Keep working to make it better

My Carbohydrate intake during the holidays was less then expected. My TRW (the right woman) worked very hard to minimize the holiday goodies around the house. It was easier this year as we stayed at home and the kids came to visit. We did most of the cooking and setting the menus.

There were a few temptations along the way. Cookies and a couple of gift tins sent from coworkers. I must admit I had a few bites of all of it. Well maybe a few more bites of the cookies. Those are my favorites. Especially when the cookies are baked by my daughters. They are very hard to resist.

The food poisoning helped me to eat, so I had ten days with little interest in food. I don't think I lost any weight, but I don't think I gained any either.

With the new year starting I need to exercise more. I had planned on taking advantage of my time off to increase my exercise activity, but again the food poisoning put a stop to this. Now I need to motivate for the new year. I did get three days of skiing in over the holidays.

Adding the gym into my already busy schedule is hard. There has also been some tragedy very close to home and I find myself not motivated and sleeping more then normal. Maybe some mild depression or sorrow.

Friends have lost their daughter in a very meaningless and pointless way and it makes you think about the terrible impact to them and their family. There are a ton of question, that you don't really want an answer too, but you think about the questions anyway. To reference the tragedy, simply search Google with "Missing Hiker Georgia" and you will understand better.

Anyway, I need to motivate to the gym. I have a ten day business trip coming up next week, and this will interfere with exercise time. I do plan on walking through airports and around in airports and in the travel cities. I am traveling to Tokyo and Paris, so walking is a must. I should be able to get an hour of walking during most days. If my internal clock is not to messed up, I maybe able to hit the exercise rooms at the Hotels as well.

Not such a good start to the new year. I will have to work at more exercise time and making the New Year better. It seems to always be this way. You have to work at it.