The last few posts have all been about failure, losing control, making a mountain out of a molehill.
So, I thought it time to give out a positive message.
I have jogged 13 kilometres since Tuesday 22 February.
13 brilliant reasons to be proud. 13 reasons to look to the future, not the past. Regret is a waste of energy.
With my meltdown a few weeks ago, some things have changed, some things have stayed the same.
I still walk my dog twice a day
Dusty is such an important part of my life, but I am away at work during the day. So the walks are just as important for her as for me.
Now these walking sessions can be anything from a 5 minute amble to a 1 hour stride. But more often it is an amble/walk for 20 minutes. And that doesn't get my heart rate up enough for weight loss.
I quit training with my personal trainer
I was feeling resentful and angry and only just keeping the excuses at bay for missing sessions when.... I did miss a session and made up an excuse and... well that is a slippery slope of self-recriminations, "you are a failure" self-talk and such like. I just didn't want to turn my high-intensity exercise sessions into this type of internal battleground of guilt, denial and a whole lot of other emotional stuff.
It was exercise. I just need to include higher intensity exercise in my daily life. And I am not prepared to exhaust my emotions nor hang my "success" on going to PT.
So, with my change in focus from x kilos lost per week, I had to set another goal for my exercise, or I really wouldn't add exercise into my life.
Setting a goal without the scales numbers looming over me
While at work, I saw someones printing at the copier. Training schedules for the Gold Coast Marathon. Well, that was not something I was going to do. But, what I did like was the training diary itself - straightforward.
So, I jumped online, and behold, they had LOTS of training diaries for lots of different distances. I looked at the training diary for the 10km fun run, for a beginner (someone who had never run 10 before). It looks like something I could do. And that is MOTIVATING.
Guess who is doing a 20 week training program to run my first 10km fun run? I am pretty excited.
A friend asked last night if I thought I would be able to stick with this. I honestly don't know. But what I do want to concentrate on is the PRACTICE of including sessions of high-intensity exercise into my week - where I am red faced and puffed and sweaty.
No PT? No worries. Following a 10km fun run 20 week training program is working well.
So, I thought it time to give out a positive message.
I have jogged 13 kilometres since Tuesday 22 February.
13 brilliant reasons to be proud. 13 reasons to look to the future, not the past. Regret is a waste of energy.
With my meltdown a few weeks ago, some things have changed, some things have stayed the same.
I still walk my dog twice a day
Dusty is such an important part of my life, but I am away at work during the day. So the walks are just as important for her as for me.
Now these walking sessions can be anything from a 5 minute amble to a 1 hour stride. But more often it is an amble/walk for 20 minutes. And that doesn't get my heart rate up enough for weight loss.
I quit training with my personal trainer
I was feeling resentful and angry and only just keeping the excuses at bay for missing sessions when.... I did miss a session and made up an excuse and... well that is a slippery slope of self-recriminations, "you are a failure" self-talk and such like. I just didn't want to turn my high-intensity exercise sessions into this type of internal battleground of guilt, denial and a whole lot of other emotional stuff.
It was exercise. I just need to include higher intensity exercise in my daily life. And I am not prepared to exhaust my emotions nor hang my "success" on going to PT.
So, with my change in focus from x kilos lost per week, I had to set another goal for my exercise, or I really wouldn't add exercise into my life.
Setting a goal without the scales numbers looming over me
While at work, I saw someones printing at the copier. Training schedules for the Gold Coast Marathon. Well, that was not something I was going to do. But, what I did like was the training diary itself - straightforward.
So, I jumped online, and behold, they had LOTS of training diaries for lots of different distances. I looked at the training diary for the 10km fun run, for a beginner (someone who had never run 10 before). It looks like something I could do. And that is MOTIVATING.
Guess who is doing a 20 week training program to run my first 10km fun run? I am pretty excited.
A friend asked last night if I thought I would be able to stick with this. I honestly don't know. But what I do want to concentrate on is the PRACTICE of including sessions of high-intensity exercise into my week - where I am red faced and puffed and sweaty.
No PT? No worries. Following a 10km fun run 20 week training program is working well.
2 comments:
Woot 10K. I did a few 5K's in my hey-day and had an awesome time. The crowd is so electric. Give it a go, I say.
Kudos to you for focusing on the positives and looking forward:)
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