4 Weeks In, 1st Big Slip

Okay, so I'm 4 weeks into Body for Life, and I had my first big slip yesterday. I've shifted workouts around, even swapped things up, but yesterday was the first day I actually missed a workout. I didn't have time during the day to make it to the gym, and at 9:30, when class got out, I was tired (I only slept a few hours the night before), and I was starting to get a sore throat, from lack of sleep and (I believe) dehydration. I gave up.

Oh well. We all give up, occasionally.

What does that mean? It means, in the perpetual circle of life, I feel like I'm getting ready to let this fall apart.

If I were younger, I would redouble my efforts right now. I would do two workouts, or tell myself that I've swapped another rest day up, like I did last week. I'm okay with swapping one rest day, but two weeks in a row says I need to stop and take a breath. I'm tired. Not "I can't finish this" tired, but I need to examine the warning signs and think through what's going on in life.

To start, yesterday is gone. I'm not going to try to pretend I didn't miss a workout by shifting my rest day, yet again. I missed, no big deal. I'll do some leg exercises tonight, because I think I could use it, but I'm not going to push it.

I'm not only 4 weeks into my program, but I'm also three-quarters of the way through my semester, and that in itself is tiring. With yesterday's turn-in of my fifty pages, however, I've finished the 'big' projects. I have some reading and smaller one-page papers to write, and one small presentation, which all adds up to work, but I've done the lions share of the projects, now, and can coast a little bit on my previous efforts.

Hmmmm... well. This weekend is going to be an R&R weekend. That doesn't mean I won't get some work done, but I don't intend to push myself, and I have no real goals. Sunday will be a real rest day. No workouts!

For the next two weeks, I'm going to try to get the right workouts in on the right days, according to the Body for Life plan. I'm also going to work a little harder at having the right food. I'm doing okay, but I could be doing better. I think that's been part of the problem: when you're working out so much, you really need to get the right food at the right time. If you don't, over time it starts to wear on you.

Gotta' go!