I'm sorry for the lack of posting this week. It seems as of late that all of the forces of nature have been plotting against my desire to loose weight. I must say I worked out on Monday and then on Tuesday we had yet another snow storm. I was scheduled to work until 6 (as usual) but I could see from my desk that 71 was a standstill. Everyone was trying to find out why and it was a combination of a jack knifed semi and 275 beings shut down. I decided to try and wait it out and just work late and leave earlier one day later that week. Well I ended up staying until about 8pm and decided I couldn't stand being at work anymore and although 71 was still @ a standstill I was going to take the "back way" home. What a HUGE mistake that turned out to be. I live 23 miles from work and normally take 71 straight home (which takes about 30 minutes depending on traffic). Imagine how annoyed I was when I kept watching the time tick by in the car knowing the YMCA closed @ 10pm. At 10:00 I was actually sitting in traffic on the "back road" only 5 miles from work. I didn't end up getting home until after 11:30pm.
I was able to make it to the gym on Wed and Thursday-- and Sat-- but I can't help but feel annoyed at how many obstacles I've been coming across in trying to work out. Actually on Thursday when I worked out I decided to put in 45 minutes on the treadmill instead of the 35 I have been doing here lately-- and I ended up with a blister on the bottom and side of my foot -- in addition to continually fighting what feels like a slightly pulled groin. (Hence why I didn't work out on Friday) but you will be happy to know that I did pull a full hour on the treadmill on Sat (and plan to do an intense work out a little later today).
But back to being annoyed-- I've been fighting through emotions, about 4 or 5 illnesses (I've lost count at this point)-- and weather. All I want to do is work out and get this weight off-- that's it! Seems simple enough! This made me think of one of my favorite cartoons, Pinky and the Brain. For those of you who aren't familiar it's a cartoon about two lab rats, one names Pinky (who runs on very very low wattage) and the other Brain (who is literally and figuratively the brain of the operation).
The intro is my favorite "Dah Brain what are we going to do tonight" and Brain replies "Same thing we try to do every night Pinky, try to take over the world" -- I've attached a copy of the opening in this post-- please watch! Anyway-- this is what I feel like sometimes. "What are we going to do tonight Ana?" "Same thing we attempt to do every night-- work out and lose weight"-- something stupid seems to keep getting in the way of my weight loss grandeur. Regardless I'm trying to keep up with it-- and not let it get me down-- keep myself motivated despite obstacles (because God knows how much more easy it is to give up when you're facing resistance head on).
I'm going to try and be better about posting this week!!
I was able to make it to the gym on Wed and Thursday-- and Sat-- but I can't help but feel annoyed at how many obstacles I've been coming across in trying to work out. Actually on Thursday when I worked out I decided to put in 45 minutes on the treadmill instead of the 35 I have been doing here lately-- and I ended up with a blister on the bottom and side of my foot -- in addition to continually fighting what feels like a slightly pulled groin. (Hence why I didn't work out on Friday) but you will be happy to know that I did pull a full hour on the treadmill on Sat (and plan to do an intense work out a little later today).
But back to being annoyed-- I've been fighting through emotions, about 4 or 5 illnesses (I've lost count at this point)-- and weather. All I want to do is work out and get this weight off-- that's it! Seems simple enough! This made me think of one of my favorite cartoons, Pinky and the Brain. For those of you who aren't familiar it's a cartoon about two lab rats, one names Pinky (who runs on very very low wattage) and the other Brain (who is literally and figuratively the brain of the operation).
The intro is my favorite "Dah Brain what are we going to do tonight" and Brain replies "Same thing we try to do every night Pinky, try to take over the world" -- I've attached a copy of the opening in this post-- please watch! Anyway-- this is what I feel like sometimes. "What are we going to do tonight Ana?" "Same thing we attempt to do every night-- work out and lose weight"-- something stupid seems to keep getting in the way of my weight loss grandeur. Regardless I'm trying to keep up with it-- and not let it get me down-- keep myself motivated despite obstacles (because God knows how much more easy it is to give up when you're facing resistance head on).
I'm going to try and be better about posting this week!!
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