I am not so motivated too. When I try something on in my closet that doesn't fit, it's easy for me to tell myself "ugh, I should really work out" or when I'm serving up dessert, I say to myself "I don't really need to eat this" then shove a huge crumb into my mouth.
This week, I decided that Michael Jackson's lyrics are right - I'm starting with the (wo)man in the mirror! (I actually heard that song while washing my car and it just happened to strike me at the right disgusted with my weight time).
So, this week, I've gotten up early every day and done 28 mins of working out (Jillian Michaels 30 day shred). I hate doing it, and I hate thinking I could be up sleeping in right now instead of sweating my butt off, but then I think about how good it will feel to show up at my best friend's wedding this fall and see people he'll inevitably invite who I haven't seen since high school. It will be good to see them look me up and down and think "hm, she hasn't put on the 40 lbs that everyone else we graduated with has." etc, etc. I think about how good it will feel to put on a 2 piece swim suit and not have the little indentations in my fat where the bottoms are too tight. I think about how awesome it'll feel to fit into my box of "skinny clothes" that I refuse to drop off at Goodwill. I think about how great it will be to shag balls and run bases for DD's softball team next season, and not be all out of breath. I think about wearing jogging clothes out and someone looking at me and thinking "hm, maybe I should start running" because whenever I see someone out at the grocery on their way home from the gym, that's the kind of stuff I think about them.
Every workout puts you a step closer to who you want to be - mentally and physically. So put on your workout clothes and get out there! Every step, every situp, every pushup... it all adds up and gets you to the body you want to have.
Be the change you'd like to see in yourself and in the world.
Are you pumped??? GET OUT THERE!
hi my friend!!
