Can't Run, But I Can Walk
Running seems like something challenging. I can run 20-30 seconds and my body starts to complain. I feel so awkward jogging while my body does the juggling jiggly wobbly dance. I will eventually get to jogging/running a marathon, but that is a bit in the future.
I may feel like I can't run, but I can walk. For now I walk and do short spurts of jogging. I jog until I am almost out of breath, then I start walking until I regain normal breathing... then, I repeat. Mostly, I walk. I walk. Today I felt lazy and I did not want to go out for the walk/ wanna be job. I decided that today I would not try jogging spurts. I went for a 4.75mile walk. Yes, I walked the entire way, which is much better than slacking off and staying home.
"All or nothing," and "Go big or go home," are expressions that come to mind when I see sport competitions. I used to have this mentality when it came to exercise as well. If I couldn't do the entire walk the way I wanted/planned, I would postpone it, ... translation, give up. I am pleased with myself to finally have changed my way of thinking. I may not be able to do the full exercise as I had originally wished, but I am certainly not throwing in the towel. If I am pressed for time, I do a shorter version of the workout. If I am feeling a lazy, like today, I do a lighter workout. No matter what my excuse is, I now think about it and really try to find a way around my excuse.
The theme of this season's The Biggest Loser is "No Excuses." Every week they focus on a different common excuse. I think it finally clicked for me and I am conquering my excuses one at a time, one day at a time. Yay! Speaking of The Biggest Loser. During this week's episode, the shocker was having all the contests wanting to walk off the show. Various reasons were given, blah, blah, blah, and the end result was 2 contestants left and 3 remain. I am not going to recap the show, instead I want to share what I got out of the episode.
I am full of excuses why it is difficult for me to loose weight, exercise, eat healthier, ... all the usual excuses. When I watch the show I feel like the contestants have it made. They get to exercise all day and not worry about everyday life. I have to take the kids to school, do housework, cook meals, blah, blah, blah. One thing that stood out for me during this episode was the final 5 contestants not wanting an eliminated contestant coming back. The returning eliminated (RE, for short), would have a chance to win the grand prize. The final 5 felt the RE had an undeserved advantage because they went home and got to be with their families. WAIT! The final 5 feel threaten by someone who was NOT able to work out everyday all day? Don't they know how much harder the RE had it? If it was so easy, then why had they, the final 5 not lost the weight before the show? The final 5 should be concerned with losing weight. They have a very good opportunity to focus on their weight loss, on having trainers, facilities, meals, doctors, ... many things at their disposal to help support their weight loss. But 2 contestants did not feel it was enough for them to stay on.
My take away, focus on your end goal and don't get upset when your support group follows the rules you agreed to. When I restarted my weight loss journey, I told my husband to ban M&Ms from the house. I can't bite his head off when I am craving M&Ms if after all this is the choice I agreed to to help support my weight loss. It's tough to find a good weight loss support group if you're going to keep changing your mind on how they are allowed to help/support you.
Thank you for indulging me in reading this lost crazy rambling post.
As always, feel free to follow me throughout the day via Twitter
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I am on Loseit.com and Fitbit.com and my email is MrsG.Journey@gmail.com
ALYSSA! ... just felt like giving my friend Alyssa a shout... *giggle*
I may feel like I can't run, but I can walk. For now I walk and do short spurts of jogging. I jog until I am almost out of breath, then I start walking until I regain normal breathing... then, I repeat. Mostly, I walk. I walk. Today I felt lazy and I did not want to go out for the walk/ wanna be job. I decided that today I would not try jogging spurts. I went for a 4.75mile walk. Yes, I walked the entire way, which is much better than slacking off and staying home.
"All or nothing," and "Go big or go home," are expressions that come to mind when I see sport competitions. I used to have this mentality when it came to exercise as well. If I couldn't do the entire walk the way I wanted/planned, I would postpone it, ... translation, give up. I am pleased with myself to finally have changed my way of thinking. I may not be able to do the full exercise as I had originally wished, but I am certainly not throwing in the towel. If I am pressed for time, I do a shorter version of the workout. If I am feeling a lazy, like today, I do a lighter workout. No matter what my excuse is, I now think about it and really try to find a way around my excuse.
The theme of this season's The Biggest Loser is "No Excuses." Every week they focus on a different common excuse. I think it finally clicked for me and I am conquering my excuses one at a time, one day at a time. Yay! Speaking of The Biggest Loser. During this week's episode, the shocker was having all the contests wanting to walk off the show. Various reasons were given, blah, blah, blah, and the end result was 2 contestants left and 3 remain. I am not going to recap the show, instead I want to share what I got out of the episode.
I am full of excuses why it is difficult for me to loose weight, exercise, eat healthier, ... all the usual excuses. When I watch the show I feel like the contestants have it made. They get to exercise all day and not worry about everyday life. I have to take the kids to school, do housework, cook meals, blah, blah, blah. One thing that stood out for me during this episode was the final 5 contestants not wanting an eliminated contestant coming back. The returning eliminated (RE, for short), would have a chance to win the grand prize. The final 5 felt the RE had an undeserved advantage because they went home and got to be with their families. WAIT! The final 5 feel threaten by someone who was NOT able to work out everyday all day? Don't they know how much harder the RE had it? If it was so easy, then why had they, the final 5 not lost the weight before the show? The final 5 should be concerned with losing weight. They have a very good opportunity to focus on their weight loss, on having trainers, facilities, meals, doctors, ... many things at their disposal to help support their weight loss. But 2 contestants did not feel it was enough for them to stay on.
My take away, focus on your end goal and don't get upset when your support group follows the rules you agreed to. When I restarted my weight loss journey, I told my husband to ban M&Ms from the house. I can't bite his head off when I am craving M&Ms if after all this is the choice I agreed to to help support my weight loss. It's tough to find a good weight loss support group if you're going to keep changing your mind on how they are allowed to help/support you.
Thank you for indulging me in reading this lost crazy rambling post.
As always, feel free to follow me throughout the day via Twitter
twitter.com/MrsGJourney
or via Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mrs-Gs-Wei
ght-Loss-Journey/198004820241527
I am on Loseit.com and Fitbit.com and my email is MrsG.Journey@gmail.com
ALYSSA! ... just felt like giving my friend Alyssa a shout... *giggle*
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Anyway. Kudos to you, and thanks for your great posts!