I'm not entirely sure where to begin. As you can tell, I've been a bit of slacker with my weekly weigh-in posts for a month! NO; I did not fall off the wagon! I've been just as committed to this journey as I was when I first started back on February 4th of this year. However, life happens and I haven't had the opportunity to blog about it. The last week couple weeks have been a bit of a hot mess! Ramadan (the month Muslims fast from dawn to sunset) started a few weeks ago... I love Ramadan, don't get me wrong - but my comfortable schedule gets turned upside down. I get very little sleep, anywhere from 3-5 hours... I don't do well with less than 6 hours of sleep - so I'm in a perpetual state of crankiness.
Truthfully, I was concerned with how Ramadan would affect my weight loss efforts. Since I am unable to eat/drink during the day - I couldn't continue with my daytime workout routine. I refused to stop exercising; primarily because I LOVE exercising and I wanted to keep up my endurance. I shifted my workouts from the day to very late at night, after breaking my fast and allowing the food to settle. I also reevaluated my 5 day a week exercise commitment... I conceded, at least during Ramadan, it was probably best if I adopted an every other day approach instead - which, I only adhered to for the first week... I quickly went back to my 5+ days a week routine instead.
My plans were further altered when I realized hubby would be home in the evenings during my runs on the treadmill. I love my hubby but I just feel weird about running in front of him. I also felt weird about running outside so late at night - but given a choice between the two - I'll run outside.
