Vacations and Resolutions

Saturday, May 1, 2010

So we’re going on vacation. To Glacier National Park. To go hiking. We leave July 31. I haven’t REALLY worked out since June 16, 2009. Since we left for Myrtle Beach. I meant to get back on it when we got back from Myrtle Beach on June 22. But I never got there. And then I meant to start after we booked the hotel in Glacier. Last July. And then again in January. But then we got busy, and life happened. So, there are 96 days until we leave. That leaves me 95 days to get in shape. I’d love to set a weight-loss goal for this too, but that seems like crazy talk. That, and I’d have to find new batteries to put in the scale. I don’t want to look in the junk drawer right now, I prefer to remain completely oblivious to how much weight I’ve gained. Mostly because I know it’s a lot. And I know I need to lose it. I also have a doctor’s appointment on July 13^th to make sure that I have medical clearance to go on this trip without restrictions. I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t going to be hiking at high elevations far from a hospital AMA with my asthma. So, really, I have 77 days to get in shape. And I will, or it will kill me, literally.

So, from today on, I will do the following things:

• Drink more water. Goal is 8 glasses a day, but I’ll be realistic. I’m going to shoot for a minimum of 4 before working out, 1 during, and 1 after.
• Eat more fruits and veggies. This should be easier with the garden and the fruit trees, and summer.
• Drink less Dr P. This will be hard. I will not give up my morning Dr P, but I will try to give up the rest of it.
• Exercise more. For at least 45 min per day. Until June14. Then 45 min of treadmill (minimum of 30 min running), plus the 30-day shred. Every day until we leave. That should either kill me or get me into good shape.
• Eat more often. Lately I’ve been skipping breakfast and lunch and then pigging out for afternoon snack AND dinner. That’s bad. And will stop.
• Eat less. ‘Nuf said.
• Sleep more. 'Nuf said.

My goal is not only to be able to handle the trip to Glacier without having to visit a hospital in Montana, but also to run in the 5K Labor Day weekend. I’d like to do this with Hubby and Kiddo, but I may not be able to convince them both to do it. Maybe we can convince the Pueblo cousins to show up and run too. That’d be nice. We like them, and they claim to like us. But I’m still not convinced that it’s a coincidence they moved from NA to Pueblo in July, when Kiddo and I moved in to Hubby’s house after the wedding in June.

There’s another reason for doing this. And it’s selfish. I want a baby. Not right now, but soon. My reasons for wanting to have another child are also selfish. I want a little version of Hubby running around. He’s so cute, it would be a shame not to. And his parents want grandbabies of their own to play with, and I think are convinced that he’s the only (or perhaps most likely) source. And I don’t want to work anymore. I love my job, but with the economy so bad like it is, there’s not a lot of work to do. Nobody needs engineering done when nothing is being built. And I HATE getting up at the crack of dawn to get to work, especially if there’s nothing to do when I get there.