by admin on April 21, 2010
This posts starts from the comment from Carol on For Susie #226
Sounds like the exam is over – hop to it!
Carol, can’t tell you how much I appreciate the accountability. I can tell you it has been a really rough month. In a matter of about 4 weeks I faced the national and state exams, the start of the swim season, and my wife being diagnosed with Breast Cancer (Surgery was Monday).
I say this not to gain sympathy, but to say, sometimes life really does get in the way. Like a frickn’ Mack Truck. Not much you can do, just put one foot in front of the other. The one thing you can do, is watch how you react to things. In the beginning I was juggling things well. Here in the last week and a half, (leading up to Angie’s surgery), I have fallen back into some old eating habits and haven’t been getting near enough excercise.
I walked through the supermarket this morning in a daze, after a fairly sleepless night. At first I was walking around in a daze, then I kind of came to my senses. I realized, I am tired, but I am using the events of the last month to drag me back into my old habits…the place where I would find some of my ‘comforts’.
I thought about your accountabilty. Even though I may want it to, time doesn’t stop, and is very unforgiving, especially if I abuse it by shoving the wrong things in my mouth and under utilizing the spare time I have to exercise my body.
Thank you for your comment. It came at a rough time, and is very, very well needed. I am going to get as much sleep as I can tonight, and head back to the gym tomorrow in the early a.m.
by admin on April 12, 2010
Well Ms. Patterson, Thank you! You are correct it has been 11 days since my last post. A lot has been happening, and there really is no excuse for me not to A.) Exercise and B.) Post! However, I am a bit overwhelmed with my schedule and the biggest culprit is the series of exams that I must take for my licensing. Man…everything is about timing isn’t it. I take my State exam this morning. Flew through my national exam last week and haven’t had a lot of dedicated time to spend on the state…I am a bit nervous about it this morning. So come hell or high water, I will be at the gym tomorrow morning, instead of pulling an early morning study session as it is the only free time I can find right now. -If I don’t pass, I will take it again in about 30 days…and have a much more relaxed pace of study.
D-day for Angie’s surgery is still scheduled for next Monday, so I know it is going to be critical for me to be back onto my ‘game’ for my physical health the rest of this week. I did see my primary care physician last week and he wants me to have an ultra sound and blood work done on my liver…kind of funny, I may have a ‘fatty’ liver. -NO SHIT! I am working at dumping the fat…guess it is not fast enough for all the effects of my weight to go away just yet.
Anyhow, thanks for the accountability. I walked around the pool during practice last week for 4 days and I ‘ran’ the stairs at work a couple of days (whenever I would go upstairs, I would run up, not walk, or go up two by two’s). Not a lot of exercise compared to what I have been doing…but still moving with the time that I got.
State exam in 3 hours…that is all for now.