I'm on the slippery slope to 40 and I'm working my way to being as healthy as possible in mind, body and soul. I have an awesome husband and three fluffy kitties. I love to run, cook and help others, but I'm always looking for more ways to improve my life and the lives around me. I also have a weird sense of humor, so be warned.Weigh In Tuesday
169.
Up a half pound from last week (I forgot to weigh myself yesterday). Not surprising since it’s the week that every woman has to deal with. In other words: water retention!
Oh boy!
In other news, I’m struggling to get my miles in training for the 10k a month from now. Right now, I can do a slow 5k, so I’m hoping that I can work that up to a 10k by then. I’m even taking my running gear out of town and making myself keep on track.
It’s difficult to not get down and frustrated with my lack of progress this summer with running and fitness. But, I just gotta keep telling myself that it’s SLOW AND STEADY, not instant gratification.
How do you stay motivated?
I’m not weighing myself. For one thing, I don’t have a scale, so I don’t have an idea of what my top weight was. But mostly I just don’t like weight as a measure of how I’m doing health-wise. Partially for exactly the reason you’re up a bit. Seeing that number go up, especially when I’m already down is what made me lose motivation in the first place.
I’m mostly going by how I’m feeling and how my clothes are fitting. I’m doing yoga and my back feels great! And today I had trouble keeping my pants up
Both good signs I’d say.
I’m using the weigh-in as a way to keep myself moving in the right direction. I don’t get all wound up with a half-pound to one pound gain…but if I keep gaining, something’s up.
That’s awesome the yoga is doing so well for you! I wish there were classes convenient to me, but there aren’t any.
Stay motivated? Stay motivated… if I knew that I wouldn’t presently be 120kgs
(I think that around 265 lbs)
What I find is the de-motivator, and this is probably just an excuse, but if I open my front door to exercise all I see is streets and roads, gangs of youths. When in Denmark things are so different. Or course I am always on holiday when I am there, so that helps too. But being about to jump on my bike and hit forest or nice country roads within minutes makes it not even feel like exercise at all.
If only I could leave England and move there…. what was that I said about big plans a while back?
Yeah…big plans! You really need to share…
I guess I’ve been really good at self motivation, but Tim, he can’t just go for a walk around our neighborhood (where I usually run). We have to go to a park to get a walk in.
Our next vacation is going to be one where we do a lot of physical activity (hiking, biking, kayaking). I don’t know when we’re doing this vacation, but I can’t wait!