Forgive me Sensei…
… for I have been lazy.
I have not been to train in over two weeks. Now, granted, in that two weeks my dog passed away. And work has been crazy.. but for some reason I can’t seem to make working out and training a priority.
I think it comes down to not wanting to take care of myself. I’m lazy that way. It’s easier to just be fat and soft and sluggish.. I seem to forget all about that thrill of getting on the scale and seeing the numbers going down.. what I means to go up a flight of stairs and not be winded. That excitement of seeing muscle tone!
For some reason I just get lazy and want to sit on my butt and do nothing.. this has been an ongoing problem.. I’m good for about a month and then I get the “meh I don’t wanna” so I don’t.
I think part of the problem is that I’m only training twice a week. So I have 5 days in between training sessions.
I’m going to call the YMCA and see about their Ready Fit program. You get 4 free lessons from the personal trainer to show you how to use the equipment. You get a little chart and an assessment and then you track your progress.
That way, Shel and I can go on Sunday’s and work out together. Right now she’s going on Tuesday and Thursday nights while I’m in the dojo. Maybe we’ll start inspriring each other instead of sabotaging each other.
What do you do to motivate yourself to get to the gym to work out? I need some help people!
you definitely need to be doing something that you enjoy doing. I recently started racewalking training & am finding it very fun (well except for the pulled calf muscle, which has me going easier, but slowing down isn’t a bad thing since I can attain a heart rate that might be the max for my age, though it doesn’t FEEL bad..
If going to the gym with Shel would be more fun, then go for that… can you go to karate half of the time and to the gym the other half of the time?
That said, here’s a summary of a quote Racewalking for Fun & Fitness by John Gray (can’t find my copy at the moment, so I’ll quote it in my own words): if it’s not fun, then go back to weight training or Richard Simmons or even go back to the couch & be soft & fluffy… you get the idea, LOL! The jist of the quote is, it needs to be FUN… if it isn’t fun, what’s the point? 🙂
And you HAVE had a rough month… we lost our dog Opus in July & it still hurts lots even though we have tons of cats (okay, 10) and a new puppy & an older dog & each other…
Hey Jessica
I actually LOVE karate.. when I’m there.. it’s the “getting there” that is hard… If I go on Tuesday, I’m motivated to go on Thursday.. but by the time Tuesday rolls around again (4 days later!) I might not go .. which means I don’t want to go on Thursday..
The plan (now) is to go to Karate on Tuesday and Thursday and work on the machines on Sunday so the gap between workouts is less…
I’m sorry about Opus… I still get all misty over Charlie.. and he passed 3 years ago, so I know what you mean.
Love the quote…