I have always been a very active person. Already as a kid, I was out and about doing things, playing and simply stayed active. If I wasn’t in the barn I was doing something with grandpa or working on some music somewhere. I have never been the person that can sit and watch movies for hours. If you mention a movie for me, you can almost guarantee that I have not seen it. It’s not that I don’t like watching movies, but I feel like I have better things to do.

September means cooler temperatures and I have a goal with my workout. To go back to walk my 5 miles instead of 3. The temperatures was one reason for me going down on the amount, mom was sick and my body was a little out of whack too. But it is time to start pushing myself, at least try. So those days I only do one workout I will at least aim to do a 5 mile walk.

Very often people likes to tell me what to do and not to do. One thing that is not understood when it comes to me is that I don’t slow down. I don’t relax. Well I do, but not in the same way as most people. And I hate to be told what to do. I hear at least once a day “You need to relax” or “Go and rest now”. That is one of the worst things you can tell me. I hate to hear that. It is boring to relax and rest. Yes, it is a necessity but I go to bed so early at night and I sleep my 8+ hours as long as I’m not at work. Every single doctor I have spoken to tells me to work out more, stay more active, I can’t overdo it, keep on working out. My body is not made to sit on my butt for hours to watch TV. I do that when I am sick or when I have a legit reason to. It doesn’t help my conditions to not being active. So unless you are a doctor, you have the MD or DO after your name, please don’t tell me to rest. I am listening to my body. I take midday naps if I feel like it (happens almost every day) and even thou I ignore a lot of pain and aches, I also know my limits of pain. Instead, try to be inspired over what I accomplish. If I can do it, you can do it!

Food has never been my strong suit. I admit that. I forget to eat, I don’t have time to eat, I don’t want to spend money on fast food. But if you follow this blog somewhat you have seen that I am improving on that as well. I have done meals that I have in the freezer, that I put in my little crock pot heater at work or when I am out and about so I ensure that I eat at least once a day, which is what I normally do and I eat a normal portion of food. On top of that it is made from scratch and I know exactly what is in it. Maybe not the healthiest (some of the recipes I find has a lot of cheese and unhealthy stuff) but it is better than burgers, french fries and that kind of stuff. So after all, I think I eat more healthy than some of y’all do… far from perfect though.

I am excited about September. I got my vacation approved so I will have an entire week for myself, my workout and my dogs. I am even considering to turn off my phone entirely for the entire week. But I still have three weeks to see if I can do that… my social media habit is probably too big… LOL…