I have fallen so far off the wagon I can't even see the tracks. Oh dear. My fitness plan has not gone well. One lesson learned: I can not do running training clinics. I just will never complete one. This one was even more demanding than the other THREE I have failed to complete because they expected me to attend group runs or classes three days a week and that does NOT work with my life. I won't sign up for another one of those! Also running in the winter is not fun for me. I don't like being cold or uncomfortable. Another thing I learned is that fitness videos are really boring (in my opinion).

However, my ambitious fitness goals remain (almost) intact! I am not sure if I'll do the 1/2 marathon in 2.5 weeks but I signed up for a September sprint triathlon and an October marathon. Crazy? probably but I don't care.

My new plan for achieving these goals is to exercise very early in the morning. This is the only thing that fits into my lifestyle. I need to get up at, like, 5:30 and head out for a run or head to the gym. And be ready to start my day at 8am. This fits into my paid work and even into single parenthood since I worked out a way to get my co-parent to be present in my apartment for early morning exercising on the days I have the kids (yay for easy-going co-parents who are also neighbours).  Because I am ambitious, and apparently don't mind failing, I have a plan to do this seven days a week: hot yoga twice, swimming twice, and running three times.  And maybe I'll even be able to combine some of the above mentioned exercises with a Zumba class.

In terms of healthy eating, I tried to do a detox and mostly focused on the food, although other things were part of it such as daily meditation and getting adequate sleep. It worked at first. I avoided sugar, wheat, and coffee, and ate lots of raw veggies and even did one day of a juice fast. But I think the one-day juice fast broke me. It made me feel crazy. I was so hungry all I could do was think about food. I felt tired, weak, and just awful. Maybe fasting is a spiritual and purifying experience for some people, but not for me. I will not be fasting again. I do, however, want to keep up the avoidance of wheat, sugar, and coffee. Or, start it again, since I failed on the sugar and wheat front!
But I'm also going to be flexible and accepting. Sometimes I just really need chocolate or a date square.

So, starting tomorrow, my goals are to exercise everyday, avoid sugar, wheat, and coffee, and get enough sleep while waking up very early. I will be completely changing my biological clock with the early morning wake-up so wish me luck!