October 15, 2014

KnitOrMiss

So here we go again.

Today, I'm feeling very empowered. But also frustrated by technology. Does anyone else find their determination undermined when say your tracking program doesn't properly record your workouts?

Luckily I have a back up system. And worst come to worst I can use previous data, but dadgum - the things we rely on to keep us going aren't reliable... Guess that brings home the point, "The only person/thing you can rely on is yourself!"

I personally had to step back from using my kiddo or my now ex-spouse or my family or my future or whatever as my exercise motivation. If I wasn't doing this for me, the me sitting in this chair, staring at this screen, typing this message, the me right this second, I would never succeed. Does anyone else struggle with this?

Those outside sources can be secondary or otherwise supplementary sources of motivation, but my primary fuel has to be me.... What about you??

Hugs to all,
Carly in Okrahoma...

wennim

No one else has to carry all my excess weight around. No one else has to feel the pain in my knees or the embarrassment due to my size. Sure if I lose weight they might feel like I am healthier and be a little less worried about my health but honestly my losing this weight won't matter to them. They loved me at my highest and will still love me when/ if I ever reach goal. I am of the thinking that I am the person that will benefit from this so I need to be the one that wants it.


Off topic: Last night my son left his plates on the bar after lifting so when I went to do mine this morning I had to take off his first. I had a hard time getting the 45lb plates off because they were heavy. That got me to thinking how on earth did I carry around almost twice that much weight on a daily basis????? Sure the 84 lbs I lost were spread all over my body but no wonder my knees used to hurt.

KnitOrMiss

Exactly. I always suggest to people (as was suggested to be at one point) that at some point, they try to put their body weight GONE into a backpack (using water bottles or bags of sugar or flour or whatever - potatoes - you know what I mean) and carry it around a bit. It is amazingly enlightening!

Another thing I've been told to watch out for and have already observed to a certain degree is that with hauling all that weight around we have an inherent strength. As we lose the excess poundage, we lose that default strength. I'm terrified of being a weakling...which I know is ridiculous, because I won't be, but I rely on that natural strength. I'm just not at a point where I can set up lifting weights as a new habit yet. I'm still working on my current ones! LOL

But definitely a thought....

wennim

I know what you mean about losing the strength. We invested in a decent weight set so my teenage sons could lift at home rather than running them to school all the time. My oldest is helping me set up a routine and I don't know...just really not liking it. Then again I hated getting on the treadmill too and now I just don't feel right if I don't do it so I am sure it is just a matter of time.

carostad

Technology. Ugh. My hard drive crashed last week, we've been travelling, it's taken about 9 days to finally get back up and running. I'm so worn out from trying to make all the things work that I can't summon the energy to get ME going. This is really ringing true for me today.

What's the point of all the things if I can't be healthy and strong?

But, back to the grind. Again. And again and again I'm sure. That's what's really important. Meeting obstacles and not letting them knock us back too far.

And, of course, it poured rain most of the day so I didn't take my normal 2 mile walk. I meant to try to do the Wii Fit, which I haven't done in years, but never got around to it. Tomorrow.

Caroline