First, thank you all soo very much for the kind comments on yesterdays weight loss blogging love story. Hehe. It was another one of those things where I wasn’t sure if I should share about it and once again I was blown away by the response and the support and love from you guys (even the odder of the comments). I know my life is better because Kepa is in it, but it’s a million times better because of all you too. I can’t even explain how much each and every one of you guys out there mean to me. The support for not only my healthy weight loss journey, but every other endeavor I’ve taken. You are amazing. Thank you.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled post of diet and exercise motivation. (*cough*@laughitoff*cough*)
I did it! I did it! I finally got back to doing strength training. Who knew I would skip two lower body and FIVE upper body official workouts before getting back into the swing of things? I certainly didn’t, but that is what happened. I let about a week or so go with no strength training besides random moves thrown in every once in a while.
But today I decided that I would get it done. I planned on knocking it out right when I woke up, by had a minor eye sty swelling incident that had to be taken care of first. Once I had that under control (ie my face stopped swelling) I had a decision: lie in bed feeling sorry for myself or get up and do what I needed to do.
I admit – I layed in bed about twenty minutes feeling sorry for myself. Then I got up and did my workout. Upper body strength training and then lower body conditioning (no weights). And you know what? It took me an hour like I thought and then I was done. My arms hated me because I was still a little sore from punching bag boxing the other day, but other than that I felt great. My body felt good from being used and stretched. It was a nice feeling I’ve missed in the last week.
But this whole experience made me realize how easy it is to just skip things. “oh! My eye hurts! I should just wait to workout tomorrow, obviously!” in my experience something always comes up tomorrow. Always. You can’t be sure what the next day will bring or what you will do. You have to do what you can on the day you are in. Waiting to start a healthy eating plan or waiting to get a workout in won’t get you anywhere except another day old without reaching your goals.
So what have you done today? Have you worked out? Have you eaten healthy foods? Or are you waiting until tomorrow?
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I have walked…done laundry squats and eaten healthy!!
Mary you are doing awesome!!
Trish @IamSucceeding´s last blog ..Liquid Gold
I agree that it is soooo easy to let things slide. My leg has been bothering me. It hurt a lot yesterday, but yesterday was my normal day off from exercise, so I got the chance to rest it. It hurt a lot less today, enough that I was able to do my workout, but I had to struggle with it. The temptation to just say, “Oh, my leg needs another day of rest” was really strong!
moonduster (Becky)´s last blog ..Mini Goals Revisited
I’ve gotten to the point where I just don’t feel right unless I’ve gotten my workout in. It helps me stay focused on my eating, helps me sleep better, eases stress and worry. Plus, it lets me show off my guns in public…
Good for you for jumping back into the fray. Excellent message.
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laughing.
Michelle @ Eatingjourney´s last blog ..‘Handmade’
Jack and his guns. He means guns literally, btw. We do live in Tennessee.
I’ve learned that if I think about things too much, I’m not going to do anything. I just need to get my ass up, throw on my sneakers and go.
Mary, you know I am all about strength training & I have written more than my readers want to hear on don’t wait until tomorrow!!! WHY WAIT! Good for you! Today is the day & don’t let it go till tomorrow because tomorrow may not come!
Jody – Fit at 52´s last blog ..Protein Powder-Cooking It & Shaking It; Towel Winner!
Wow Mary!! Great post! Too many days I do just that – make excuses! OR get distracted – let me just check my email first, let me see what is going on in twitterland, let me read a blog I am behind in reading, let me just… I am really good for this one!
Thanks for this post! You have made me think!!
<3 jen
jen (@bwJen)´s last blog ..Fumbling Towards Fitness
I hope I made you think and WORKOUT! I know I need people to push me sometimes so I hope I can do that for other people. ;)
I remember that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach at the beginning of my weight loss/exercise regime, when it dawned on me that really, there can be no days off, that I have to focus EVERY SINGLE day to achieve wht I wanted to achieve. It was a daunting thought and I very nearly gave up that day.
Thankfully, I didn’t because many great things have happened. Firstly, I really WANT to do some form of exercise everysingleday now and secondly, I reached goal today!
So, do it, even if you don’t wanna, it is worth it and you always enjoy it more than you think you will.
(PS: I am dying to hear about your visit with Kepa next month – squeeeeeeee!)
Fat[free]Me´s last blog ..Weigh In Wednesday – GOAL!!
OMG you reached goal? CONGRATS!! I’m headed over to your blog FIRST to read all about it. I’m so excited for you!!
ps- I will definitely post a lot about that experience. I can’t wait!
