Today is December 3rd, and our two biggest Christmas season endeavors will be over in 10 days. As I frantically try to get everything done that needs to be done, I am reminded how I put on much of this extra weight. This is the time of the year I tend to skip meals like breakfast and lunch, and then use those missed meals to justify those double cheeseburgers, large fries, and 44 oz. (or larger) soft drinks at dinnertime. I used to stay up really late working on projects, sometimes until 2 or 3 in the morning, in an effort to get everything done before the cantata or musical, whichever we happened to be doing at church. This year is different - staying up late is out the window, because I have to get up at 4:30 in order to be at the gym at 5:30 AM. This morning I got up at 4:00 to be there by 5:00, because Johnnie asked us to do 20 miles on the bikes today, and getting there earlier was the only way I was going to be able to fit it in before the ride home, cooking breakfast, washing dishes, and getting ready for work. I am discovering that some things I just have to leave undone, and some things I have to find other people to help me with. I have a powerpoint presentation that has to be done by Sunday, for which I have none of the information yet; I have to re-mix the entire soundtrack for our choir's Christmas cantata; we have the stage lighting to hang in the auditorium; we have to plan out how we are going to set up for the choir and other audio needs during our outdoor Christmas event next weekend; and numerous other tasks to handle. In between all of that, there are the daily workouts, visits to the chiropractor, appointments at PHC Wellness Center.
But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I have been provided, and I have to make getting healthy a priority. Without that, there's no energy, no creativity, and I will burn out quickly. I always figured I didn't have time to be healthy; now I realize I don't have time NOT to be healthy!
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