People always look toward the shortcut. The reality is that if we used more common sense, we would be fine. The other thing that we tend to do is routine. This article is smart, common sense and reinforces that although habit is good, routines need to be shaken up sometimes.
Focus on the end result and less on the now. Make less mistakes and your workouts will have more impact.
I have been committed to writing a blog post five days a week for the last 30 days. Seemed simple enough, I’ve been told that I never run out of things to say. Yet, this has been a very daunting task.
When I started writing last year, I was very scheduled to make sure that I didn’t have any problems getting the task at hand done. I made sure that I had no distractions, didn’t overload myself, spread out the editing, writing, extras, over the week. All seemed to flow nicely. I got into a nice rhythm and was pretty happy with both my commitment and the results from it. When I started the challenge, however, that all got thrown out the window. I was writing every day which meant it was also brainstorming everyday, editing every day, researching every day, finding images and quotes every day, and then posting to the site everyday. I was totally unprepared for the large task. Yet, even though I was really overwhelmed, I DID IT. I can’t believe that I really did it. Now What????
Now that the challenge is officially completed I kind of feel lazy. I am not panicked about ideas. I can actually think about something else other than “what should I write about”. I am finding it tough to get back into the two day a week thing. Has this little challenge changed me? Have I turned to ‘the dark side’ and now can consider myself a writer? Nah!!!
Let’s face it, I have challenged myself before.
I survived that didn’t I? Oh, right, I did. But, I never went back either.
Once I challenged myself to do something different, I guess if I was honest with myself, I never went back to the old me. Sure, I have weekends of careless eating. Sure, I have days where I don’t go out for a run. Sure, I have days when I really want a big plate of macaroni and cheese for dinner followed up with chips and salsa in an hour. But, I go right back to what I know is best for me.
The new me is just that, the new me. I don’t think I will ever be the sloth that I was before. I think I am going to enjoy learning about nutrition and exercise for a long time. I love that I can keep up with my kids, even going for a walk. I love that they still have things to learn from me. I love that at 50 years old, I am still learning and growing. I used to think 50 was ancient, and if I hadn’t changed the way I was living, I would have been ancient.
So, thanks Jonathan Christian for the Social Media Challenge. You have rocked my world more than you know.
Now, what shall I challenge myself with next???
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George S. Patton
Ok, so here we are at the end of February. For a really large part of the country, they are still covered in snow. Here, in Vancouver, we have had a very mild winter. We are still waiting for any real snow. It may not come. We have had lots of winters like that. We are about to float away with all the rain, but at least we don't shovel it.
Spring is right around the corner and with that, we will all of a sudden be thrown into summer and swimsuit season. Scary right??
So, where are you on your new year new you resolution?
Are you still at it?
Have you slowed down?
Is it long gone?
Don't panic if your plan has changed. It’s kind of funny that we think that the calendar tells us what we should be doing. For instance, everyone knows you can’t start a new diet on any day other than Monday. Once you mess up on your eating plan for the day you may as well just stop and wait until the next day to start again. The new year is the only time of the year to start a new exercise program.
If you are still on course, that is truly amazing. You are really fantastic. Good for you.
Here are some unsettling numbers;
These stats are really quite sad but at least we are not alone in our quest to be healthier. But that also means that if you have become one of the many and are no longer keeping your resolution alive, what now? One of the best things about this list is that it means the gyms are quite empty again. The other good news is that by reading this, it means that you still have a better you in mind. Cool.
Start again. Don’t wait for Monday. Don’t wait until next January. Don’t wait so long that your body say, nope, not going to do it.
When Doug and I started our journey, we were waiting for only one thing. That thing was, the doctor to tell Doug that he could get back engaged in life again after being bedridden with pneumonia for three months. Well, actually we didn’t wait really, the doc appointment was made and so was the interview with the personal trainer. Once the trainer decided to take us on, we started. It was the beginning of December. Our oldest daughter had left for school in Sweden for a year, we were two weeks away from our son’s wedding, obviously three weeks until Christmas, and in the beginning of the largest financial turmoil of our lives.
Here we are four years later, and guess what, unless we had died, the four years would have come and gone anyway. People have told us that we were crazy about what we did. But we didn’t see that we had a choice. It was time. You need to decide that regardless of anything else, it’s time. Just make a decision and do it. Time is going to pass anyway, you may as well get in shape as it moves along.
If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it. – Wanda Sykes
I also really like circuit classes. As I am not really coordinated enough to dance, Zumba classes are out. I don’t go with a group of girl friends, so the talking in groups, gets under my skin. All by myself, if you are able to have that much of a gossip session, you should be at the coffee shop or juice bar and besides you are definitely not working hard enough, so take it elsewhere. The perfume thing I really don’t get. You are heading to a gym to sweat. You are about to sweat. Sweat smells. Why do you put perfume on to go to a place to sweat? I don’t get it. At all. As for sweating, we all do it. Some people do it more than others. My husband is called SpongeBob at the gym because all he has to do is show up and he is sweating. Me, on the other hand, I don’t sweat that much. I just don’t. BUT, I still come with a towel, and still wipe my equipment down. I think we have become a culture of ‘its all about me’ and therefore ‘we’ don’t think about other people.
People, please be considerate. Use some etiquette, manners and common sense. Oh and by the way, on your way out of the parking lot, use your signal. Just saying.
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