Goals
I am posting this by mistake under my road tripping blog, if that tells you anything about how this day has been. Honestly, it hasn't been too bad, except for running the battery down accidentally in Kira's car while I was reading at McClellan on my lunch break. I was feeling so good about the bit of down time, and the pretty trees around, and how quiet it was in that particular spot, that I failed to realize that I had left the headlights on, and in her small car, you only need to do that for about 20 minutes before the battery runs low. I had to call someone from work to come give me a jump. Thankfully, I was close to the office, and he was nice enough to accommodate me.
This has actually been a pretty good week. I am not even mad at the end of Daylight's Savings, and here is why. By nature, I have never been a very active person. I don't like to be outdoors as much as others do, even though I used to love riding my bike when I lived closer to the trail. Now, if my home was the beach, I would be out all the time, but probably just on the deck, so that I could go in whenever it got too hot. So, when Daylight Savings begins in April, I have days and days and DAYS to feel guilty for not going outside and being active after I get off work, or on the weekends, or just ever. I realize my lack of love for being outdoors and in nature has most likely contributed to my inability to get weight off, because while exercise is not the most important component of weight loss, it certainly helps. Facebook is a killer when you want to feel okay with going home and taking a nap, even when there are FOUR HOURS OF DAYLIGHT LEFT. Photos of people hiking, and taking pictures, and riding their bikes, and jogging, and all those healthy things are good at making people like me feel guilty. Well, enter NOVEMBER. By the time I get off work now, it is dark and dreary, and all anyone wants to do is go home, eat comfort food and nap. Now, I do know that this change in time and darkness is not good for a lot of people, and I get that, and sympathize with you. But for the lazy people out there. This is OUR time!!
Having said all of that, I am going to completely contradict myself and tell you that I have embarked on an exercise program. Bahahahaha!!! I mean, not a complete contradiction, because it is indoors. This program requires me to get up an hour early and actually move my body. In the morning-----my least favorite time of day, although I did succeed in becoming more of a morning person this summer. I lost interest quickly. It was just too much to ask for me to go to sleep at midnight and then turn around and get up at 5:30. Yes, I could have gone to bed earlier, but that is also too much to ask. So, back to this program. For 28 days, Anthony and I are getting up early and doing these prep workouts that are featured on beach body on demand. The goal is to give you these 15-20 minute workouts so that you can prepare for the 100 Morning Meltdown program, that is as grueling looking as the title suggests. It is so tough that the modifier has a modifier. That's right. Two team members offer modifications. One guess as to which modifier I follow. Yep, and there are times when I modify the modifier's modifier's moves. Anthony is a beach body guy, but prefers those workouts that give you a lot of bang for your workout buck, and that don't require you to kill yourself every single day for 100 days. Now, before you tell me that not building in rest days is not good, and I should start slow, and maybe just walk, I will say that you may be right, but I despise walking for walking's sake. It is not enough for me to just "enjoy nature." See above paragraph. I have to have a reason to walk. I have to have a destination. I didn't mind walking in NYC, because you have to if you don't want to be run over, or our walking would lead us to food, so what is not to like about that? As for needing rest days? Believe me, I rest plenty DURING the actual workouts. I mean, when she says "grab a sip of water?" I hear, sit down and drink the entire bottle. Not really, but I manage to get in my rest times. Plus, if you give me too many rest days, I will just forget the program altogether. These prep workouts allow one rest day per week, and that was today. Tomorrow, I will be back at it.
My goal right now, is to finish the prep workouts during Thanksgiving week, and then on December 1st, start the program, meaning that I will do 100 days of workouts. I say that is my goal, and right now, it is. I am good at setting them, but not so good at conquering them. I am not being excessively hard on myself. I am just very self-aware, and have a lot of history to back that up. If I were being negative, I would just not set the goal in the first place. We are all works in progress. We do not stop wishing, wanting, learning, failing and achieving until we are gone from this world. I am okay with the failing, because when I finally achieve one of these health focused goals, I will know that I have done something very special.