OH MY GOODNESS I JUST READ YOUR LAST POST AND THAT’S SO EXCITING!!! Am super happy for you :D
I’ve had a couple crappy relationships and the past year I have been recovering from them and learning to get better at the idea of being close with someone in a romantic way. In October, the very DAY that I decided to completely open up to the idea of being with someone, I met someone, totally by chance. And we clicked and starting dating a week later.
It doesn’t matter what size we are- unless we’re OPEN to loving and being loved, we’re not going to get it. Once we are really truly open to it, then it’ll happen.
And yay about strength training too :)
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Yeah, I had quite a few crappy relationships over the last year. I finally was out of all of them and trying to just figure out how to be better on my own… and he came along and helped. :) It’s funny how you meet someone right when you least expect it.
And I totally agree about the being OPEN to being loved part. You are so smart!
This morning I got dressed and I grabbed my jump rope and went onto the balcony for a quick workout. I had been feeling lethargic beforehand. I felt awesome afterwards.
It took 10 minutes. Later today, I’ll do it again. Today. Not tomorrow. It’s too easy to make excuses but it takes no time at all and feels awesome!
Thanks for a great post as usual.
Gemfit´s last blog ..Our body image but their love
Thank you for this. It’s an awesome reminder. I notice that my routine results around me waking up and going straight to the computer. So I am going to change that. I am going to go straight to working out. Thanks for that. Something tonight for sure.
Michelle @ Eatingjourney´s last blog ..‘Handmade’
I have a bad habit of doing that to. That’s why I am trying to at least stretch every morning before I do anything else like hop online. Sometimes I don’t make it happen, sometimes I do.
I needed to hear this! Thank you so much for the reminder.
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Sometimes i give myself a good pity party just cuz I know I kinda wanna do it. Then when I allow myself the time to feel sorry for myself, i usually am over it and am ready to move on with life. A good pity party helps me sometimes. :)
I have walked for an hour today, then i went to yoga for an hour and a half!!
My food has been bang on today :)
Oh no I AM waiting till tomorrow to work out! I would love to work out today but I have a xmas party tonite and if I go to the gym I will be late. :( Being at work all day wastes most of potential exercise time, sadly. And I do admit that when I don’t feel like working out, I usually don’t. Or if I’m bored while working out, I’ll just up and leave. I figure since I usually love working out I might as well only do things when I enjoy them.
I have eaten healthy foods today though. :) theyre tasty so I do every day (along with some unhealthy for variety lol). Because I have to eat. I hope your eye feels better.
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Uh oh. All those questions you just asked…please ask me again tomorrow. I’ll answer you then.
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Hey Mary! Thanks for the comment. I’ve actually been trying to comment on your blog for about a week now but I’m so dumb I couldn’t find the comments section…maybe I was just having a particularly stupid day (?)…in any case, I’ve really enjoyed reading your thoughts, especially the story of how you met your boyfriend. I also have enjoyed reading (on your other blog) about freelance writing…honestly, it’s encouraged me a lot, because I’m going through the same thing (thinking of trying to make a living, at least part-time, by freelance writing online). I thought you had a lot of good advice and I’m really enjoying reading your posts on that and everything else. You’re an extremely engaging writer. =)
I have worked, ran, did an ab workout, got dinner, and had a nice hot bath!
I have a habit of making up excuses not to workout, but now I just tell myself that I have to go to the gym, put my workout clothes AND workout!!
great post…I worked out even though i had to wait till 7:30 at night to do it.
I did have half a donut thought….oh well…my calories were good. Great post.
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Awesome stuff! You said bye to the stye, and hello to… strength training… yeah, that didn’t work ;) I’m proud of you that you pushed past convenience and did your best! You freaking rock!
I went on a bit of a walk tonight up a few hills and such. Not so much exercise. And I ate healthy :)
I find that once I get going I’m going so I might as well just keep going. I’m like you I have to have some self-talk sometimes just to get going. But I’ve never regretted a workout!
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I woke up and did my usual 20 minutes high intensity interval training on my exercise bike, then I went into liverpool to finish off my christmas shopping.
Diet wise I haven’t been good I had a large mixed grill with chips, hopefully the heavy weights session tonight will help burn off the excess calories I’ve consumed today.
Keith @ My Body Fat´s last blog ..Why Am I Writing Off 2009 Already
Congrats on doing it even when it doesn’t come easy! That’s what shows your true dedication to yourself. We schedule our workouts. At the beginning of each month I do a big calendar for the coming month, schedule what workouts we’ll do and after we do it we get a star. I know it sounds childish but it truly appeals to our inner 1st grader and we haven’t missed a scheduled workout in 8 months, sometimes due to the star factor alone! LOL
I completely agree: “Waiting to start a healthy eating plan or waiting to get a workout in won’t get you anywhere except another day old without reaching your goals.”
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