Not of the way I've been eating this week, that's for sure. Anyone else carb loading for winter?
But.
Work has spectacularly busy this season. But I haven't let it interfere with my fitness goals.
I've gotten in the habit of putting my gym clothes on as soon as I get home from work so that I'm ready to go to the gym or out for a run/walk or whatever as soon as I have the opportunity to head out the door.
I had a particularly busy workload one day this week and really had to keep an eye on the clock to make sure that I stopped in time to get to the gym before it closed.
I had a bit of a jolt when I realized how determined I was to make sure that the trip to the gym happened that day, and how much of a contrast this is from my old lifestyle.
Two years ago? I used to let busy-busy-bringing-work-home-almost-every-night give me an excuse to skip the gym. Oh, I'm much too busy to take an hour off and work out. And this couch is super comfy, isn't it?
I had a particularly busy workload one day this week and really had to keep an eye on the clock to make sure that I stopped in time to get to the gym before it closed.
I had a bit of a jolt when I realized how determined I was to make sure that the trip to the gym happened that day, and how much of a contrast this is from my old lifestyle.
Two years ago? I used to let busy-busy-bringing-work-home-almost-every-night give me an excuse to skip the gym. Oh, I'm much too busy to take an hour off and work out. And this couch is super comfy, isn't it?
So - what's changed? As much as I enjoy my work, somewhere along the line I've formed a determination to not let workload interfere with my personal goals - particularly my fitness goals.
It also looks like I've developed the habit of going to the gym regularly now that I've been doing so for so long. There's also the fact that just plain feels good to exercise, and that I have noticed that feel yukky if I don't.
I call all of that that a NSV. And I'm proud of it.
Anyone else have a NSV recently?
Here's this week's recap -
It also looks like I've developed the habit of going to the gym regularly now that I've been doing so for so long. There's also the fact that just plain feels good to exercise, and that I have noticed that feel yukky if I don't.
I call all of that that a NSV. And I'm proud of it.
Anyone else have a NSV recently?
Here's this week's recap -
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| Big smiles for both of us - 3.5K mark |
Sunday - Woke up with a bit of a bad stomach - blech. Took Stella for a slowwwwwwwww 2K walk, then went back to bed.
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| Spooky, spooky |
Tuesday - 1K dog walk before dinner, 1K dog walk before bed.
Wednesday - 1.5K run/walk with Stella. Later - 1K walk then Curves + boot camp including 40 pushups.
Thursday - 2K dog park walk, Curves + Zumba + boot camp including 30 pushups. For the record, this is what I look like after a triple workout:
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| It's not pretty |
It's great when it becomes a total habit. I like to equate it with brushing my teeth. Something that simply has to happen as part of my day. Sometimes we get busy, but we always find time to brush our teeth, right? When something is important enough, there is always time.
ReplyDeleteNice job!