I'm kind of in this "I don't wanna" mindset lately. Exercise? I don't wanna. Go to bed at a decent time? I don't wanna. Avoid extra calories by not drinking beer nightly? I don't wanna.
Things I HAVE wanted to do: eat more fruits, veggies and nuts and other healthy fats, really focus on portion control, cook more. These are all awesome things! I'm still struggling with my Taco Bell/Qdoba (think Chipotle) addiction... but it's getting better. I've also made an effort to at least walk when I can - ie: when it isn't 106 degrees and 90% humidity. (Virginia weather has been awful this Summer!)
About a week ago I went on a cleaning frenzy. I guess I finally hit my breaking point with the mess in my house... upstairs especially. 3 hours of running up and down the stairs, vacuuming floors/furniture/walls, cleaning out drawers and closets, throwing away various "potions" (as my mother calls them - lotions, perfumes, etc.) that I haven't used or even LIKED in years, making room in my medicine cabinet for the few "potions" I do still use on a regular basis as well as my deodorant and contact lense stuff. It felt SO GOOD. And then I almost died... because I was going full-speed this whole time, non-stop movement... and I burned like 650 calories!! Definitely the most exercise I'd had in a while. Then this past weekend. Oh lord. 2,000 calories burned on Saturday. For real!!
It went a little something like this:
- Woke up and did awesome boot camp thanks to Andrea's friend Jenny - this was about an hour, plus we walked after a LOT.
- Went to the beach, spent literally 3 hours straight in the water frolicking, fighting waves, body surfing, general fun and constantly moving.
- Went to out to "da club" for Andrea's bachelorette celebration and danced my little butt off!!
It was awesome. I felt totally amazing after that boot camp... but definitely was ridiculously sore until probably about an hour ago (it's now Tuesday night, btw).
I felt like maybe all of that had inspired me to get back into working out, but today I'm kind of back into the "blahs" with the workout stuff. I've been more active in general as far as house-work, taking walks at lunch, playing with my kiddos, etc. I'm feeling like that's pretty good for now. I really want to continue focusing on my food and portion control stuff. I think I've reached a point mentally where I feel like losing the weight by controlling calories/food is easier right now than finding the motivation to exercise. I've been pretty successful so far! I'm down almost 20lbs since January, and though it's been a slow loss, it's consistent and I'm feeling good about it. I'm feeling like my plan, without consciously meaning for it to be, has become to "shrink" - ie: lose the scale-weight first - and THEN focus on toning. Maybe that's a crap idea, but I'm comfortable with it right now and it's been easy for me to stick with it. That's what's important.
Soooo... it's August already! When did THAT happen?! This year has flown by so fast. I can't believe it's just a few weeks and school starts again and the days will begin getting shorter. Just a couple short months and it will be downright COLD! ...I'm going to try not to think about that and get myself all depressed. lol
I'm going to try to be better about writing more often. I think it definitely helps me keep... sane. Ha! I feel like I had all of these things over the last month that I wanted to talk about, but I can't remember a single one right now. Oh, well. I'll just have to be better about posting when something pops in mind, right?!
Enjoy this... my new favorite song:
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