mind workout and summer plans

This week I have to sift my focus onto working out my mind and planning for the next months ahead.
My body is suffering and working out has been limited to low intensity cardio.
Today I was supposed to go workout but I wake up with a nasty head cold and losing my voice.
So I decided to put my mind into high gear and workout some other things that will help me in the coming months.

In the past when I am not feeling well, I would go for a swim in the pool of pity... it has wave after wave of poor me I can not workout so sit and be lazy and it also has a riptide pulling me back into the eat whatever you want because you are not feeling well.

This is the first time that I have stopped myself from entering the pool of pity....and I am finally getting the big picture. My body is trying to tell me something....rest and take this time to preplan some future workout activities and how to stay focused during the summer months.

So for the past few days I have been looking ahead and seeing what I did wrong last year and how to improve myself while getting closer to my goals.
This summer I have arranged to include a more defined plan for me to workout while enjoying the summer instead of having no plan and just seeing how the day goes,hoping to squeeze a workout in .

For this to work and not feel guilty about the time I am spending on myself, the plan is to include my family in the workouts.

One of the workouts that I have arranged is to go trail running/walking with my oldest girl once a week for the summer.

Another workout with my youngest girl is to do a 9km bike ride around our area weekly, it involves a few hills and is quite a challenge.

I am also allowing myself one workout a week to try something new be it a dvd workout, ladder workout or a class at my local gym, hopefully one of these will become a new passion for me.

Vacation talk has already begun and if we go back to Vegas again I have a better plan of action.

Getting up early and doing some workout(cardio atleast) before breakfast will allow me to keep on track and not interfere with our family plans.
Making healthier choices at meal times will be my main goal which will be hard but it will be done.
I have also found a great website that I can book a 2-3 hour hike in the mountains in Vegas....they actually pick you up at the hotel supply lunch and it sounds like such fun.
The great thing also about the hiking website is I have to prebook...so no backing out !!!

This summer is shaping up to be great and keeping myself focusing on myself becoming great also is the plan....whats yours?????

fail to plan is planning to fail