No one really wants to read another blog about me and my lapsed fitness. But, too bad.
I realized today as I put on my fat skirt, truly seeing myself in the mirror, that I never figured out how to be fit in my current lifestyle. I think back to the shape of my days when I was in my prime–get up, drink coffee and check the internet, purge, work out, eat lunch (Subway, a smoothie and honey wheat pretzels, or a salad) while watching daytime tv or playing on the internet while listening to music, shower, get dressed and go to work.
So, my days are bit different now. I get up between 5 and 6am, shower, maybe do my hair and makeup–depends what time it is and how early my first meeting is, and head to work–where I will remain until 6, 7, 8, or 9pm. If I do leave between 5:30 and 6:30, it’s usually because I’m going to work from home.
I ask, where is the time for the gym? Why haven’t I made it a priority after all the blog posts, resolutions, and realizations? Is it really that hard to leave work at 5:30 and go to the gym? Nope. Really. It’s not. So why don’t I?
This is the question I am pondering today.
http://www.oprah.com/article/health/weightloss/omag_200701_change?cnn=yes
I have come to find over the last year you have to actually schedule a time for working out. It can not be, “I will try and do it today” it has to be I am working out today at 6:30 – or whatever time you set. Believe me it is a battle and at the end of day that block of time you give yourself, hour or hour and a half after showering, was worth it! When it comes to investing, you are the best one to have
Angela’s totally right. There tend to be frequent resentments against the job for keeping us pinned down so much but in reality, you have control of what time you give it. Take some for yourself and get healthy!!
It’s true. I remember having a conversation with someone at the gym 3 years ago- she’d asked “how do you do it?” I said, “you just don’t give yourself a choice. You don’t give yourself the option not to work out.”
I always gave myself the choice of what to do in terms of working out (running, treadmill, elliptical, weights, etc) instead of giving my choice of “work out or not work out?”
I just need to hold myself to that again. That’s a lot of what that Oprah article said too. Thanks Oprah.