I know, I know, it sounds nuts, doesn’t it?  I’m sure some folks will wonder if I have really lost it this time by saying that “I miss my workouts.”  But…it’s true.  Something has just been off kilter with me lately, more than just being sick or the occasional blues I go through every once in a while.  I’m unable to focus, my mind is going a million miles a minute, I’ve been suffering on and off with insomnia, and I’m just, well, “off.”  I couldn’t really put my finger on it until tonight.

While I was sitting on the couch a while ago, eating a late night snack and relaxing, it hit me, what exactly is “off.”  I haven’t really put in a good work out in over a month!  WHAT?  It’s true.  I’ve been keeping track of my steps with my handy dandy pedometer, but to be honest, I need more.  Another mom and I had been walking together, which I guess satiated my desire for some type of workout, but she quit on me a couple of weeks ago when the weather started to get a little cooler (not cold, just cool).  So basically I’ve been getting my steps in by doing housework, which is great because I get a lot done (hey, it takes a lot of walking to get in 10,000 steps in a day!).  But it’s not enough.  Crazy thought, isn’t it?

You have to understand that I was a hardcore and faithful exerciser (is that even a word?).  I worked out 6 days a week, sometimes 7, putting in a grueling workout with P90X or some sort of cardio/weight training program that I put together on my own.  Every single day without fail (unless too sick).  So it’s no wonder my mind has been fuzzy, I’ve been unable to stay focused, and I feel like I’m missing something.  I am missing something - my beloved workouts!!

Since my surgery is less than a month away and I know I won’t be able to workout for a bit after, and definitely no weight training for a while either, I am going to just do 6 days of cardio for now and stretch on the 7th day.  I’ve decided to just do Slim in 6 because it’s an awesome cardio workout with some resistance training and it makes me sweat and I really like it.

I’m downright giddy with the thought of actually getting up early in the a.m. and getting in a kickbutt workout.  I really think this will do the trick.