Who woke up at 6 AM today for a morning workout? Me, believe it or not! I barely believe it. I haven’t done a morning workout in a long, long time. Even when I set the alarm last night, I seriously doubted I would get out of bed. Resetting the alarm seemed much more likely.
Instead, when the alarm went off, I reminded myself how proud I would be if I got up and worked out, and how disappointed I’d be if I reset the alarm and went back to sleep. I reminded myself that it’s all about how much I want this.
I got up and worked out in our fitness room, which is still one of my favorite parts of our new house. I love having a place to shut the door and just focus on my workout. I used to work out in the living room or our spare bedroom at our old place, and especially when the kids were home, I felt like I was always in someone’s way.
I had promised one of the kids that the workout log would be filled in for each day this month so far when they are home again, and I will be able to keep that promise and will make sure to point it out. I’ve worked out every day this month, no excuses. Now I just need to keep it up.
Yesterday I had to attend a luncheon for work. Resisting the food was easy (the garbage on my plate was not edible), but a tempting slice of delectable-looking cheesecake sat in front of me, waiting for me through the entire meal as I picked at, scraped at, and pushed around the Playdough-textured chicken imposter before tossing down my fork and giving up.
“I didn’t eat much lunch,” I started to rationalize. I can eat my cheesecake.
“Yeah, at about 500 calories, minimum,” the New Me, the me who has been working out and logging food, argued. Not worth it!
I slid the dessert plate closer to me and toyed with my spoon. I took 3 small bites, and it was quite good, but I pushed it away and sipped my unsweet tea the rest of the event instead. I love cheesecake and could have easily finished my entire piece, plus my neighbor’s slice, but I made myself stop. That was a huge success for me.
Tomorrow morning, we will see how much all of this has paid off when I weigh in for the week. It’s great to be excited about weigh-in instead of dreading how much I have gained since last time.
Sweat & Sparkle 