I had a doctor tell me one time about making time for a healthier me..."What happens if you don't pay your mortgage? or your cell phone bill? or your car payment?"
He compared that to making time for exercising. Well, I would eventually lose my house, my car, and my cell phone would be turned off! What, then I couldn't play Draw Something or Scramble with Friends! LOL I had to start asking myself what was important here! Feeling healthy makes you sleep better, work better, be in a better mood, feel sexier, love others deeper, and makes you smile inside and out!!! That doctor was asking "What happens if you don't exercise?"
So, on Sundays I make due dates for my "bills" in my healthier lifestyle change. I have to tell myself and physically put it on the calendar that "This week, you have to..."
Most weeks are the same. I am a creature of habit and really like to have a plan for the week. I have a hard time sticking to the gym if I guess all day if we are going to go or if Josh will be off work in time to go with me, etc.
Monday - Body Pump at Zachs
Tuesday - walk Winston at the park
Wednesday - Body Pump at Zachs
Thursday - volleyball at Memorial Park
Friday I am leaving early to meet Josh in Abilene, so I will not work out at all this weekend. Life happens. We have planned to go out of town for a few months now, and we will definitely eat some great food with friends in Abilene, but it will be ok.
That brings me to being too hard on yourself. I did this for the first few weeks. If I ate french fries, I would starve myself for the next 12 hours. If I didn't go to the gym, I would get so down and mad at myself, which in turn made for not going again the next time because I was being so negative.
Late payments are a very smart concept that businesses use to make you pay your bills on time. I think my late payment on my mortgage is like $22.00. This is a very small fraction of the total bill that was due. Just a little slap on the hand to make yourself try harder to be on time next time.
So if you miss a healthy meal or a workout, don't be so hard on yourself. (I am speaking to myself here too! lol)
Try to make a plan today for the week. Make a few due dates on some great exercise and pay them like you would your bills!
Glad you tweeted about your new blog! I like it! I am working really hard to exercise every day for a minimum of 30 minutes. This post has inspired me. Thanks, Gay
ReplyDeleteI am glad I have some readers! 30 minutes a day is great! There were a few years there that I did not exercise at all, other than walking at work when I needed copies or something! lol
ReplyDeleteAnother thing that really helped me when I started working out was journaling how I felt after I left the gym. I would have a mental, verbal fight with myself about not going, and I would finally go and then write a few sentences about how I felt when I got home. I could then read this before I went the next time! If we can remember how we feel after exercise each time we start to do it again, we will be more compliant with ourselves!