Hiatus

So, something I've noticed when it comes to squeezing in even a half hour of fitness (although really, it's probably 50 minutes because there are the clothing-change time and the commute time to consider) I end up getting frenzied and panicked because I have SO MANY other things to do. This is why fitness is not the standard for the poor man. Who has time? And this whole "make time" thing is garbage. If I could make time, I would be a billionaire.

Regardless, during the holidays I took a hiatus from the gym because I simply had much too much on my plate. I would work 8 hours, get home and work until 10:00pm trying just to get our house clean for my parents who visited for several days. It's been almost two weeks and I still don't have the whole apartment clean. But that's another topic for another rant for another day.

Not to mention all the other things that are piling up piling up piling up. Need to get glasses; been WAY too long, I can barely see now. Need to get bills straightened out. Need to work on Emmaus music. Need to get my prescription meds mail ordered ASAP. There are only so many hours in a day.

I realize these are excuses. But because I have slight OCD, I stress out over my list of things to be done. Not to mention the weekly list: Cook dinner, clean up after dinner. Do the dishes. Make my lunch and coffee. Take care of the pets. Do the laundry. Fold the laundry. Vacuum. Dust. Take the trash out. Go buy water. Go to the grocery store. Sex. Clean the toilets. Clean up the not-thrown-away q-tips, wrappers, and food from last night (all my husband's). Collect all the dishes strewn in various locations. It is so darned difficult to maintain it all. And then to think if I go work out it means all of that stuff either waits until I get home or it doesn't get done. And because of the OCD the latter option makes me crazy. So, I do the chores. And I hate my life a little more daily.

But, lovely enough, my mother-in-law gave me chromium picolinate for Christmas. I've been taking it since Dec. 26th and I can tell a difference - it's awesome! Chromium picolinate works together with insulin produced by the pancreas to metabolize carbohydrates (Read more). I am, for the record, NOT giving up the gym, but out of necessity and my sanity this has been a good couple weeks.

Lastly in my fitness update: when I began this journey one of my goals, as described in previous installments, was to own and be able to wear sexy riding boots. When I measured my calves originally they were 18" exactly, (which is the beginning of "plus-sized" boots). I measured again this past weekend and they were 17.5"!! Yay! Today I am also wearing a top I haven't worn since 2009!

So, happy New Year! And may you find yourself able to take a guilt-free hiatus too!

Blessings!