P.S. In an effort to be more outdoorsy, Anthony and I went to Oak Mountain State Park last Sunday after church. We drove to the park office, walked down some stairs to take some photos, walked back up those stairs, walked down some more stairs, took some more photos, walked back up those stairs, got back in the car, drove a little bit, went to the wildlife rehab center, looked at a couple of birds, got in the car and drove home. The End.
This has actually been a pretty good week. I am not even mad at the end of Daylight's Savings, and here is why. By nature, I have never been a very active person. I don't like to be outdoors as much as others do, even though I used to love riding my bike when I lived closer to the trail. Now, if my home was the beach, I would be out all the time, but probably just on the deck, so that I could go in whenever it got too hot. So, when Daylight Savings begins in April, I have days and days and DAYS to feel guilty for not going outside and being active after I get off work, or on the weekends, or just ever. I realize my lack of love for being outdoors and in nature has most likely contributed to my inability to get weight off, because while exercise is not the most important component of weight loss, it certainly helps. Facebook is a killer when you want to feel okay with going home and taking a nap, even when there are FOUR HOURS OF DAYLIGHT LEFT. Photos of people hiking, and taking pictures, and riding their bikes, and jogging, and all those healthy things are good at making people like me feel guilty. Well, enter NOVEMBER. By the time I get off work now, it is dark and dreary, and all anyone wants to do is go home, eat comfort food and nap. Now, I do know that this change in time and darkness is not good for a lot of people, and I get that, and sympathize with you. But for the lazy people out there. This is OUR time!!
Having said all of that, I am going to completely contradict myself and tell you that I have embarked on an exercise program. Bahahahaha!!! I mean, not a complete contradiction, because it is indoors. This program requires me to get up an hour early and actually move my body. In the morning-----my least favorite time of day, although I did succeed in becoming more of a morning person this summer. I lost interest quickly. It was just too much to ask for me to go to sleep at midnight and then turn around and get up at 5:30. Yes, I could have gone to bed earlier, but that is also too much to ask. So, back to this program. For 28 days, Anthony and I are getting up early and doing these prep workouts that are featured on beach body on demand. The goal is to give you these 15-20 minute workouts so that you can prepare for the 100 Morning Meltdown program, that is as grueling looking as the title suggests. It is so tough that the modifier has a modifier. That's right. Two team members offer modifications. One guess as to which modifier I follow. Yep, and there are times when I modify the modifier's modifier's moves. Anthony is a beach body guy, but prefers those workouts that give you a lot of bang for your workout buck, and that don't require you to kill yourself every single day for 100 days. Now, before you tell me that not building in rest days is not good, and I should start slow, and maybe just walk, I will say that you may be right, but I despise walking for walking's sake. It is not enough for me to just "enjoy nature." See above paragraph. I have to have a reason to walk. I have to have a destination. I didn't mind walking in NYC, because you have to if you don't want to be run over, or our walking would lead us to food, so what is not to like about that? As for needing rest days? Believe me, I rest plenty DURING the actual workouts. I mean, when she says "grab a sip of water?" I hear, sit down and drink the entire bottle. Not really, but I manage to get in my rest times. Plus, if you give me too many rest days, I will just forget the program altogether. These prep workouts allow one rest day per week, and that was today. Tomorrow, I will be back at it.
My goal right now, is to finish the prep workouts during Thanksgiving week, and then on December 1st, start the program, meaning that I will do 100 days of workouts. I say that is my goal, and right now, it is. I am good at setting them, but not so good at conquering them. I am not being excessively hard on myself. I am just very self-aware, and have a lot of history to back that up. If I were being negative, I would just not set the goal in the first place. We are all works in progress. We do not stop wishing, wanting, learning, failing and achieving until we are gone from this world. I am okay with the failing, because when I finally achieve one of these health focused goals, I will know that I have done something very special.
P.S. In an effort to be more outdoorsy, Anthony and I went to Oak Mountain State Park last Sunday after church. We drove to the park office, walked down some stairs to take some photos, walked back up those stairs, walked down some more stairs, took some more photos, walked back up those stairs, got back in the car, drove a little bit, went to the wildlife rehab center, looked at a couple of birds, got in the car and drove home. The End.
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