Here it is, the middle of my very long stretch of work, as I'm filling in for someone who took a long vacation. That's ok, in order to stay on my scheduled hours, I'm only work 6 hour days, really nice to be leaving work at noon every day!!
That being said, I started back at the gym this week. Both yesterday and today was all about cardio, and now I'm dealing with muscles that are sore and crampy, and one glut muscle that feels strained. But it will get better and I will keep going. Yes, I am committing myself, because the other day I was at work and felt as if every step I took was like slogging through waist high water. That's not a good sign, sluggish is never any good .....
With the added exercise, I've noticed that I'm sleeping better -- well, as good as I can when the temps don't drop below 100 until the wee hours of the morning. I read or heard somewhere that the ideal sleep temp is 65 degrees, but in order to achieve that, my AC would run constant all night long. And I would NOT like that at the end of the month.
My target of 10k steps a day is easy to hit when I'm doing cardio in the gym. That's a plus!
Sadie doesn't take the heat very well and certainly can't walk on sidewalks that are hot enough to fry an egg on! I've thought about booties, but ... ya know, that just looks a little silly! I thought about a stroller but that doesn't give her any exercise. So with temps reaching over 110 for the past 5 days, I moved her little kiddie pool into the dining room so we can splash around in the afternoons :)
Today, after a short nap, I was re-energized and got a lot of laundry done, bed sheets changed, and things put away. Even though my mind knows that moving is better than not moving, some days, I just can't get myself to get moving. But I'm trying to change all that.
Rather than doing nothing, I'm doing something,
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