Trying to live a SMASHlife

In my last post I got all excited about this new thing I just thought of - SMASHlife.

Since then, I've been trying to live it. At boxing, I was trying super hard, and I guess I tried too hard... because I hurt myself. Not just 'next day ouchy' hurt, but 'move and it takes your breath away' hurt. Luckily, I've been to this awesome Sports Medicine place in the past and I was able to get an appointment on Monday afternoon. My shoulder was manipulated, my back was crunched, my muscles were painfully massaged, and I was strapped in for the week and given instructions to rest, ice, and stretch for the next few days.

Naturally, I headed straight off to cali and did my usual 2 hours teaching and 3 hours practice, intending to ignore the advice from the physio until Tuesday morning but WOW it hurt so much so I ended up doing this weird one-armed version of calisthenics for the evening. Our coach videos the routines and puts them in a secret Facebook group so that we can practice during the week and I seriously look hilarious in this week's videos. Waking up the next morning was fun, until I moved, and then it was not so fun. I diligently iced and stretched throughout the workday on Tuesday, and have done the same today.

I feel so much better. It's not healed, and I'm under no impression that everything is fine. I'll continue to ice and stretch over the next few days, and also take it easy at boxing and circuit this weekend, working with the restrictions that I have been given. I'll choof back there on Monday for my follow-up appointment and hopefully get some more exciting stretches to do and a few less restrictions on my exercise.

What does this mean for SMASHlife? Absolutely nothing. It changes nothing. There are still things that can be done, there are still ways to achieve the five areas of health every day.

S - Stick to the plan - Well that's a no-brainer. Just do it. I had a plan for food this week, and it's been stuck to. There has been a little variation, but the meals have been 90% to plan. This is a big improvement on previous weeks where it's gone completely out the window by Monday afternoon.
M - Mindfulness - This currently applies to food and exercise in my mindset, and I'm being mindful :)
A - Attitude is everything - I really could have written this week off and gone off track.
S - Sweat is your friend - My shoulder has kept me from lifting weights this week, and I was in too much pain on Monday and Tuesday to put in a big effort. I made up for it tonight by sweating up a storm at the gym this afternoon -I ran for 13 minutes straight!! Then ran some more! Then rode 10km!
H - Honesty around food - I'm being honest to myself and my husband when I've gone a little off track. I usually keep these things to myself, but owning up to little slips is actually very liberating and makes me less likely to continue the behaviour uncontrollably. I'm super awesome at continuing the cycle of binging and hiding the evidence, so it's one of the things I'm working on stopping.

It's a shame the rest of my life isn't going so well right now. I seriously need a new job...