Sunday, April 10, 2011
What is your "why"?
This time, my reason for being fit is much different than in years past. Before, my reasons were more event driven. For example, going on vacation next month, getting married, have a big event to attend and want to wear a hot dress and super high heels. I find it fascinating how a single event motivated me so much in my 20's and 30's but once I got to 40, my reasons were much different. I wasn't concerned about my bikini body nearly as much as I once was. I'm now more concerned about my core health. I see the difficult health issues friends and family are dealing with and that's my why. I don't want to wake up one day and realize my body is a mess because I made too many poor choices. By poor choices I'm referring to food, exercise, alcohol, etc. I've gone through spells where I've convinced myself that my bad choices were temporary and acceptable because I wasn't really old yet and had plenty of time to turn it around. I think that's probably normal behavior, however, leaving it unchecked for any length of time is where the problem lies. This time it's different for me. It's more about creating an amazing environment for my body to function and enjoying the benefits of feeling amazing, looking great and knowing that my health metrics (cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse rate, volumetric recovery rate and waist) are all on the right track to satisfying my why.
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It's more about creating an amazing environment for my body to function...
ReplyDeleteLove that quote.
Ayana
Interesting. For some reason I seem to be at war lately with my body and the not so amazing environment I have created. Sugar and simple carbs seem to be on the attack! Where I remember being much more able to walk away, it seem to get harder and harder. Thank heavens I can still have the drive to hammer away at the gym, however it no longer takes 30 minutes to undo the damage from the bad environment! It takes several hours. Did you go through the same struggle?
ReplyDelete...so my Why every day at 4 am when I get up and get ready for the gym is ALWAYS, because I refuse to let myself fall apart and be unhealthy and unfit. Every morning I say say this! At Noon or 5 PM my Why is more like oh forget it, I just need this cookie, cake, chocolate chip or whatever! YIKES...sounds like the definition of insanity! Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...Albert Einstein
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely - the struggle is always there for me too. Sometimes I have to dig really deep and talk myself into staying on track. I had a conversation with my husband last week about that damn little voice in my head - the one that tells me on free day to not just embellish a little but go for broke. I pay the price, I know how bad I will feel (physically) and I still have a tough time quieting the "evil one". We are works in progress - one day at a time.
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