After our usual Monday morning and getting ready, we headed out to pay some bills then went grocery shopping. I sat down at the blood pressure cuff to take it like I have been every week. Eek… last week It was 110/74 and well, this time It was 100/67? I pushed myself too hard last week and I could definetly tell it and that reading gives me even more proof that I need to step back and just REST. I get so eager and go all out when I get to feeling the least bit good and then keep pushing. Last Monday I did a little over an hour of exercise, Tuesday was 25 minutes of intense kettlebell, Wednesday was an hour, Thursday was a little more than Mondays time and Friday was 30 minutes so yeah… I probably undone some of the rest I had done previous to this last week and I can tell a diff in the way I feel. Instead of trying to push and push myself like I did last week, this week and probably the next few weeks I’m going to use my walking at the grocery store on Mondays as my exercise, take off Tuesday, do a little bit on Wed, Thurs and Friday and of course nothing on the weekend. I’ve thought about even taking completely off exercise for this week because my body needs to “recharge” and store the iron and If I exercise hard then my body doesn’t get to recharge. To make matters worse, this last week I was also PMS’in so that’s even more iron loss daily.

I guess I’m just so ready mentally to get back into my usual exercise routine but I’ve got to give my body what it needs… iron and rest. Also- I bought chocolate covered almonds at the store… YUMMY! Katie has been miss temper tantrum all day long and I have to say I’m thankful that she is in bed! It was a gloomy, rainy day but It atleast wasn’t really cold! It’s supposed to drop in temp tho in the next few days. Last day of January… roll on February!