Exercise and Accountability

Alright folks - Confession time!  I'm slacking on exercise.  I went an entire two weeks with doing NOTHING.  A big FAT nothing!  I could make a million excuses including stress and time and blah blah blah, but anyone who's on this journey knows in their heart - as do I - that that's all it is.  EXCUSES.  I worked out twice last week - still not enough.  I was going so well and just dropped off.  I NEED to schedule this in to my daily routine.  My weight loss has slowed down too and i don't seem to be moving in clothing sizes either.  I'm convinced this is becasue of my slacking AND the dang Chrsitmas cookies!  Again, another thing that's inexcusable!  They're all overmy offic, they're at my house, they're EVERYWHERE!  It's like an alien invasion.  I half expect to lift the lid on the cookie containers at home and see them full of little green guys peering up over the edge, saying "Eat me!"  I'm refocusing and trying to take in protein again.  Not acceptable to be wastnig my pouch space on refined sugar and empty carbs.  Eating a half a sadnwhich right now, and I have some hummus to put on a few crackers.  I need to do a work out tonight.  My husband has to go to calling hours for a friend that passed away, so I can either sneak off to the YMCA after that or do a video while he's gone.  Thanks for being there so I have someone to be accountable to.  I need a smack on the @ss!  lol   

What works for me to keep me going to the gym or working out is to do it right after work before I give myself a chance to make an excuse for myself LOL... if I change and get moving I usually won't change my mind, and if I start to I tell myself I will only work out for 30 minutes and then I can let myself off the hook, but once I get there I am in it for an hour because it feels so good.  :) good luck and find what works for you. 

I have slacked off the walking lately myself.
too lazy/depressed to get going and i know I have to do it, nobody can do it for us.

Step away from the cookies/bread/crackers.
those are bad habits and they are  trying to bring you down

the first step is just to admit it to yourself. I think going after work may be perfect answer

havent been in a week.. been busy with working and getting ready for christmas.. Boy do I feel like crap about it too.. Was gonna go tonight but cant find the energy.  Gonna go  tomorrow night as soon as I get off from work. Then gonna go Sat before I go to work.  Doubt I will do anything on sudnay, but then Will go monday morning when I get off from work. 

I find that if I go right after work, I have more chance to just do it and get it over with.  Remember that you can turn the radio up and dance to break out a sweat!!!

I think it's a viscious cycle Fran.  If I don't work out my energy level goes down, which makes me want to work out less.  I need to just suck it up and do it, or I'm going to end up right back where I was - lazy and not wanting to move.  I can't have that!

Jennifer,

Its so easy to fall of band wagon. I have been ill for the past 4 months. And  have not been to the gym in that time frame. I have lucked out and I have not gained any weight thank goodness, but I don't have that overall good feeling I used to have when working out.

My doctors have given me the go ahead to resume working out again and that is my plan starting 12/26/11. I really believe that diet with out exersize doesn't work to make us look better. The exercise will make us look so much better. You lose 60 lbs alone just on diet it doesn't look as good as if you did it with the exercise. You will not be as flabby, You will have more inches lost, you will look more toned.

I see we had the same doctor for our surgery. Do you go to the monthly meetings at Highland on Tuesday nights? I haven't been to one in the past 3 months or so but they help to keep us on track. I enjoy talking to people in the next stage that I am in for advice.

Good Luck,

Sam

Hi Sam,

   So sorry that you have been ill for so long. Please get well. I think of you and Fran often. We are all coming up on our 1st surgiverary (SP?) Hope and pray you have a wonderful Christmas.   Mag  

yeah it is nearing the corner.  I am still lingering in the 260's.  Cant seem to shake the weight, but the inches are falling off.  I am not in an 18.  My 2x uniform pants are now falling off of me and my 3X that I jkept, well i am swimming in them.  Fit into an XL just nicely. 

So MAG when we gonna see pics>? 

Hope u feel better soo SAM.  And u are right baout the exercise.  I think that is the key to feeling so GOOD right now.  Atleast for me

HOPE u had  a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hi Sam,

I think you're right about the difference bewtween diet alone and diet AND exercise. 

I've only been to one Monarch meeting.  I was still in the hospital after my surgery.  I think it was the day after my surgery.  Dr. O'Malley said it was okay for me to leave my floor for the meeting.  Rochester is a haul for me, but I think I may need to make time and just go.  I mean it's only once a month, right?