Switching it up!
This morning I am switching things up. I am writing in the morning and doing my workout in the afternoon. I think that typically working out in the morning works best for me but I'm interested to see if I notice any difference doing it in the afternoon when I get home from work.
I have hit a plateau and I think I know why. My workouts don't have enough variety. While I think that interval running is a good tactic for me, I need to be doing more to work out different muscles and shake up the cardio. Next week is going to be interesting. I will be at a conference from Monday to Thursday in Boston. I'll have use of the fitness room and I plan to use it. I'll also have access to the pool so I hope it is open early enough for me to go before my sessions start each morning.
When I've been away from home in the past my routines are harder to keep because my current triggers aren't there. This will be a good opportunity for me to make sure that the routine is based on internal motivation and not just environmental triggers.
When I started this one of my goals was just to keep going. Even if that meant just getting my butt out the door for a walk. Just do something to keep going and establish that habit. Now that I am 65 days in I think I need to work more strategy into this because just doing something isn't producing results anymore.
I ran into a friend last week and she asked how long I planned to keep this blog going and I realized I had never really thought about that before. The truth is that this is not all going to happen in 6 months or a year. Getting to 150lbs is going to be difficult so losing the weight and keeping it off is going to be a few year plan... maybe even a 5 year plan. This doesn't mean that I shouldn't be trying to achieve as much results as possible every day.
So today's blog is a pep talk to motivate myself to make more adjustments to be making more progress.
As a cool tid bit I wanted to share this video I found to be extremely awesome. I've always been fascinated by skateboarding and this is the coolest video of it I've seen. If you were a kid in the 80's this is for you! Here is Danny MacAskill rockin' it Toy Story style!
<3 Katie
Day 65
199lbs
Feeling Optimistic
I have hit a plateau and I think I know why. My workouts don't have enough variety. While I think that interval running is a good tactic for me, I need to be doing more to work out different muscles and shake up the cardio. Next week is going to be interesting. I will be at a conference from Monday to Thursday in Boston. I'll have use of the fitness room and I plan to use it. I'll also have access to the pool so I hope it is open early enough for me to go before my sessions start each morning.
When I've been away from home in the past my routines are harder to keep because my current triggers aren't there. This will be a good opportunity for me to make sure that the routine is based on internal motivation and not just environmental triggers.
When I started this one of my goals was just to keep going. Even if that meant just getting my butt out the door for a walk. Just do something to keep going and establish that habit. Now that I am 65 days in I think I need to work more strategy into this because just doing something isn't producing results anymore.
I ran into a friend last week and she asked how long I planned to keep this blog going and I realized I had never really thought about that before. The truth is that this is not all going to happen in 6 months or a year. Getting to 150lbs is going to be difficult so losing the weight and keeping it off is going to be a few year plan... maybe even a 5 year plan. This doesn't mean that I shouldn't be trying to achieve as much results as possible every day.
So today's blog is a pep talk to motivate myself to make more adjustments to be making more progress.As a cool tid bit I wanted to share this video I found to be extremely awesome. I've always been fascinated by skateboarding and this is the coolest video of it I've seen. If you were a kid in the 80's this is for you! Here is Danny MacAskill rockin' it Toy Story style!
<3 Katie
Day 65
199lbs
Feeling Optimistic
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