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Over the summer, I developed a regular workout routine that helped me lose weight and maintain better blood sugars. When I got back to school, I set out to do the same. But after a couple weeks of doing well, my routine quickly dwindled to become non-existent.

I gained two pounds back and my averages are definitely not as stable as they were over the summer. Yet I can't seem to motivate myself to get to the gym. I could make the time, if I truly wanted to, so it isn't like it's impossible. And I have two workout buddies that are there any time I want to.

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I made my four work-outs this week!  Yay me! I am pretty sore tonight, it might qualify for Tylenol before bed.  We've been back from vay-cay (vacation) for 1 week tonight.  Routines are settling back in, all the laundry's done, etc, etc.

I was sore yesterday too, but I keep reminding myself that this is good.  Plus the exercise seems to open my lungs better than any other bronchitis treatment.  My trainer has me moving to body-weight exercises, also known as resistance exercises.  I wasn't familiar with the term but I sure remember the exercises - squats, lunges, push-ups, crunches, etc.  They do seem to make you more evenly sore than the machines or free weights. They are nice too because they require nothing but your own body.  Can't very well give the excuse "I don't have time to go to my own body"! 

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Thanks to En Vogue for those lyrics. We got back from vacation late Friday night but I'm still feeling my way back to my "new normal".

10 days in New Mexico in a travel trailer with kids (ages 4 & 1) - it went really well!  Yes, that's shock you see in my punctuation!  We went places and saw people and ran, ran, ran.  The weather was beautiful, highs hovering around 80.  They have gotten a lot of rain and some Dolly-effect flooding this summer, so it was quite lush by New Mexico standards.

Unfortunately, I didn't replace my workouts as I had hoped I would.  Read that as "hoped, but didn't make definite plans for ahead of time." I need to remember that for the future.  On the plus side, I was much more active than usual.

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It was way after 10 p.m. before I got into bed last night. Even The Mr. said he thought I was coming to bed earlier. But I was still OK, still psyched to walk in the morning.

My mind was racing; it was like the night before you leave for vacation and first you can't go to sleep and then once you do go to sleep you wake up every hour to see if it's time to get up yet. But I was still OK, still determined to walk.

My sleep went like that until No. 2 dashed into our room and curled up next to me because she had had a bad dream. She's a fitful sleeper, and I had to send her back to her room because she was keeping me awake. I was still OK to go, though. I knew I was going to be tired and really dragging by the end of the day, but I was motivated. (READ MORE)

It's 9:45 p.m. Sunday night and I'm sifting through the clean laundry basket in search of socks for tomorrow's early morning walk. Because I promised myself that I'd start tomorrow. I've talked to myself all weekend, saying things like, "Remember, you're going to get up and walk on Monday morning." Saying it cheerfully in my head and actually doing it are very different accomplishments.

I can feel it already. The struggle I'll have in the morning of simply not wanting to get out of bed. It's 9:45 p.m. and I said I'd be in bed by 10 p.m., but so far I haven't worked toward that. It's going to be a struggle in the morning and I know I'm going to have to fight to get my overweight ass out of bed.

Please, God, give me the strength to get out of bed in the morning and actually go for a walk. (READ MORE)

Last week I set the bar high for myself. Too high. Out of a possible 25 points, I earned a total of 16. I can make all the excuses in the world for why I was not successful, but the truth of the matter is, I just wasn't as focused as I was the previous week.

But it's a new day, a new week and so far, I'm doing OK. I revamped my goals for the week, backtracking a bit closer to my original plan. This week, I'm focusing on:

1. Testing my blood sugar four times a day. Last week, I knocked this off the list entirely thinking I had it under control again, but then I slacked, so its back at the top of the list. (READ MORE)