different than the rest. Only time will tell. Right now, I've been asked to count my calories so we can figure out the right goal for me. This is something that I have always steered clear of, not really sure why-- probably fear of embarrassing or disgusting myself-- but I realize that it's an important part of reaching my goals. I also purchased a fitbit as a little motivation and progress tracker.  I'm still feeling motivated overall and optimistic about this journey. I'm hoping being back in the swing of things that I will be able to get myself on somewhat of a regular schedule (work aside, since it doesn't seem that I will ever find a position with regular, consistent hours--but that's another story) balancing all the things that are important to me. This seems to be the biggest part of this challenge so far, so if anyone has any tips or tricks about creating and following a personal schedule I would greatly appreciate it.