The Road Back So Far (Week Nine)
Posted on Apr 13, 2008 under The Road Back So Far |It’s been a topsy-turvy week. My weight is stable at 180 pounds, despite my falling off my diet for a few days where I was drinking more diet cola than I should and I snacked on some candy lying around from Easter. The workouts, on the other hand, have been hit-or-miss.
I’m supposed to be working out at least every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with an optional longer workout on Sunday. However, several trips to the home improvement-gardening store(s), getting home late from work, and other details have made it too easy to skip and leave it for tomorrow. And, we all know, tomorrow never comes!
Saturday was a pleasant run — though all the while I had to keep one eye on some rather nasty-looking storm clouds gathering in the distance. There was a little trouble with my left knee paining me a bit during and after. It persists, but it’s not terrible. I know this is a long road. Can’t get there any faster than my body will adjust to things, but I’ve made it worse by not keeping up the schedule regularly enough to permit my body to adjust properly.
Add to that a slip back into the gaming side of things, since my player character in World of Warcraft is a Paladin (Protection spec for tanking) and is needed for my daughter, her boyfriend, and my two oldest online-gaming friends to run more challenging instances we’ve all talked about running forever. His gear is finally shaping up for the more moderately advanced instances that provide access to the gear they all want — not to mention it all being a bit more challenging and fun than the routine content — so I’ve been putting in a little more time in getting him set for that. It’s far too easy to play a little longer than I intended, robbing me of the sleep I should get instead.
So, Spring has arrived here. Lawn maintenance is back in the mix. Gardening is back in the mix. Gaming is back in the mix. I’ve just got to get a handle on it all and bring everything together, prioritized appropriately, and make it all work. The workouts have to fit in, regardless. I have to make that piece of things work, or I’m looking at falling back into the less healthful habits and patterns of before.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:06 am
How is the running coming along? I hope your Purple Runner hasn’t stolen your Nike’s…
April 30th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Nope, but lots of other things mentioned in the post have conspired together to pretty much dead-end what I was doing. I have to get a handle on it all and get back to what I was doing right again.
I’m shifting some things around a bit, but not completely successful with that yet. Kind of distracted and need to get things prioritized much better.