After sickness through our house and just crazy life !! I needed this ride today.

Amanda dropping another truth bomb in today's lesson 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I haven't been tracking my food the past few days, and I definitely feel more of out of control and out of touch with my body and its rhythms. This has been an unusual week, and an unusually hard one, and my body is paying the price. Yesterday, I spent most of the day sitting with family and yet, the emotional and mental toll of the past few days manifested in my readiness score. My body needs rest. In the past, I might keep pushing. I might still try to get a heavy lift in or push on my cardio. Today, I rest, and not just because I'm traveling today but because I know the rest is a necessary part of the recovery. Tomorrow, I'll get back to tracking my food. I'll be home and have more control over my choices. I'll also be back to ramping up my cardio load, with eyes on improving my fitness. And in March, I've got a check-up appointment scheduled to retest my LDL levels to see if my dietary changes are making a difference. Whether it's in the daily reality checks of calorie counts or weigh-ins or the retests after months of dedicated focus, the data is where you see if your efforts are actually paying off. I've got goals and this is how I'm being real about my progress.

Busyyyy day! Woke up early and had a great breakfast, got our groceries, then cleaned the house before hosting Wesley’s friend and her mom for a play date. No workout “officially” but 5,223 steps so far for today. Not bad for a rest day lol. Depending on how I feel tomorrow I may do an upper body workout. I wanted to do it today but didn’t have the time. I made the best protein ice cream today and I will make it tomorrow as well as my own pizza for the Super Bowl! I am so excited! Hope everyone has had a great Saturday so far and is staying warm!

Please consider wearing red for your workout tomorrow and posting a sweaty selfie!

Y'all, I fly out for a family funeral tomorrow morning at 6am. If there was ever a time to remind myself that adjusting is a skill, not a weakness, it is now. This is precisely why I write my training plan in pencil. I won't have access to a gym or my normal food options. I'll be at the mercy of airport schedules and scheduled pick-ups. Now is a time to adjust, not throw in the towel. Yesterday I picked up some travel snacks that will align with my goals. I'll walk around the airport to get steps in during my layovers. I'm also packing my swimming suit as there is a pool and hot tub (and sauna!) at the hotel I'm staying at Friday night. I saved a few Pilates and mobility workouts for the days I will be staying with family. I'm not starting from scratch; I'm just aligning my goals with my current reality.