This 60 day Hammer and Chisel program that I am doing (this is day 4) is pretty intense. I love it. Although, I am finding it hard to muster up the energy to run afterward some days. Yesterday was a tough workout and my run turned into more like a jog/walk with the dog. I just felt like my gas tank was empty. I think my body is just adjusting to the clean eating again after the holidays and the high intensity workouts. Today I started to adjust my diet a bit to hopefully bring my energy back up to where it needs to be. I added in an extra portion of carbs and protein. I will see how that works and make additional tweaks from there if I have to.
Yesterday was a chilly but beautiful day for a run (jog) 🙂 My friend Lindsay and I take turns meeting at either my house or hers, two or three days a week, and take turns watching the kids while the other one gets a run in. Her children are very close in age to mine, so it’s hectic but it works out great. The weather has been very favourable here for outdoor exercise. The early mornings are chilly but usually by midday it has warmed up to somewhere around zero. Not bad for January. I snapped a quick picture on the way back down the hill from my run yesterday. It doesn’t do it justice but it’s beautiful down where Lindsay lives. She is handy the salt water and beaches, and yesterday the sun was shining.
I am a book lover ❤ I don’t get to read as much these days because my days are filled with little munchkins that need to be loved and I am more than ok with that trade off 🙂 However, I have been itching to get a book or two in and came across a few recommendations that I felt really suited my current situation. I am sure most of you can relate to these. I feel like between social media, getting my bootcamp up and running, creating my website, writing on my blog and maintaining my Facebook page, I am overwhelmed and spend too many hours plugged in. Somedays I just shut it all down and lay on the floor with my girls and play amongst the scattered toys, unvacuumed floors and stickers, which seem to be everywhere. As a mom, you try and keep it all together, but it is quite the balancing act most days. I am hoping these books can give me some insight and maybe a different perspective. The Five Love Languages of Children looked like an interesting read, so I thought I would give it a try. With your first child you are so tuned in to them, because, well it’s only that one child. But when you have the second one it feels like you are always trying to make sure that they each get enough attention and feel special. Anyway, I am looking forward to crawling into bed tonight snuggling my baby and reading until I can’t keep my eyes open any longer.
Today was rest day from working out. I always feel so weird taking the whole day off. I feel like I should be doing something. But I know my body needs it, I could feel it yesterday. I always listen to my body, and it was saying take a break! 🙂 It wasn’t a totally lazy day, I managed to get grocery shopping done with the girls and the house cleaned and lots of cuddles and playtime ❤
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