Time sure flies when your having fun! Oh right really? "Fun". Fun is indeed a subjective finding. What I have come to understand is that time just flies! This past week I began with the inspiration and motivation that usually begins any great accomplishment. This inspiration and motivation of mine is not unfamiliar to me, I have felt it often. In regards to a fitness plan/program I have met a few of those also in my past. And many times in the beginning I think "this is easy' , 'i can do this'. Yet since here I am again, entering week 2 of my 12 week journey the previous attempts must not have been "easy" or something "I can do" since I failed. And no "fail" is not too strong of a word. Why use "stopped" or even "quit" or "finished", (please as if one ever finishes a healthy life style change! Its a program for a lifestyle change not a television program!)
If I can accept I have failed then I can choose to try again. I can try as many times as I need and eventually I will either succeed or I will change something so that it is more manageable thus giving me a realistic opportunity at succeeding.
Success without failure along the way is like cake without frosting-
It looks good and tastes good
but can be so much sweeter with the extra ingredient!
Today I went to my children's school for a meeting and I was sorely disappointed to discover that neither of them were running in the morning mileage club! I thought 'oh my! What! Why aren't they running! They should be running! If I'm doing this they should be too!', as I stood around trying to spot their whereabouts I realized my goal, my fitness program geared specifically for me to complete a 5k leading them, is not their goal. I had to let my disappointment go since its mine, not theirs.
This week I stuck to my program well with the exception of the weekend. I struggled trying to get the gym time in due to my kids activities etc. I now know I really do need to get myself in the gym in the morning, before the rest of my life demands begin. During the school week its great, as soon as the kids are off I can work out and still be done early enough to not rearrange my work schedule. The weekends leave me having to be more disciplined. I am glad it only took me week 1 to realize this is a great area to adjust a bit so it can be better managed. I think I will replace the gym routine on the weekends and replace it with family physical time. -walking, hiking, running. It will be a win/win since my kids aren't always running in mileage club at least they will run with me. We always have fun playing together. A family that plays together stays together!
My 12 weeks (of life) at this time is being run like a program, and as another highly overused yet completely accurate saying goes- "it works if you work it"...
Def there is no failing, persay, when switching to a healthy lifestyle. You can fail at a diet yes, a short term workout plan yes, but fail at your healthy lifestyle transition no.... its just not a straight line to success and there is no destination..... it's all journey. I finally realized that and things have been very different. I may have stalled lately in losing more weight but there is no going 'back' for back simply doesn't exist.
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