Week one of my challenge is now complete and for the most
part I feel as though it went well and I learned quite a few things from it. One
of the first things that I learned is that I am really, really hard on myself.
Probably much harder than I need to be. To the point where I am downright mean
to myself. I tend to dwell on things that I can’t change. Friday as I was doing
my core strengthening exercises I started going through the “Why” and “What if”
questions. “Why did I wait so long to do this?” “Why did I let myself get to
this point” “What if I can’t do this?” “Why don’t you just give up now?” I
wanted to just lay there and give up. It would be so much easier. If I give up
now though by the end of the decade I could very easily reach 200 pounds at the
rate I am going. I can’t let it get to that point. I need to keep pushing
myself even though it is hard, my muscles hurt, and I’m tired. I feel in some
ways it is helping me manage my stress. However I don’t know what is going on
with this onset of waking up at stupid hours of the morning but I'm pretty sure it's my thyroid.
So last Saturday I set a couple goals. I did much better at
sticking to the training plan than I did with my nutrition goal. I missed one
day of my training plan and that yesterday’s three mile run. That is a huge
improvement for me so I’m not going to beat myself up over it. We’re just going
to try to nail every training day this week. I really did not do well as far as
sticking to my nutrition goal at all, I think I managed to meet that goal two
days out of the eight. So I’m going to make some changes to my plan to meet
that goal and see if I can make an improvement. Overall I do feel better about
myself in general. I need to stop obsessing over it and remember it is going to
take time to reach those long term goals and focus more on the here and now.
My goals for the week of 12/6-12/12:- Incorporate one fruit serving and one vegetable serving into my lunch every day. I am going to do some research onto how to make this easier and more convenient for me because a lot of times I don’t sit down to eat lunch, especially at work. I eat on the run.
- Stick to my training plan for this week and on rest day at least walk one mile on the treadmill to keep myself moving.
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