Thanksgiving Weekend

So Thanksgiving 2011 has come and gone. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and relaxing holiday weekend! We generally keep our Thanksgiving small - my mom always cooks the Thanksgiving meal and my dad and brother are of course always home with us. My mom's youngest sister, my aunt Sandy, always comes over along with my dad's mom.

*I always need a photo with my favorite!*

I totally maxed out on Thanksgiving food, as I know most of us did. I don't want to do that next year! I felt sick the entire rest of the day. Starving yourself until the big meal is not a good idea. I can't really say I ate well the rest of the weekend either. Friday night Phil and I were suddenly starving around 11 PM and maxed out on some Spaghettio's and meatballs. Whoops! I really cannot wait until I move into my own apartment - I know it probably sounds like I'm making excuses, but it is really hard to eat well when living at home and then spending a lot of time at my boyfriend's place. There is too much bad food temptations at my house, and then Phil is never stocked up on groceries. This usually leads us to bad food decisions on the weekends. I feel like once I'm in my apartment, I can have structure and good, healthy food on hand. I can't wait to go to boot camp on Monday morning and get back on track for the week.

I did go to boot camp on Thanksgiving morning. The workouts have been really tough there lately! They got some new equipment in and there's always a new exercise to learn. Heaven & Hell now has a Facebook page, so if you're curious about the setup, here is the studio:

Anyone in the Lisle/Woodridge/DG area - if you'd like to come try out a session, let me know! Everyone is allowed one complimentary visit to see if they like it. I did boot camp 4 days in a row last week. By Friday, I absolutely could not WAIT to give my muscles a rest! Then I hit up my regular gym with Phil on Saturday morning and got a good 40-minute cardio session in.

This is going to be my last full week at my current job. I've worked there for 2 and a half years, and it feels quite strange to know that this week will be my last. I don't want to get into a lot of the details, but I was presented with another opportunity and decided it's time for a change. I better make sure that I'm prepared for it, because my schedule will be changing too. I currently work 9 to 5; at the new job I'll be working 8:15 to 5:15. This means that if I want to keep up with morning boot camp, I will have to switch from the 6:15 AM class to the 5:30 AM class in order to make it to work on time. I will also be getting home later, so I have to acknowledge that that could affect my drive to exercise in the evenings. I guess there will be some trial and error until I get into a schedule that works for me.

Have a great week, everyone!