So I am just one week away from the six month mark. I am feeling great, feeling healthy and my old clothes have now been packed firmly away. However, the last week and a half I needed to take a break. I was going through a bit of transition as my schedule was all mixed up. Moreover, I was really tired. So, I took a break for a few days.

Unfortunately, the few days lasted for 10 days! What happened? Well, as I said, I was really tired all the time. So, I thought I would stop for couple of days and see how I felt. In hindsight, now, I think it was the best thing for me to do. I did not expect it to last 10 days, I thought I would take the Wednesday to Sunday off and start up again that Monday. But, when the Monday rolled around I was still tired. Moreover, my schedule was all over the place and I couldn’t, on the fly, figure out how I would fit my workouts into what was now my new reality.

What I have come to realize is that: Yes, I was overdoing it! Sleep is so important to any good workout routine and I was not getting enough. Moreover, because my normal working hours were shifting because of the increased traffic with the start of school (i.e. I now leave the house later and get home later). I needed a new workout time. There was a bunch of other stuff that was effecting this too that I won’t get into. But suffice to say it was not as simple as just workout in the morning instead of in the evening.

So, my dilemma was that I had way more work (a lot of private ventures I was trying to mature), blogging commitments (very under appreciated in terms of time commitment), workouts to do and a shift in work hours. I really did need a week or so to get a feel for the other before I made any decisions on where my workouts fit in. Also, I think I needed the week to start and feel like working out again (did I mention I was tired, it was dropping on the priority scale). The other stuff (less my blogging about working out) all pays! A fact my wife is quick to point out!

So, having taken 10 days to get accustomed to my new routine and allow my body time to heal. I have decided that I will do my workouts during lunch. I use to do this all the time back in my 30′s (not that long ago, BTW), so I am familiar with this routine and what it means work-wise, exactly how much time you need to put aside for the shower, changing and eating lunch at your desk while you work. Quite confident this will work. This should allow me time to do my normal work and have the time to pursue the other stuff outside of my normal work hours, get my workouts done and still get some much needed and required sleep.

Now, I am lucky because my work has a full gym facility and I can do this. Frankly, if this was not an option I am quite sure that my workout routines would suffer drastically. Because, as I mentioned the other stuff pays money! I know, I know, many of you will talk about the payday of living longer, etc, etc. Not sure I would buy any of your arguments, but feel to try and leave a comment regarding your thoughts on the subject.

I’ll let you know next week how the first week went. I have a feeling that this will be my winter schedule and then in the spring I will go back to my old schedule.

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