Snacking on Elephants

  The other day I found myself in the middle of a steep hill climb on the Peloton.  We were instructed to "build our road" meaning add as much or as little resistance to fit where you were in that moment.  The instructor used the time to draw a parallel between this literal road to her personal road in life and described said personal road as "sparkly".  This got me thinking about my own personal road and what that might look like.  Oh, pre-COVID I had that road figured out.  Upward trajectory at work, growing business, the height of fitness, kicking ass on the Spartan course....  Oh yes, I had it all figured out, and no, my road was not "sparkly"  it was more a sleek black fast track road to the top.  Then COVID hit like a cyclone, the world shut down, healthcare changed forever with burn out rates at an all time high, myself included.  I developed life long issues as a result of my own battle with COVID, and my business was placed on p...

 I now have been traveling for work full time for 13 months.  I would say from a wellness perspective it has been tough to navigate to say the very least.  Now, I know what you are thinking...is this where the previously crowned Mama Shark admits she hasn't worked out in 13 months and has lived on a steady diet of fatty takeout and now has fallen off the horse completely, setting the stage for a glorious story of redemption? Actually, no.  None of that is true.  I have stayed on the horse, maybe sitting a little side saddle, but still on the horse.  Since developing gluten allergy and having to go gluten free months ago, fatty takeout most assuredly will make me sick.  Instead, I have opted for hotels with kitchens to keep my diet on point.  No, this little elephant snack is more a story of consistency and balance.  When I went back to review my workouts over the last year, there is never a week there is less than three, and in some weeks as ...