So it’s been a bit of a struggle lately, and that’s ok. Thank you to everyone who tweeted and messaged me after my earlier post about hitting a rough patch.
I got to spend some time in the car on Friday so I was doing some thinking and listening to Podcasts.
I was thinking about the months where I was able to get to the gym 5-6 days a week and thinking about what I was doing then to motivate me to do it. I was trying to go back to those moments, to mimic that level of energy.
I knew there was no lack of commitment, no lack of drive, I am tired and was defaulting to “recovery” and it wasn’t/isn’t working for me.
Then I listened to this podcast: Amy Clover: How Amy Beat Depression With A Dumbbell
And I realized my own brain chemistry was part of the problem. I needed to just make a plan, stick to it, and ignore the inner voice, the inner emotions and just go through the motions, regardless of how I felt about what I was doing. I knew the positivity would follow.
So Saturday morning I got up, got dressed and went to the gym. Did 20 minutes on a bike and 10 on the treadmill. A few weights and then called it a day.
I felt great. I felt back in the routine. I knew I was on the right track.
Saturday night, 10:30 pm, usually I’m asleep, but a great band was playing at a local bar, so I went OUT!
I never go out.
$15 on diet coke, so didn’t derail my efforts with drinking, both budget and sugar, and danced up a storm!
This morning, step on the scale and I’m down 5lbs.
Shock and awe!
When I’m stalled, the only way it seems to break it is to really change up the physicality of what I’m doing. I was stalled last winter, started training for the triathlon and the scale started moving again.
Watching my food is not enough for me. They say it’s 80% food, 20% exercise, but for me, the exercise is much more significant.
So if numbers matter, I’m down 79 lbs and the scale is now in the 100’s. Onderland as they call it!
If my knees were less achy (left the bar when the knees gave out) I couldn’t be any happier!
