Getting Out of The Funk

This has been the absolute craziest/weird time I think we have ever experienced. We are still in a stay-at-home lockdown and actually today marks exactly 1 month of being away from work. A month ago today, my husband and I were headed down to FL for a week of vacation which, of course, ended early due to this Coronavirus. The last 4 days, I have found myself in funk after funk. I haven't exercised in 4 days which I am sure is contributing to my laziness, but I've also been feeling anxious and unsettled. Yesterday I found myself saying that I was glad to not be at work and I already feel a little nervous for when we do go back because I'm now accustomed to being home. I'm not really an outdoorsy type of person but I think being cooped up in my house all day everyday with nothing but tv to be my friend has started to take an effect on me. The weather lately hasn't been helping. We've had rainy days and super windy days that haven't given me much motivation to want to go outside. We do have quite a bit of yard work that needs to be done in terms of pulling weeds, mulching, etc but all I want to do is nothing which is stupid. I know this is such a rambling of events and I am sure it sounds more like whining at the moment but I am truly tired of the funk. I've been frustrated with my weight during this time too. I've been so hopeful that being home and concentrating on everything going into my body would help lose weight, wrong. I thought not being able to go out to eat, drinking out, having more of a meal routine would drop the pounds. Nope. Have I been working out everyday though and have my workouts been challenging enough? Probably not. Have I really been that great at watching what I have been eating? No. I've baked cookies, brownies, I've made tons of recipe decisions that are way too carb loaded. So now thinking about it all and putting it in perspective, I've done a horrible job. Too many carbs equals too much sugar equals no weight loss. Put on top of that, I may get on the treadmill to do my run for 30 min one day and then a couple days later I do our Crossfit WOD but I kinda skimp on it. My husband pointed out to me that I have got to do way more weight training coupled with the days I get on the treadmill AND I have to start focusing on my macros. Carbs for me are just not good. I've been eating bread, baked goods, and also drinking beer since the weather has gotten warmer which just isn't good for my system. Ok so new day, new perspective. Perhaps just typing all of this out will help kick me in my pants enough to motivate me to get up and do something! So here we go...here is to getting out of my funk.

New Virtual World

Going into this new week, my amazing leader got us all a subscription to RightNow Media. There are so many studies on this app so as a team we are doing one by John Maxwell called the 7 Day Experiment and then I personally am doing a marriage study by Les and Leslie Parrott. It has felt good to add these little blips of encouragement and inspiration to my morning routine especially during these times. I have been starting to feel frustrated in the unknown the last couple of days. Our Governor's speech this past Monday was not completely clear for when salons are going to be able to re-open. So at the moment we are still left thinking it will be at the end of this month. There is another article in place that suggests June before many other places will be open and "back to normal". I think my time being by myself and doing things around the house has started to feel comfortable to me because I have been finding myself hoping it is June before we go back. I am rather enjoying this time of everyone needing to be home left to be with just their families without a whole lot of distractions. This is going to create a new normal for a lot of people when everything is said and done. I believe people are going to really find what they truly value in life. Perhaps they are going to get their priorities straight for the first time in a while. Work for many is going to look very different as I'm sure many companies have realized how much can be done from home. I would like to think that stress levels have been able to go down for many people as well. I know that for some this has caused more stress due to finances and whether or not a business will be able to sustain when we all go back to work, but for the most part everyone is literally forced to be home. Hardly anyone is traveling, no one is going out to eat, no one is sitting on a bar stool all day, and no one wonders where everyone is because we are all in this stay-at-home order. To me, this is starting to feel rather peaceful! I just hope I can continue to use this time wisely and have more lessons and hopefully more inspiration come my way. Cheers!