Hello, Friends!
I don’t think it can be overstated.. balance is key to complete wellness.
Purposeful movement, purposeful stillness, purposeful eating. They are essential for living healthy and enjoying life.
I can get so caught up in one practice that I neglect the others and usually end up antsy and achy. I am a fair-weather runner, so I take advantage of it when cooler sunrises call my name, I push aside indoor workouts that maintain my strength and mobility.
I will often head outside to run the stairs by our home or bang off a couple FITSPARK segments to bring me to blissful fatigue. But I struggle with consistency during the summer months.
I usually practice yoga every day, but I’m lucky if it’s once a week right now. I feel myself losing strength and flexibility, just teetering on the verge of a minor injury because my self-care does not include stretching or meditation. I know what it takes.
Note to self: get back on track.
When your schedule gets messed up how do you stay motivated and consistent?
I run with a woman who is a nurse and often comes off nights and still meets for RunClub on little, if any, sleep.
Others who eat clean 100% of the time. Sure I’m dedicated, but I do like my cold prosecco on a hot summer night.
I know many who are overtraining where they can’t catch their breath after a short walk, or have shaking restless legs and are unexplainable irritable. So interesting how over and under training manifest similar symptoms… balance, balance, balance. My only vice is refreshments and the occasional bag of potato chips.
My usual routine is consistently 90 minutes of movement a day and 30 of stillness… and yet.. I’m unenthused… not sure where my mojo went, but I know I’ll find it again, hopefully before I find myself with a wee injury to whine about due to my own lack of follow through.
Weird creatures we are, we know what is best for us and still, we resist.
Whether that’s eating cleaner, moving more… or perhaps taking a good hard look at if we’re moving too much and depleting ourselves to an extreme. Recovery and rest are so important, but not too much… ugh… balance Dina, balance.
It’s a beautiful life regardless, and I’m grateful for my health!
It’s YOUR life.. it’s waiting.. live it now!
