Again...?

And so it seems that another busy season is approaching. Didn't I just wrap up the last one? Or did it ever really end? I look at the hours I have worked and can find the 40 hour weeks to be few and far between.

Gabbana...who surprisingly still loves me and remembers me after this summer of traveling for work and play... is not so excited for the busy season to be approaching. In the past few weeks we have built up the routine of running in the morning and we both fear what busy season is going to do for that. Hopefully we can keep it going so she and I will stay in shape. I will say she is quite the motivator. At 5 AM those puppy eyes are looking at me saying "you better take me for a run because I am going to be stuck in here all day and who knows how late." Although we have gotten better about having our fabulous dog walkers to come walk her and check on her when the days are a little too long. It is nice to not feel so guilty when I am gone or when I come home and just want to crawl into bed.



I can honestly say that I am the happiest I have been in a while. It is great to just be content with life and enjoying it for what it is worth.

Working out through busy season...the LVBBG

So as I approach my 5th busy season with Moss Adams, similar to every preceding season, I start with the same goal...going to eat healthy and work out. Not only for my physical well being for but for my mental well being. Every other season I have failed epically, by drinking, over eating regularly and never working out. I end the season stressed out and out of shape.

This season will be different...I will stick with my plan and I will in fact improve my health this busy season and reach my LVBBG (Las Vegas Bikini Body Goal). I have selected my bikini and now I just need to go there (see picture - courtesy of Victoria Secret). Although...a good point that Olga brought up is how does it look when you sit down.

The Tools

1) The body bugg from the love of my life Kate. I WILL be good and input my food and wear it regularly.

2) My Trainer - Kaytee, without her I would not feel pain on a weekly basis and I would not have a true understanding of working out until you feel like you are going to puke.

3) Vegan - feeling fabulous and not being able to eat as much crap makes it so much easier.

4) BRING LUNCH TO WORK - eating out at busy season is probably the most dangerous and fattening part of the whole thing.

The Goals - The light at the end of the tunnel

1) STP - July (a bike ride from Seattle to Portland)

2) Rock N' Roll Half Marathon - June 26

3) Cottage Lake Tri - June or September

4) Breast Cancer Three Day - September

5) Oktoberfest Leavenworth Half Marathon

6) Look ridiculously fabulous in Vegas in July

The plan - The key to making the plan work is to have it be flexible. My Schedule is NOT what you would call routine. So my workout schedule will have to reflect that. The loose game plan is...to be revised every Sunday.

Sundays - PT with Kaytee (LIFT)

Monday - LIFT

Tuesday - Spin or Soccer

Wednesday - Swim/Run/LIFT

Thursday - Spin 0r Soccer

Friday - Running with the Monster (AKA Gabs)

Saturday - Spin

This would be my dream...I know that people say you shouldn't work out every day, but if you sit on your butt for so many hours a day, it just makes sense that you could get off your butt for atleast 30 mins to go to a treadmill. Granted with a schedule like this and my busy season work schedule I will probably not have much if any of a social life, but it might be just what I need right now...to take a step back and focus on work and my physical well being. At a min I need to work out 4 times a week!

Sorry for those of you who like to read about my memorable evenings of lost debit cards and funky dating, but I am switching gears and taking a hard look at what I expect out of myself and how I want to feel. I will probably blog about mental breakdowns at busy season, funky vegan recipes that I try on Sunday nights and trying to get the gym, work 60 plus hours a week and not go crazy.

Wish me luck...I will need it.

~Rachel