Dawn’s Weight Loss Journey

I swear…

When I die, someone, ANYONE, please donate my brain to science…I want to discover why it is I am so incredibly nuts…

You know its bad when your OWN mind freaks you out…

So, I started a new job this week…And while its going well, its of course, thrown me off of my routine…We all know how Dawnie LOOOOVES her routines…

New location. New people. New lunch schedule. New drive. New hours. And, well, you get the picture…

I havent been to the grocery store, so I have NO healthy lunch choices…I am poorer than dirt right now so I cant BUY any healthy lunches out…Or snacks…The new job people love to eat so there is ALWAYS sweets going around…

UGH…

THEY MESSED UP MY ROUTINE!!!!!

So this week has been a challenge at best…

Whats different about this time is I now know myself enough to recognize the signs…And very early in the week I noticed I was derailing…I was just “off”. My food was off. My focus was off. I was drained and didnt want to work out…

I knew it was there. I recognized it. WANTED to get it back on the tracks but I wasnt quite sure HOW to do, only knew that eventually I would settle in…

Knew myself well enough to know that once I got my groove back on at work that everything would fall into place…So i kept telling myslef to just chill…That it WOULD get better…

And then tonight, something so very simple, made it all fall back into place…

I mean, seriously…

I found my route to and from work…

Thats it…

After four days, and four different ways, I found the way that I am now comfortable with, the one that makes sense, and there you go.

Came home, had a nice dinner, and went and worked out.

ANd just like that, that ONE thing falling into place, made everything else align itself…It was sooo weird…One little routine fixed, and suddenly my brain is happy…

Now that I was NOT expecting…But I will take it!!!

I worked out hard too…Not half assed…

I dont quite understand it myself, but I am so glad it happened…

And really, the most amazing thing is this…

I am learning myself…

Every day…

Every month…

Every year…

I am learning myself more and more…And although I will ALWAYS be one of those people that like their structure and their routines…I AM getting better at adapting to and dealing with change…

The changes that in the past would have taken me MONTHS to bounce back from whether it be work, life, whatever, now only take a day or two…

This change, a new job, even a year ago would have thrown me off for a solid month…

But not this time…

This time, in four short days I am already finding my groove again…And as the days go by and more things fall into place, I know it will even get better…

So yeah, the week started off pretty bad food/exercise wise…Not awful, but bad in comparison to where I have been…But I am determined to finish it on the upswing…

I worked out Tuesday and tonight…I have three more days to get through…I must eat well and EXERCISE event through the weekend,  and then I can lable this a success after all…

And since I am doing the American Heart Association 5k on Saturday, this should be a no brainer…LOL…

But, anyway, One week…One day…One pound at a time, I will get there…