Well, I did yoga for 2 days. And I enjoyed it, but my head always says that it's too much time. So what if I can run for over an hour? 20 min is a long time . . . so of course I can't do 20 min of yoga! So silly.
I will tell you what I did instead, I'm working on cutting back on my drinking. It is no secret that I love wine. But my daily glass or two started being a whole bottle. And then I was noticing that I was finishing the bottle and wasn't done, so I would have a vodka soda, or open another bottle. Seriously, one night I had 2 bottles of wine. That is not healthy. It is very, very unhealthy.
This started when everything shut down. Suddenly I was at home all the time (still am) and 3pm would roll around and I'd be ready for a glass of wine (I don't get off work until 4:30, but who would know?) Well, when you start early and you drink until you go to bed, then you drink more. Plus, I joined a facebook page called Lushy Wino and while I love this group and I've never interacted more in a group than I do with this one (even my own running page), it definitely normalizes drinking a lot, and makes me feel like I should have another glass.
So last week I decided to cut back, and I mean not drink at all. I did end up drinking on Wednesday because I had a hair appt and I always drink wine with my hairdresser. I also drank on Friday, because. . . well, Friday. So I guess I drank 2 out of 5 days I wasn't going to. But that is significantly less than I had been. Anyway, I will be continuing this. I think it's important to cut back, and I don't need to be drinking so much ever. Plus, it's bad for my weight. 😉
I am running one mile a day, usually on my treadmill. I did run 3 miles a week ago on Sunday, and again on Thursday, and my ankle seemed to be doing great. I also added some walking in the evening because I miss getting out for my run, so I did that . . . huh . . . well, after looking, I only did it on Monday and Tuesday, I thought I had done it more. Anyway, it still bothers me some, but not like it was at the beginning of August. However, I went for a 3 mile walk with my sister on Saturday and on Sunday and again today it's bothering me more. So much so that I did not run 3 miles yesterday like I planned, only 1 mile.
School for Maddox starts on Wednesday and I'm stressing out a little. I will be working from home (mostly, I do go to my office occasionally), going to school for myself, and "teaching" home school (which isn't really teaching, but making sure Maddox stays on track). I'm the slightest bit stressed . . .
The worst part about being so stressed out, is that I can't go for a run. That has been my stress reliever for 8 years now. And I miss it.
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I completely understand about the drinking! I could have written that myself. Giving it up for a year in 2019 was very eye-opening and I was surprised at how much I didn't miss it when 2020 rolled around. It took me four months of zero alcohol before I started to feel like it wasn't the end of the world to give it up for a year. Even if you don't plan to give it up entirely, I found that following sober accounts on Instagram was super helpful--they made me feel like it was "cool" to be sober.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, good luck! It's hard to break old habits ;)
I have followed your year+ of being sober, and while impressed, I don't know if I'm ready to completely give it up. For now, I'm going to go with 5 days, and then we'll see what happens. :-) Maybe I should do a sober September . . . my next hair appt isn't until Oct. 1, so I wouldn't feel like I need to have a glass with my hair dresser . . . something to debate this week while I don't drink anything but water.
DeleteI never was much of a drinker but I decided to quit for a year just due to calories. After a year and a half I had a couple of drinks but now it's been almost six months again. Now if I could do the same with chocolate...
DeleteKudos to you for figuring out that for you you were drinking a bit too much and stopping that slide!
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