I am cheating again and posting my Friday blog on Thursday night. The girls have a doctors appointment first thing in the morning, then its packing for our weekend trip to Papa and Nana's, and cleaning the house since small group is coming on Sunday evening and we'll be getting home Sunday afternoon. And since I know some of you look for my blog first thing in the AM (Leigh!) I figured I'd better get it done early!
I know, GET ON WITH IT ALREADY CHELLE!
I can't help but love Jillian Michaels and after reading an interview she did last summer, I really feel like I am on the right track with some of my advice for training for the upcoming Michigan race.
I am not so much into all the "whatever you put into the universe" stuff she talks about but there was one statement that put a smile on my face -
"I think you should write down what you want for your life, bring intention to your motivation. That way you can ask yourself, "Do I want the donut or do I want to look good at my high school reunion?" I am not a believer in will-power but you can ask yourself those kinds of questions. But then, you've got to put it into action." - Jillian Michaels
This is exactly the point I was trying to convey in my blog announcing the Michigan race. It is important to focus on what you intend to gain from the training, and from the race itself.It may not be enough to just say you are going to train for the race and run the race - that's all great but once the initial motivational high wears off, what have you go? Not much.
You need to add intention(s) to you motivation!
What do you intend to gain or lose by training for the race?
What do you intend to gain or lose by walk/jogging the race?
THEN, when you feel like giving up, like you've changed your mind and aren't going to train for the race or participate in the race, you'll actually have some pretty good questions to ask yourself to help you get your motivation back!
Examples:
- I intend to lose 10 pounds by the end of June by training for this race.
- I intend to show my child what a healthy lifestyle looks like by training for this race.
- I intend to brag for the whole month after I participate in the race.
Then you will have specific questions to ask yourself-
- Do I want to be 10 pounds lighter by the end of June?
- Do I want to show my child what a healthy lifestyle looks like?
- Do I want to be able to say that I did a 5k and actually ran some of it? ;)
Seriously folks, I would love to hear what your intentions are for this race. If you aren't doing the race, what are your intentions for this summer?
I have two intentions for training and participating in this race:- I intend to lose and keep off 10 pounds in 8 weeks by training for this race.
- I intend to feel a closer connection to those who have taken the time to care about what I am doing by participating in the race.
You have total control in setting yourself up for either failure or success!
You have a few weeks ahead to get your mind right! Do it y'all!
Challenge:
When I dip, you dip, we dip :)
Tricep Dips!
Sit on the edge of a bench with your hands on the edge next to your buttocks. Slide your butt forward off the edge of the bench, bend your arms and drop your body down until your elbows are almost at 90 degrees. Then lift your body back up (but don't return your bottom to the bench until you've completed all 12 repetitions). For an easier option, keep your feet on the ground with your legs bent. The intermediate option would have your legs straight out in front of you. The most challenging position is elevating your feet on another chair or bench.
Weekend Challenge:
Post your intentions somewhere! Doesn't have to be on here (although I would love to know what they are), it can be on your fridge, on your own blog, wherever. Posting them will help set yourself up for success. Not only will you see them regularly, but others will know your intentions and help to keep you on track!
P.S. For those participating in the race - I have put yet another email in to The Flint Journal looking for some info. It appears that the cost of last year ranged from $32 to $11 depending on which shirt option you chose. Last year it was $18 if you ran the race an opted for the regular cotton shirt. Just wanted to let you all know :)
5 comments:
Well, I too am one that reads first thing in the morning so thanks for cheating last night! I am going to give my intentions for this race a bit of thought. We'll see what I come up with and maybe I will post them on here. MAYBE :)
Have a great weekend. Oh and I got your letter yesterday, Thank you so much for the Tea and Gum, I chewed a piece yesterday instead of chips and salsa, and I drank a cup of tea this morning. For some reason, I feel better already.
Hi! I hope you have a good weekend with your parents, tell them I said hello. My bad news is that I just realized that July 12 is the day I have to take a couple of my certification tests so I won't be able to do that race. I'm actually kind of bummed because I was starting to get excited about it, but I will be thinking about all of you as I'm testing!
Ok, so you may be mad, but I'm trying to work through it. I have a bacholerette party on July 11th-13th in Chicago for Daryll's brother's fiancee. I'm trying to see if I can get my Amtrak ticket switched to leave after the race on that Saturday because I really want to do the race. They really didnt have anything planned for us that Friday night, the big party is Saturday, so I don't really feel all to bad about it.
I hope you have a great weekend and I pray to God that your place was not damaged by the earthquake this morning. I received an email first thing telling us that we could not write new earthquake insurance policies for your area (and my mom's, YIKES) because of it. So I called my mom (in Warren County) and she said she was fine, but that Louisville had possible damage. So of course I freaked out.
I hope this finds you safe and healthy!
My intentions for the race is to be to keep the running pace. I can only run at 5 mph for 2 minutes on my treadmill and then I'm so out of breathe that I stop for a few, then get back on. I hope after some training (thank you for the training outline!) will help that. I'm down with the viral flu right now, as is Katelyn, so I'm taking a few running days off to re-coop.
I'm all about lists (I love them!) so imagine my surprise when I realized that I didn't write my intentions down as you suggested. Here are mine:
1. I want to help motivate my husband to become fit by encouraging him to run with me.
2. I want to strenghten my heart for medical reasons.
3. I want to make this the first race of many and make races as much of our marriage tradition as charity walks are.
4. I want Jakob to catch the contagious excitement and learn to love running and exercise early.
So I guess my intentions aren't about losing weight but are more about making exercise a fun thing in our family. I don't want to be scared about MVP shortening my life span (I read about a man who died from it after running a long race in high heat) so strenghtening my heart will help me not let that fear control me. I want us to be a healthy family and it starts with me!
Enjoy your trip! I took a vacation day today from work and Jakob wanted on his new swingset first thing this morning... so I broke tradition and didn't check out your blog until he went down for a nap. And it had to be the day you posted early! LOL
Oh, and I'm so flattered that you actually used my name in your blog! When you're even more famous, I can say, "She said my name once in her blog..." LOL!
Heather - You don't have to post them on here but definately take the time to figure out what your intentions are and post them somewhere!! :)
Ash - BUMMER! You'll have to come down here and do one over the summer I guess :)
Cheri - Life happens but I hope you can work something out! I would hate for you not to be there :(
Leigh - Be sure to tell Michael that he is absolutely welcome to participate in the race! It is not just a girl thing. In fact, I think my brothers might be in on it, although I am not sure they'll stick with us through the whole thing :) - enjoy your day off with the little man!
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