In a good place
I wish I could preserve this feeling forever b/c I’m at that point where I’m not worried about the scale and I’m just happy to be doing something good for my body. As I wrote yesterday, we’re leaving for out of town today and my son had a cooking class in the morning so there was a ton to do. Instead of skipping the workout I decided to get up at 5:00 to fit it in. I did a 15 minutes arm routine, a 4 mile WATP DVD (this one isn’t boring, I really like it) and about 10 minutes of Pilates on the exercise ball. I have packed my tennis shoes, several DVD’s and resistance bands so I can workout in the hotel room in case I don’t like the hotel gym (usually a treadmill tucked in a small room) or if it’s busy. I really want this summer to be the one where I make a huge change in my appearance. I’m motivated by visions of people being amazed when they see me at inservice in August.
One thing that I read a week or 2 ago and meant to write about on here was in a fitness article in our local paper. Every Monday a trainer has a column about a variety of fitness/wellness related topics and this one stuck out. He was mentioning how purpose, passion and perseverance are the keys to wellness. In particular, what stuck in my mind was regarding passion, basically saying that it’s not being consumed or obsessive with wellness but just having a daily awareness that you want to accomplish something. I’m going to take this article with me to our training so that I don’t freak out if I’m not able to eat 100% on plan. I’m just going to keep in my mind that I want to accomplish creating a healthier version of me so I will make the best choices available and not worry about anything else.
Good job on making time for your workout! I have the 1-2-3 WATP pack. I never got to the point where I could do the 2 mile without feeling like I’m dying. Course now that I haven’t done it in forever, I doubt I’d have much luck with the one mile.
Have a great trip and good luck on making your food choices!