To workout or not...that is sometimes the question...

...the question that pops into my head from time to time.

Yesterday evening on my way home from work my head was hurting (I took a couple advil before leaving work) and I was seriously debating on doing my workout when I got home. As you may or may not know, my husband and I have been doing P90X2 together since the start of January. We just entered phase 2 yesterday. Well my issue was the fact that my head was hurting and I was feeling a bit nauseous so a workout did not seem sensible to me.

As I arrived at my house from an hour commute I was actually feeling a little better. I guess the advil had kicked in. I told my hubby how I had felt earlier and told him that I had thought about skipping the evening workout and doing it in the morning. He really didn't give me an opinion...he would encourage me to do whatever I felt best with. Well I decided to eat a little something so I fixed me a couple of eggs with salsa and ate that...felt even better. We pushed play around 7pm and during the warmup I was getting those sharp pains in my head that reminded me of my headache. At this point the headache was pretty much gone except for those little pains here and there.

We pushed on...I kept going and breathing through each move...by the end of the workout I felt great! :) My head was completely better and my body just felt better.

In general I have found that if I just feel a little off kilter or a little moody then a workout fixes me right up. If I am suffering from a more severe issue like upper chest congestion then I would definitely skip the workout. Everyone has to figure out what is best for them and the way I figure it is like this...If I push play and do a half-ass workout then I did better than doing nothing at all. If I push play and find that I do a great workout then I am that much better off for doing it and it makes me feel great!

So to wrap it all up...EXERCISE people...it will make you feel better!

When the hugs make you feel great...

This past weekend my hubby and I went up to Philly for a Beachbody Game Plan training event. Great stuff!

While we were there we decided to take in some of the City...we visited a place called Jim's Steaks on South Street. Fortunately we were able to be in line long enough to see how the ordering process worked...and I still goofed it up! LOL What we think of as a Philly Steak n Cheese is actually a Cheesesteak Hoagie. So I ordered mayo, lettuce, tomato with american cheese...YUMMY! I will say that those guys working there were not very friendly...and they had just opened at 11am, so I wouldn't think that they would have had time to get annoyed with customers yet. Oops! I was wrong! (or maybe they wake up like that?) One other thing I noticed...they don't serve much else besides sub sandwiches...no fries or other sides that I could see.

I thoroughly enjoyed the hoagie...My husband wasn't as happy with it but he is very picky.

We walked all over center city...from Market Street down to South Street and over to Penn Landing. I will tell you this much...my hip joints were aching because we walked so much!

We finally found the Liberty Bell! We would have been much better off if we had asked someone where it was...but we figured our stupid smart phone would tell us. Well the stupid smart phone had us completely out of center city and into a whole other section of Philly...yeah we walked there and before we realized we were no where near the Liberty Bell it was just to late! LOL We chalked it up to more exercise! The funniest part is that when we found the Liberty Bell location we realized that we had been only 1.5 blocks from it the night before as we were walking back to our hotel from South Street! HAHAHA! Live and learn I guess!

My overall feeling about Philly is that the people there aren't overly friendly...not sure about the whole brotherly love thing...but no one caused us any harm so we are good with that. :) We also felt like we knew the city much better as far as where things are located when we were leaving. Our next visit there should be even better!

Now we fast forward to the hug...yeah I really should get to that part, huh? Ok...I will...
After we drove back to Fredericksburg, I decided to go to our year end Black and Gold party at a local bar/restaurant so I could partake of some great door prizes. Won a really neat Steelers windbreaker! SWEET! Once halftime and prize distribution rolled around we all pretty much cleared the place. When I arrived home I was greeted by the arms of my youngest child. She is 12 years old and was just in a hugging kind of mood. Those are the things that make me feel GREAT! Hugs from my children...I can't get enough of them!

The weekend was fun...but the end of it was the best...Hugs are great!

The Difference

You know it is really amazing what a good workout and a goods night sleep can do for you! Yesterday evening I was feeling not so myself...kind of down and I really did not feel like exercising when I got home last night. I will say that the commute home was actually very good compared to most days...I didn't have to do the stop and go thing all the way home! YAY!

My hubby and I both did not feel like pushing play on our dvd player last night...the idea of doing P90X2 Plyocide was something we both dreaded. So...it would have been easy to just sit on our duff and watch a movie or something...but we both decided to log into WOWY and push play on the DVD player...and you know what? We both felt amazing afterward! I mean it was a totally different feeling than before we started...I felt happier and energetic...not energetic enough to miss out on going to bed at a reasonable hour! LOL

This morning I woke up feeling good...I felt good that I did my workout...I felt good that I went to sleep at a reasonable hour.

The difference a good workout and a good nights sleep can make are extremely amazing! I highly recommend it to EVERYONE!

Emotionally draining...

Sometimes I think I have to go through my own form of depression to get to my normal feeling again. These past few days seem to be my down days for the time being. I have been feeling kind of out of it over the past few days...and I think I kind of know why.

If you will allow me to share then here I go...

My Mom had two of her toes amputated on Monday (we knew it was going to happen for several weeks). While we were with her in the hospital waiting for her Operating Room to be made available we were talking...I say we meaning my Mom, Sister and Brother. Well as we were sitting there talking my Mom brought up something about our family not seeing each other enough. My sister says that she is a loner...doesn't need to see the family that much. I kind of feel that way too...but after thinking about it for a while, I have to admit that when I am with my brothers, sister and mom I like it a lot! We usually have a fun time and of course since we are grown we don't carry on like kids with fighting and bickering any more. :) My mom can bring things down with her negativity...which she recognizes and asks God to overlook that about her. At least that is what she told me this morning while I was talking to her on the phone. For the most part I think about all the fun times we have had when we all get together a few times throughout the year and think...we should do this more often. Heck...Why Not? My Mom made a good point...isn't that what Mothers tend to do? :)

I feel bad for my Mom right now...she is in the hospital which is a good drive down the road so we won't be able to visit her like she was right here in town. She loves company...and she doesn't have any right now. :-( She is going to need lots of care when she does come home from the hospital because she will be confined to a wheelchair. If you know my mom...she doesn't like to be confined...Thank goodness she wasn't a criminal! haha!

As this day progresses I haven't been my most cheerful self...I need a day or so to take in and digest what is going on and accept the fact that I can't fix things for my Mom. But I can take some initiative and try to encourage my family to come together more often. Once a week would be great! :) So...family...if you are reading this...what do you think? Let's make it happen!