Ambition

Ambition. I have it. Boy do I have it. If all it took were ambition then I would be out there right now in this "feels like 37 degree, overcast skies" weather hiking up Mt. Mitchell! Maybe not Mt. Mitchell, maybe just a nice day hike or even a few hour hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway some where. Then I would get into The Fire and do a full body workout followed up by a nice stretching routine. Ambition is a wonderful thing.

Realism. I have that too. I learned that this week. Well, maybe I have been learning it for years but I think I learned quite a bit of it this week. Since I have learned realism I am going for the safer route with exercise today. LAUNDRY That may seem like small potatoes in the fitness realm but in my current state of well-being it is a realistic route. The machines are in the basement. This means multiple trips up and down the stairs. (Remember what those stair climber things look like in the gym?) I am wearing my pedometer again today. The goal is 6500 steps. I'll reach this easy. I am not into the weightlifting during cardio stuff yet. So the clean laundry will stay in the basement until someone who is able to climb stairs and carry heavy loads comes along to take it all upstairs for me.

I tried some functional weightlifting yesterday. I went out shopping. I bought many food and beverage items. I even bought a case of bottled water. Water is heavy when put into containers. Each of these containers on their own would have been easy to transport. This was a case of 24 bottles each holding 20 ounces. No matter how you do the math that case of water was heavier than my 20 pound weight lifting limit. The math I was doing was on how many bottles and how much they cost. Then if we resell the bottles is it a profit or not. Bottom line? The cart became quite heavy. (Yes, I did do that silly move and lift that case from the bottom shelf up to the cart and then realize it needed to go under the basket!) At the 3/4 mark I called Kam to come help me complete the process. The cart was too heavy to push. I thought it would be a piece of cake. Fill this thing on wheels and push it to the finish line. Then ask that the bags all be 20 pounds or lighter. That way I could get them into the car. After all that I planned to drive home and unload the car. Somehow I forgot that the driveway is at quite a steep incline. (I am still needing help holding the car door open so it does not hit me as I slowly ease out of this machine.) Lucky for me Kam the super trainer came to rescue me. She was able to push the cart load of food to the finish line. She was also able to drive us home, my exhaustion level was high and not encouraging of driving a Mustang down I40! Then to make the whole experience a dream she unloaded all the groceries! After a quick lunch I took a nap for 2 1/2 hours.

Which brings me back to realism. Laundry is the big goal today. I get to rest between trips to the basement. Later I plan to go into The Fire and train my clients and run my evening class. I am not sure when the nap comes into play but since I have become attached to it in a better-do-it-or-you-will-fall-over kind of way I am sure nap time will present itself.