work it out weekends header and awesome concept created by wishcake
On January 3rd, Wishcake introduced her new “work it out weekends,” and I thought What a great idea! I need to get my body moving after the holidays, and this sedentary lifestyle I’ve been living is just not for me. I had ideas of grand proportion: working out at the gym everyday, getting tan, doing yoga in the mornings. I think there was even wheat-grass somewhere in that equation too. Really in my head, I’m one healthy person. But then life just gets in the way. My weeknights got busy. I was working late, and by the time I’d get home from work, I was exhausted enough. There was no way I felt like working out. I was pretty frustrated, in myself and just everything. This was not how I wanted to start off this new year. I was always full of excuses: the gym is too far away; it’s raining; I just ate; I have a headache; I’m tired; I have work to do tonight; I got home too late; Brodie is lonely. Really I can think of an excuse for anything.
Then Le Petite Chic and Sarah Marie P were all a-twitter about this 30 day Shred, so I thought I’d give it a try. I’ve already unlocked everything on the wii fit. And if I wasn’t going to get my booty to the gym I needed something to get my heart pumping. Well today I tried it. Oh my gosh! Intense! It’s like the bootcamp I did almost exactly a year ago but in my living room (and not at five in the morning, which I appreciate). I won’t lie, I thought I was going to die right there in my living room, but then before I knew it I was almost done!
I have a feeling this is my second start at the new year. It’s still January, so I think I can have a redo. Right? I mean, have I passed the point of no return into a year full of pizza and beer, where my only exercise is using the remote as a hand weight? No I don’t think so. I will have a date with Jillian Michaels once a day no matter what is going on. Today I realized that I make my priorities. I may have work that I have to do (today in fact, bleh), but that does not mean I don’t get to take thirty minutes for myself to stay healthy. I usually hate to put pressures on myself because I feel like I already have enough in my life. But this week I’ve realized that making my own priorities isn’t putting pressure on myself, it’s making sure that with the extra time I have I’m doing the things that I enjoy, that I want to do, that I would hate to regret not doing.
I was trying to think of a way to subtly (or not so subtly) remind myself to work out. And then I realized that sometimes it’s just a matter of putting it right in front of your face.
The note to myself on my bulletin board in the bedroom. Yes I call myself Sexy, doesn’t everyone?
So here’s to my “new” new year. My redo. How is your new year going? Are you doing better at working out than I am?
