Back at it

Time to get back after it.  I took a few weeks to let my body recover by only running, I am needing to get back to it.  With a pregnant wifey and little man keeping most of my attention, I fell off the path and it took me a few weeks to get back on.  I made it in this morning to the 5:45a class and it felt great.  Waking up at 5:15a was no fun but my logic seems to help when it is tough to get out of bed.  I have been telling myself on those cold, early mornings that an additional 30 minutes in bed waiting until little man wakes up (which I am more than likely not sleeping for that time) is not better than the feeling I have all day when I go to my class.  At first, I kept talking myself out of that thought process and chalked it up to cheesy "You can do!" mantra but it is true.  I feel it starts my day off so well to have that done.  It also gives me a chance to move around all day and keep soreness from setting in (at least I think it does).  I have not medical backing to that but I'll run with it.  
To piggyback on that, it also gives me an excuse to eat better.  More often than not, I find myself giving myself a cheat day because I was not working out.  Not a good idea when you are taking multiple days/weeks off to "recover".  On top of my body recovering, I also recovered 5 pounds I had once lost.  No bueno.  So finding a reason to eat good after a few tough weeks is another good feeling.  I try not to waste my workout days with eating bad.  If I can string a few workout days together, I will be back on track before I can get back into AmeriCone Dream (you are evil people Ben and Jerry).  

-N