The last couple of days have been rough. My "friend" is coming to visit any day now and I want to eat everything is sight. Monday afternoon was bad. I had no energy, the weather turned blah, and all I wanted to do was curl up on the couch and do nothing. I made a cappuccino for Octavio and I and we ate through a half a box of Thin Mints at like 6:00 p.m.
I am a no-coffee-after-9 a.m. kind of girl and the Girl Scout cookies have been hiding in the basement waiting for a day just like the day I was having.
It was an off running day and I hadn't done anything all day long as far as strength training or stretching goes and to be honest I really, really, really didn't want to.
It felt good to be bad at first, then it just felt bad.
I knew I needed to do something about it, that anything would be better than doing nothing all day.
Tuesday I woke up at 6:30 a.m. (way too early for me) and I was in a fog for most of the morning. The first thing I thought about was the fact that it was a running day. I was disappointed and dreading it. I don't think I have had a day so far that I didn't want to run as bad as I didn't want to run yesterday.
Did I take the day off?Did I skip it?
Heck no! I punished myself for even thinking of not doing it by pushing myself extra hard on the treadmill. Since the ol' tready likes to cut out somewhere around 5.3 mph I decided to do 5.2 mph and slowly increase the incline for 40 minutes until I was at 9. My legs burned and sweat was dripping in my eyes.
It felt good and I am glad I didn't miss it.
In the past, when I would attempt to be "healthy" and screw it up I would do one of two things -
- Punishing myself by cutting out food (sometimes altogether)
- Give up completely and binge
I seriously thought that if I had McDonald's one day and then didn't eat until dinner time the following day I was doing a service to my health...
...OR...
...that if I ate McDonald's one day that it was all over, that I couldn't be healthy.
How stupid was I? I am glad to say that I am a much smarter person health-wise.
When you mess up, don't punish yourself. Instead ask yourself this -
Do I continue making bad decisions or do I start anew?
Notice I say "when" and not "if".
That's the other thing - you really can't expect yourself to never fall down, to always be perfect.
Leave being perfect to the people that believe the lies they tell other people about themselves :)
Challenge:
Swimming on dry land!
Lie face down, arms and legs outstretched a few inches above floor, head in line with spine.
Raise left arm and right leg off floor.
Lower and repeat with right arm/left leg. Return to start and repeat the series.
Don't lower arms or legs completely until the end of the set. Don't hold your breath
Jump on in, the dry land is fine :)
4 comments:
"Leave being perfect to the people that believe the lies they tell other people about themselves." I love this quote! Thanks for your encouragement that I'm making progress in my healthy living. I'm not failing by any means, but taking baby steps. Thanks for reminding me of that as well as the fact that I'm normal and we all have bad days!
Many kudos to you for not giving in to a slump after your Thin Mints snack. You fell off the wagon, and then you chased the stinkin' wagon and climbed back aboard! You ROCK!
WTG Michelle, Keep up all the good work! You made me feel like it was ok to drink my Monster this morning :) LOL Now I'll be chasing that wagon for the next week.
Sorry to be short today, I hope your cousin is doing great!
Dito, Leigh Ann. I loved that quote as well. I was like 'sha-zam' what a quote! Yeh, last night I ate and Oreo Cakester (dang that's some good stuff), but I had already had my sweets for the day. So, I got the DDR pads out and played 40 minutes of Dance Dance Revolution. Today, I just start anew and try hard again to live healthy!
Okay, I am about to go do some swimming. I know its late, but I am doing them. Peace out and nighty night.
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