Hi Loves!  Two weeks from today and Christmas will be over. 😦  This past week was a crazy busy one for me.  I managed to tweak a muscle in my lower back, so I made the decision to hit pause on the plank challenge.  I didn’t say I quit – I hit pause.  In fact, I may start over completely.  I aggravated an old injury from high school that left me randomly walking hunched over for a couple days.  That was not cool!  I isolated it to that injury because I could do down dog one legged. The old injury left my back and other leg crunched up as I tried to extend it.

A few times a year I have a habit of running myself ragged.  Late nights, early mornings, and running to work and various other events leaves me struggling.  An example would be last week.  I spent the evenings working on projects.  Friday I spent the evening deep cleaning parts of my apartment because they were annoying me.  Saturday I was up from 8am-3am without a nap or much of a break.  Sunday I was up from 8:30am-10pm.  Some times, I need to remind myself to hit the pause button on my brain and just stop moving for 20 minutes or longer and rest.

This reminds me that I may need to get back into yoga in a very important way.  Yoga has been the only thing that has allowed me to actually hit the pause button.  While I’m paying attention to what I should be doing, I’m also able to block out everything else.

Before I end – I did gain a pound.  When I’m tired, I eat.  And I eat bad food!  However, it happens.  I’m still less than I was a couple weeks ago.  Here’s hoping that this week I maintain or get back on track to dropping a pound.

Have a great week loves!  Stay warm my friends.  Its a bit brisk here. 🙂