More time, so no excuses

Last Thursday I got laid off from my day job. While I admit to being surprised, I know how things work for me. Frankly, I was getting bored with the job. And since I always get what I want, of course the boring job goes away! While I still have my coaching, I now need to decide whether I want to ramp that up or look for another office/accounting job. As of now, I am not clear what I want, but my sudden increase in time is allowing me to come up with all kinds of ideas. So I am not worried at all.

As I have mentioned before, my new year resolutions also included goals regarding my career, my financial situation, as well as in my relationships. However, I purposely chose to fill this first quarter of 2009 working towards my physical goals. So, I shouldn't have been surprised when the first things I thought of when I discovered I would have more time was... oh, I can now workout during the day... and oh, I can now cook and eat better!

Honestly, I am not currently in the financial position to just workout and cook all day. I will need to fill my day again with some type of working. For today though, I am just going to enjoy the time I do have!

So, while I did spend some time today working on my resume and applying for some positions, I knew that I would still have time to get to the gym earlier than usual. I didn't end up going that early actually, but did get there with enough time to run 4 miles before yoga class. However, as Dana mentioned, maybe we shouldn't run next to each other on the treadmill. We talk too much and end up walking much more than we run! So, while I did go the 4 miles (my new self-imposed minimum) I have to admit I walked a good portion of it. In fact, the treadmill only stays on for one hour (and a two minute cool down), and since I was going so slow, I had to reset the treadmill and walk another 5 minutes to get my 4 miles in. Oh well, it's the distance I'm giving myself credit for tonight :)

After the treadmill, Dana and I sat for a half hour before yoga class was to start. We knew David had run much more than us and was probably taking a shower while we were hanging out. Dana and I were tired though and seemed to be waiting for the other to flake on yoga class so the other didn't have to go either. However, David is our inspiration and I didn't want to disappoint him if he intended on going to class. But as I thought, he ran much more than us and was visibly exhausted when he was done. In the end, he was ok with skipping class. So we were all outta there, ha!!

I did want to get a bit more of a workout in though, so when I got home I did another 20 minutes of kettlebell. I'm satisfied.

Lastly, I also took some time to cook myself some dinner. I rarely cook, so when I do, I am always so proud of myself! I made simple brown rice and pork chops (my zucchini in the fridge was already bad). It was much better than those Smart Ones or Lean Cuisine meals I practically live on. Soooo again, I intend to take advantage of this freed up time I have at the moment by getting my full workouts in and actually cooking better food for myself. No excuses!