Day 219 – Week 32 – 32 mins (5)
Well – we seem to be experiencing a serious dip and lack of motivation here, as I again only managed five minutes of exercise.
But this is the truth of it. Unless you are some gold medallist machine type, I’m not sure it is possible to keep 100 percent motivated ALL of the time, day in, day out, every single day of the year.
What I do know – is that despite my many under performing days – I have definitely been more active in the last 219 days than I have at any time in my life since I was 18 years old. This should not be underestimated, even though it falls short of what I would love to be achieving.
And every night I can believe that I will be back on track the next morning!
Suzi
Day 211 – Week 31 – 31 mins (5)
Ohhhh! Was really rubbish this morning.
I should have gone for a 31 minute run nice and early, but just couldn’t get myself out of bed. This of course meant I only had five minute to jump on the bosu before heading off to work.
Not good at all!!!
Have given myself a good talking to (and a bit of a whipping!) and promise to do better tomorrow.
Suzi
Day 208 – Week 30 – 30 mins (22)
Oh I started out with the best of intentions to do my full 30 minutes of stretching and strengthening today. But at 22 mins I just suddenly decided I was too hot and sweaty and I had a brain and body shutdown.
That was it. I just decided I had had enough. Lucky I got through the 22 minutes really.
I’ve noticed this tends to happen when I have had a short workout the day before. And given that I only did one minute the day before – well – you can’t get much shorter than that.
It’s as if having had a short workout the day before, I have to kind of ‘build up’ again back to the level I should be at. My brain just won’t accept leaping up to 30 minutes straight away, it has to do it in a couple of stages. It is saying to me, “Don’t worry, I know what you are playing at, you’re trying to get me to do that exercise business again. Oh well, I’ll do it, but I’m doing it on MY terms. I’m just going to take my time and mosey on in there.”
I guess that’s not really a problem, as long as I get there!
So – perhaps that’s a pattern. I go along merrily as I should. Then I have to have a short day for some reason (usually because of a very early start at work), and then it takes a couple of big steps to get back to where I should be.
I’m not too worries by any of that, given the whole idea of this is just to keep going, and not stop completely for any length of time….if that’s how it has to be, then so be it! Don’t you worry brain…I’ve got you sussed…
Suzi
Day 192 – Week 28 – 28 mins (2)
I am very, very unmotivated on the exercise front at the moment, something I can only really put down to outside factors. I did a quick two minutes of stretching this morning, and that was it, before heading off to a very early start to work.
There is no doubt that when I am feeling overworked and time-poor the first thing I want to ditch is the exercise. I’m not quite sure how I can beat that, other than to do the tiny bit that I can, and come out the other side.
Suzi
Day 186 – Week 27 – 27 mins (10)
Yep – just managed the ten minutes today, doing my speedy strength and stretching routine, where I fly through it all at three times the speed.
I’m sure I don’t see any progress on the days I do this, but as long as I’m not going backwards, that’s fine with me.
There are always going to be days when you really cannot logistically fit in a full exercise routine. The most important thing is not to let that be an excuse to give up.
For me, the answer is to get myself into my exercise gear and do even just one minute of the routine I usually do. That is sending a message to my body that I still care, I’m still making the effort, I’m not going to abandon it completely to the ravages of red wine and chocolate. For this 24-hour period I care about you, my body, enough to spend a few minutes invested in moving you about.
That is why I do my mini-routines on the days where I just can’t manage a full one. In a couple of days time I will be able to return to the programme, and I won’t have slipped back.
Suzi
