4-14-12

Excuses Excuses Excuses!!!

We all have excuses.  It's to hot. It's to cold.  It's to early.  It's to late.  I don't have enough time.    I don't have enough money for a gym membership.  I'm to tired.  I know I know I've used them.  My new one?  My shift change ... I can't get in long enough workout before work.  really?  Really? REALLY???

As I was swimming today I was thinking.  I know I find it hard to believe too but I did.  This actually when I do my best thinking.  I am making the excuse that I can't get in a long enough workout like I had been getting in so I am not going.  I tell myself that I will walk on lunch like I use to.  It hasn't happened.  I tell myself I will go to the gym when I get off work. Yeah that's not happening either.  So what I have done for a workout this week?  Nothing really.

So as I was swimming today I realized that because I didn't get in the workout I WANT to that I have done nothing.  WHY??  I could easily go in at 5 like I had been doing and just workout less time.  Then on my days off I can get in a hard workout.  It sounds like a good plan but it's gonna take some planning and A LOT of prayer.  

My excuse, also, for not going in the am before.  I don't like to get ready at the gym I can never seem to cool off enough to get ready like I want to.  My hair looks awful.  Wellll I can't say that I do that great of a job on it when I am not at the gym.  I want to get in at least twice a week prior to work and then two of my day off for a power workout.  I have come to far to slip back to where I was a year ago.

The past few weeks were rough for me.  Several things.  I got in a mode that I couldn't not keep on track.  Besides not going to the gym I have not been planning my meal times  like I had been.  I haven't been going over board on my calories, but I have not been tracking them like I need to.  Some days even skipping meals.  I have learned, from the past, this is not a good thing for me.  It is partly how I got so obese.  Don't laugh you CAN gain weight from not eating enough.

I know part of my getting off track was from me going over board.  As much as I tried not to be obsessing about hitting the 100lb mark by the time I go to the Dr I let it play me.  I told myself it's ok if it don't happen but it did.  I know that I will not make the goal that I wanted to make, and that's ok as long as I have not gained any back.  I have come a long way.  I have lost 86 lbs and feel better than I have in a long time.  I am going to start looking at what I have done instead of what I didn't do right.  If it takes me a life time to lose it, that ok.  It took me a lifetime to gain it.  I'm on track for now :D