Last week marked my first week back in the gym after a my vacation. My two weeks off were followed by a week where I had a pretty nasty sinus infection, so not much time was spent sweating out the calories or eating anything particularly healthy. You know how it is — you feel like crap, and oddly enough eating comfort (sometimes crap) food is what makes you feel better… a bit better, that is.
So, just in time for a weekend training session with Seb, my sinuses cleared and I was ready to get back into my routine. I was feeling a bit anxious because I had been away from it for so long. In fact, looking back on it now, I was probably feeling a little depressed — not only because I was sick, but also because I realized that I didn’t miss working out as much as I thought I would while I was off. I mean, it was really easy for me to not go to the gym for three weeks. It was really easy for me to dig into a decadent cheesy pizza instead of my daily dose of raw broccoli. In other words, getting back to my ‘old ways’ was really easy… and I didn’t think I would revert that quickly, or even that willingly. I was feeling a bit disappointed with myself — not necessarily for having taken a break from the rigor of daily life… that we know, I needed. I was disappointed that I felt like I was beginning to slip. And when you’ve focused on staying strong for so long, that slipping feeling wasn’t a pleasant one.
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