Motivation is a slippery fish.

06/02/2015 9:23AM

I feel sort of lazy this last week. Clearly I'm not, I've walked 4+ miles three out of the last five days, with an average pace of 18 minutes per mile. But I haven't done anything else. I haven't done the Blogilates videos, workouts or challenges. Those make me happy, but I still haven't done them, because in my head, walking four freaking miles in just over an hour means that I don't have to do squats or weight work. But I need to do those things. My saggy stomach isn't going to unpooch itself! My arms aren't going to get strong and toned just by swinging them by my side when I walk. So today, I'm re-starting, just like you. I will do strength work tonight. Like you said, I will (do it), and I will be fine, and I will feel glad I did afterwards.

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Good for you! I went yesterday, and it was fine. And I wanted to stop after 20 minutes. But I didn't. And I wanted to stop after 45 minutes. But I didn't, And I wanted to skip weights because I did an hour on the elliptical. But I didn't. So today will less awful. And tomorrow will be even less awful than that. Why do we do this? This thing where we convince ourselves we don't hafta do things that make us feel good? It must be some kind of sabotage. Anyway. Good for you, Alice. Reset, everyone! :)