I'm still here! I got completely sidetracked as I moved cross country. However, I have joined a gym in my new location and have actually been there a few times :)
I did a weigh in at Week 3 and had gained back 6 pounds. I'm not too worried about it, as traveling, no exercise, and a lot of stress could have resulted in gaining back all the loss and then some!
I'll do another post after this week's weigh in and talk about how I am getting back on track. The good thing about this type of effort is that it just sits there waiting for you to do something. It doesn't go away on its own.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Week 1 success and struggle
Update - I did begin on June 1 as planned. Here is a chronicle of week 1 and my thoughts about it.
First - week one exceeded my goal of 5 lbs. Dropped 9! Exercise for the week was walking 2.5 miles on 4 different days. Not bad for a couch potato! I'm pleased I made it happen.
Second - my "it" was hard at work sabotaging me every step of the way. Your "it" is the little voice in your head that says "I can't do that." It also is your automatic response that pretty much guides your day. It gets you dressed, it breathes for you, it gets you to work, it puts you through your routines, it speaks for you. Basically, we are machines that run on autopilot. We think of our bodies as the machine - breathing, heart beating, fingers moving, feet stepping - we don't have to think about those things. But we also are fairly numb to our everyday lives - routine speaking, routine actions, routine reactions.
When we try to make change, our "it" - the keeper of routine - resists. Think about our perception of "change" - it's hard, it takes work, it's different, it is to be RESISTED. You think you want to change, but your "it" will have none of it because "it" has created a routine that works. Altering it requires effort.
Sometimes we think about how we work against ourselves. Well that is you working against your "it."
This week my brain kept saying "you need to eat that junk food. You need to stay in bed and sleep. You need to be self-conscious about going to the gym. You need to feel awkward about walking on the streets." Yeah, it's like that, isn't it? I did not give in on the activity - I got out there. I did give in on the eating, else I would have gone mad!! LOL.
So, no, I'm not hearing voices. But we all have an inner voice that tries to keep us firmly in our comfort zone of safe routine.
Part of combating the "it" is to believe that change is not some foreign result that will be scary or unknown. Athletes visualize. They see themselves training and reaching goals. They see themselves winning. They visualize change as their norm.
So don't think of change in your routine, change in your habits, and change in your self as some kind of foreign thing. Think of it as your new default position. It IS the normal. The old way of being is to be resisted, not the new way.
We are complex beings and sometimes we need to understand that in order to use our bodies and minds to their full potential. See you next week!
Onward
<3
First - week one exceeded my goal of 5 lbs. Dropped 9! Exercise for the week was walking 2.5 miles on 4 different days. Not bad for a couch potato! I'm pleased I made it happen.
Second - my "it" was hard at work sabotaging me every step of the way. Your "it" is the little voice in your head that says "I can't do that." It also is your automatic response that pretty much guides your day. It gets you dressed, it breathes for you, it gets you to work, it puts you through your routines, it speaks for you. Basically, we are machines that run on autopilot. We think of our bodies as the machine - breathing, heart beating, fingers moving, feet stepping - we don't have to think about those things. But we also are fairly numb to our everyday lives - routine speaking, routine actions, routine reactions.
When we try to make change, our "it" - the keeper of routine - resists. Think about our perception of "change" - it's hard, it takes work, it's different, it is to be RESISTED. You think you want to change, but your "it" will have none of it because "it" has created a routine that works. Altering it requires effort.
Sometimes we think about how we work against ourselves. Well that is you working against your "it."
This week my brain kept saying "you need to eat that junk food. You need to stay in bed and sleep. You need to be self-conscious about going to the gym. You need to feel awkward about walking on the streets." Yeah, it's like that, isn't it? I did not give in on the activity - I got out there. I did give in on the eating, else I would have gone mad!! LOL.
So, no, I'm not hearing voices. But we all have an inner voice that tries to keep us firmly in our comfort zone of safe routine.
Part of combating the "it" is to believe that change is not some foreign result that will be scary or unknown. Athletes visualize. They see themselves training and reaching goals. They see themselves winning. They visualize change as their norm.
So don't think of change in your routine, change in your habits, and change in your self as some kind of foreign thing. Think of it as your new default position. It IS the normal. The old way of being is to be resisted, not the new way.
We are complex beings and sometimes we need to understand that in order to use our bodies and minds to their full potential. See you next week!
Onward
<3
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