This is the post of
what happens when your quest to awesomeness turns out to be not-so-awesome.
I’m frustrated (To put it ever so mildly and in as few words
as possible)! My journey towards epic changes in my health and body have not
been going so well! I started out so well and lost an inch almost everywhere
after two weeks! But that was back in October. It’s now December and my
December 25 goal is quickly approaching. And, yet, I am still far from goals
and my body has not much changed since October. Granted, it hasn’t gotten any
worse either but it’s still super frustrating to devote time and money to
something and have it yield zero results!
After I got done being overly pissed about the situation, I
tried to analyze what happened over the course of November and the first two
weeks of December. What was I doing? What was I lacking? What life events were
going on?
Just to name a few – thanksgiving feasts, my motivation
temporarily being knocked unconscious (that required some real intense
resuscitating!), sitting a TON at work. Gordon even thought that it might
be an exercise plateau (and I don’t disagree with him on that!)
All these things have led me down the path to failure
towards my goal! But, When you steer off course, you don’t continue to head
down that path, you adjust.
Taking my own advice, with my deadline less than ten days away,
I need to put a new game plan into action. I plan to switch up my workout plan
this week – a wake-up call in a sense! I
am going to attempt this week to do Jillian Michaels 30-day shred (this workout
video has many great reviews for people of all ages and sizes) and perhaps
throw in a random rest day that I’m not used to. I also want to start using my
fitbit activity tracker that tracks my daily steps in an attempt to get my
amount of sitting at work under control. (if you don’t know what the fitbit is,
it’s this awesome little gadget that can track your steps, sleep, and activity
level)
This will be a welcome change to slow in pace for me this
week. It seems bizarre to me to stop working so hard so close to my goal date
but changing your body and health for
the better is not a sprint, it’s a marathon, and most endurance athletes-like
the marathon runner- taper before their big competition! As far as diet
goes, Gordon and I are trying to stick as close to clean eating as possible.
With it being the holiday’s, however, we realize that some diet forgiveness
will be in order (holiday party, birthday, Christmas cookies – tis life to
enjoy the small happiness of the holiday.)
I also realize that now my goals that I set back in October
might be too lofty to achieve in ten days. I could change them, but I won’t.
Sometimes failure to reach our goals can teach us more about who we are and about
how our bodies react more than success.
