I'm back

Whew, it's been some stressful last few weeks. We've moved from the Sacramento, CA area to the Fort Worth area of Texas. It came pretty fast. We moved about 2 weeks after it was decided in mid-March. Unfortunately, took a long time for our things to get here from California, like 3 weeks. Turns out the company who moved our stuff isn't the quickest or the winner of customer service awards. We had some rough weeks, not having any information or assurance from them that our belongings were not being pillaged, or sold along the roadside. Finally it got here.

That being said, it was very difficult to have any kind of routine or diet and exercise plan I could consistently stick to. I had 3 outfits, no fridge and no gym membership. I did take up some running and home workouts. The diet did suffer. But all things considered I think I did a pretty good job. I incorporated the healthiest choices I could where it was an option and I didn't sweat it if I couldn't do anything about it. All said and done, I did not gain any weight, so I'm happy at a consistent 208. I think my muscles shrank down a bit and I probably increased my fat. I know I need to build my muscular strength back up, but that will take a few weeks. And I am still in the process of scoping out a good gym.

I did get back to swimming this week and that felt just awesome. I elected to get a short term pass for the adult open swim times at the Keller ISD Natatorium. It's the first time I've swam in an indoor pool, and that was a whole new experience. Check it out at: http://campus.kellerisd.net/swim/index.php.

So, now that I'm looking at all of these gyms in the area, I am realizing just how good I had it before. My old gym was close enough to bike to, had great personal training and masters swimming and all the facilities I like using. I have not been able to find all of those in one. Either they have no pool, or a meat market feel, or they are too far away and so on. I am being choosy and it's holding up the process of getting back to the workout, but I want to get the right one the first time.

Moving sure is tough. Not only does it take a toll on you emotionally and mentally, but it makes the physical upkeep difficult as well. I am happy that things can start getting back to normal. Day by day it gets better and better.