Morning, a Tuesday no less and I have plenty of time to myself, not least because I won't be working out this week whatsoever.
I think I've been able to zero down on the exercise which led to the uncomfortable sensation in my neck. Perhaps I'll completely eliminate it from my circuits .
It's the tricep extensions that I do which sometimes tends to strain my neck when the weights are too heavy and I don't have a spotter who keeps telling me to keep my neck in alignment with my spine, which frankly is a dialogue that keeps running in my head every time I workout but often times some workouts are best done in front of a mirror and a tricep extension if done with heavier weights is definitely that exercise.
Strange how till today after years of exercise, I'm still learning what my body wants and what I give it.
In the same vein I don't feel like eating foods which a few months ago I religiously ate. Case in point noodle salads, specifically buckwheat noodle salad that I ate almost twice a week, is a thought I cannot abide by these days.
Maybe it's the cold nature of that food which keeps me from wanting it or maybe it's just a phase or perhaps it's the weather.
I'm craving soups. Lots of hot soups, maybe sweet potato or something such.
And would you believe it that today I have no idea about what I'd like to eat because I'm in no mood to cook up anything.
I'd thought I'd dedicate today to taking pictures for a recipe but it's so dismally dark, so overcast and almost ready to rain that photography is quite out of question.
It's upsetting but I have set myself some deadlines and I hope to not fail myself.
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I think there are times I get obsessive about certain things and sometimes I tend to overdo them, when I could instead take a simpler, more realistic and relaxed approach.
I have to learn that it's always during these times that I let myself get injured, though this ain't nearly as big as the muscle tear in my shoulders from two years ago, it still is enough to keep me away from exercising, something I absolutely resent because working out is probably one of the bigger stabilising factors in my life and I could never give it up no matter what.
I have slowly started taking things a bit more easy but I'm not fully there yet.
Last year I was almost on the path to orthorexia, so much so that I had started cutting out gluten, dairy and almost everything that I thought isn't pure or healthy for my body.
I have stopped eating bacon and sausages and almost everything processed for that reason and it took a long moment of retrospection to realize that I am going a bit crazy with the whole tracking of my macros business and avoiding even normal foods which are a household and diet staple.
I love sciencing my workouts, nutrition and energy and sometimes it can go to extremes and for that I'm glad to have a family and people around who aren't afraid to raise their eyebrows and call me out on my growing idiocies .
Sometimes I think we need someone to slap some sense or just make fun of us when we cross that thin line of being cautious to being obsessed and I often crossover.
So yes, this is my rant because I'm free this Tuesday morning and this week doesn't look like there will be any workout and I just wanted to share a few things which might help you on your path to fitness.
It's a journey and there are milestones and there are small resting places. Perhaps this is mine for a bit.
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