working gal.

i remember being in my late teens and starting to read magazine's like Cosmo and Self magazine, and there would always be articles about the working gal, and things to do to burn calories and be healthy during the work week. i remember feeling lucky i didn't have to deal with that yet.

well, today, I realized i'm totally in the middle of it all. I'm a young working professional, and at mid career level, I am having such a difficult time balancing out a 9-6 full time job, traffic, social life, family time, and gym time. Key word: gym time.

This blog won't be long, nor meaningful, but I fully realize the difficulty now of why women tend to put on a few pounds as they advance in career. I am not a morning person as is, so while I have done it in the past - you know, wake up at 630am and go to the gym then treck to work, I was at a job where frankly my boss didn't care if I rolled in at 10 am, and there really wasn't much brain work involved with my day to day bullshit duties.

Now I have to function like a pro, and haven't been doing a very good job of maintaining a healthy workout schedule - which frustrates me because i seriously feel so crappy about myself when I am not in my best shape.

How am I suppose to fit it in? My week last week consisted of: Monday night pilates - good. Tuesday night - happy hour with some new girlfriends. Wednesday night - show at u31 with my bosses' husbands band. Thursday - happy hour and a show and more happy hour with an old friend. Friday - exhausted night in. Sat/Sun - worked out! This week - Monday - awards show so no pilates class. Tuesday - night in, exhausted from night before. Wednesday - Lost party night with some friends. Thursday - happy hour with my cousin, which we have been trying to plan for weeks now.

So I don't know where I am going with this blog, other than the fact that I really want to find a better balance, and found myself today doing a couple laps at lunch around the Ralphs shopping center parking lot just to burn some cals.

My cousin's Bar-Mitzvah is in two months and my goal is t loose 5 pounds and get back to being toned. I was doing so good for awhile! But I feel gross these days. And realize I am totally one of those mid twenties working professionals, who are the target of SELF and Shape magazine.

So solution: Stick to gym classes that I have to drive out of my way to go to, so I actually go. Schedule- Monday cardio then pilates. Wednesday - cardio then pilates. Saturday - cardio then pilates. Sunday 9:30am bootcamp! EXCEPT when will I start these consistently? This coming Monday I have another awards show to go too! And no, it will NOT be the GRAMMY's this year!

Okay I am done venting - I promise to write about something more exciting soon.