Health and Wellness

My new job has free snacks. My old job had snacks, but those were the ones I brought in myself. Now I have a wide variety to choose from, at no cost. So, hopefully this is only temporary, but I’ve been eating a lot more. I could say I’m bulking up for winter, but I don’t want to be bulky.
Previously this wouldn’t be a worry for me, because I would be training for ultramarathons. But my friends aren’t planning on doing any next year (or so they say) so the distances we run aren’t nearly as much. Heck, we only did 14 km last week. Short enough not to need a water bottle.
This is the perfect storm for me getting fat.
So, after I finish posting this entry, I will go out and do a run; stair training I think. If I write it down to all my friends, I’m far more likely to do it. Because, let’s be honest, it is hard to motivate yourself to go running at this time. During the day, I look out and I see snow, but the sun makes me feel like I can still go running. But when the sun sets, it looks much less inviting.
I’ve been using the fitness room in my building to try and get some upper body muscles. But that isn’t going as well as planned either. I have an old torn rotator cuff injury. I think it is starting to flare up. I’m going to give the upper body a rest for a week and see how it goes. Otherwise I’ll have to go back into physical therapy. And my new job doesn’t cover that.
Let’s hope bouncing up and down stairs doesn’t aggravate it either.