Yesterday’s goal was simple: just move. Anything. Anywhere. For any length of time. I just wanted to set a goal, no matter how small, and actually stick to it. I felt like working out about as much as I felt like licking a toad, but I made myself change clothes, tie up my sneakers, and hop onto my stationary bike for a bit.
I wish I could say it was an exhilarating experience and made me fall deeply in love with working out again, but mostly I grumbled irritably under my breath and watched the clock and counted each agonizingly slow second until it was over. About halfway through, my husband wandered into the room, gave me a kiss, and told me, “Good job, baby”, so that helped a lot and got me through to the end.
This evening, I will do it again. And the day after that, I will do it once again. What other choice do I have? Gain more weight? Get even more out of shape? Let my health decline even further? I am at an age where this isn’t all about fitting into a favorite pair of jeans anymore. It’s much more about health and quality of life and setting the stage for rest of my life.
A friend of mine wrote yesterday about her self-care goals, and she takes it seriously enough that she is tracking it each day. It got me to thinking about how I treat myself, talk to myself, especially when I am not on track or doing well, by my own standards. I would like to set some self-care goals myself, but I need to think more about that, how to make it meaningful for me.
Sweat & Sparkle 
Good job! You are out there doing it! I have decided to start a 10 Week challenge for myself with some care minimum health goals. (20 minutes cardio, 5-10 strength movements such as lunges, squats, etc, follow an eating plan, drink water). I’m hoping a challenge works for me.
As for exercise and falling in love with it…hopefully that happens for you (and me). We’ve got this. I just saw something the other day where a person said “exercise is not “I have to do this” We should be thinking of exercise as “thank God I CAN do this” Kinda puts it into a different perspective!
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YES on the the doing the damn thing! I am doing the damn thing by calorie counting. If that is all I am winning to do now then that is what is happening. I am actually finding myself not even being hungry now that I am home. Probably had a lot to do with the late nights and late sleeping in LOL Those days will be over too soon though.
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