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Ground Hog's Day All Over Again

2/15/2016

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PictureA more fluffy me...
Setting: Big, warm, comfortable den--also known as my house

Scenario: One fine morning in February, I wake up, walk out of the front door of my den, and look down to see that my shadow looks different. "That can't be my shadow!" I exclaim. I look to my left, and then I look to my right. Nope, no one else is out her with me, so this must be my shadow.  But what happened?! Why does my shadow look so...squat.  I look for the sun--maybe it is close to noon and the sun is above me and causing my shadow to look shorter and wider.  I peer up at the sky, and once again my answer is a firm, "Nope!" It is not the sun, the shadow does not belong to someone else, and I am forced to admit that that short, squat shadow belongs to none other than ME!

It's February again, which means that once more I wake up from my winter fog and wonder how I find myself in the same condition I do every February. I am fluffy and frustrated with the fact that I know how to eat healthy, and yet every year I fluff up and spend my spring trying to get back to my normal comfortable self.  I feel like Bill Murray in the movie Ground Hogs Day. I wake up each spring and expect that this year is going be different, and each spring I am disappointed with my lack of control when the weather cools down and when the days seem darker and longer.  I know that I am not the only one because my friends, my hairdresser, even complete strangers have shared with me their fluffy frustrations as well. Luckily, I am an old pro at this. I know exactly what to do to get myself back in fighting shape:
  1. Don't Panic: It is not the end of the world.  I am still running on a consistent basis, so at least I have my exercising under control.
  2. Track My Food: I don't have to be too crazy about writing down every single bite I put in my mouth, but when I am more conscious about what I am eating, I just eat less. I use the MyFitnessPal app because it is easy to track the food I eat. 
  3. Hydration: It is so hard for me to remember to drink water in the winter.  In the summer I actually feel thirsty, but when the weather cools down, I don't have those same sensations.  I can go a whole day without drinking anything other than coffee (or tea now that I am cutting down on caffieine). I don't like to drink my calories, so I also don't drink soda, juices, or smoothies.  This makes it so that I hydrate very little at this time of year.
  4. Exercise: I just need to continue what I am doing with my running.  I love to get out a play on a regular basis, so I need to keep getting out on my early morning jaunts around town.
  5. Sleep: Sleep is an important part of staying healthy. I need to make sure that in between my early morning runs that I go to bed in time to get consistent rest.
Hopefully next Groundhog's Day I will finally be able to share that I remembered my healthy habits all year long. But until then, I will be working on making my slightly fluffy shadow a little less round so that I can comfortably hang out in my swimsuit as I lay on the Hawaiian beaches this summer. Hawaii here I come! 

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