great workout tonight

Got a great workout in tonight! It was really out of putting off working on my website for class, but nonetheless a great workout. Now I have a lot more energy and focus I think to tackle my school work. Definitely feels really good to work my muscles again- slow start as they have been in remission for a couple of weeks now, but once I got the blood pumping and the endorphins flowing I was good to go! I'm also happy to say that I've already been able to burn off the little extra weight gain from Thanksgiving and even a half a pound more! Good to be back on track, just need to keep it up. I think it will be especially need in these next couple of weeks as final exams and papers are due and will require me to be focused and at the top of my game.

getting back into the swing

Well I'm now back from some much needed rest and relaxation time over Thanksgiving break. Always good to spend some time with the family, but there was a constant struggle not to each too much. And now after a week of break, I am happy to say that I only gained a pound back according to the scale.  Though with not working out over break and having such a shaky couple of weeks before the break, I definitely feel as though I am losing some muscle mass. So, I need to get back into the swing of things so to speak and begin my workout regime again.

brief workout

Since I'm going home tomorrow and will undoubtedly be eating a ton of food over the Thanksgiving week I decided to get in a quick workout tonight to help combat the inevitable haha. Whenever I go home, it breaks my whole routine and schedule and since my father's a great cook there's always delicious food just hanging around, so my self-control kind of goes out the window.  I know it'll be a tough week weight wise to get through, so I know I will have to come back and hit the gym hard. A daunting task, but I'm up for it!

great work out

This afternoon I got home from class and therapy sessions and I finally said enough is enough. After missing my goals for the past couple of weeks (and especially last week with not getting a single workout in), I decided I needed to get back on track. To be honest it did take a lit bit of time to motivate myself properly so I find excuses to put it off, but after about 45 minutes of wasting time I went to do a workout.  And god it felt great! Though very exhausting and definitely noticeable that I missed getting any exercise last week.  Hopefully, I can get back on track though I am already anticipating that with next week being Thanksgiving week and I will be home, workouts will be harder to do and eating will probably increase- which equals a bad situation. But for now, I think I need to simply take one week at a time and focus on this week first.

procrastinated again

Last night was a total bust as well, so not a good week overall for making my workout goals.  Not sure what it was but just did not find any of the motivation needed to go workout.  I think maybe I am just exhausted with everything going on right now and am just waiting for Thanksgiving break to arrive so I can reboot and recharge my system.  Who knows though, maybe the writing of this post will make me want to go workout now, though right now I am not feeling it, so probably not.  I would say that on a positive note though, my weight is down and kept down.  I am continuing to make better choices when eating; especially with choosing healthier options and eating till I'm content instead of completely full like I used to do.  I think that effort is making a considerable different for me and thus, helping me keep off any unwanted weight while I am in this unmotivated stage of my workout process.

already behind...

So, I didn't get a chance (or maybe a chose not to get a chance) to start my workouts this week, thus since it's already Tuesday, I know that I can't make my workout goal this week. Which really sucks and is kind of depressing! It is even pretty demotivating for trying to make sure I get in at least two workouts now to finish off the week. Hopefully, I find the motivation, but at this point in the day I am feeling that weight of failing this week already which is not good :(

Finished the week's goals

Tonight I was able to finish my week's goals by getting in my third and last workout for the week.  I have to say though I am a little disappointed still because due to other obligations I was not able to devote as much time or energy to my workout as I would have liked. Consequently, I had a very light workout tonight to end the week.  Thus, even though I technically completely my goals, I feel it wasn't my best effort.  I know we discussed in class a lot about the nature of failure and that it's okay to not achieve my goals all the time, but it's still going to weigh on me because that's how I was raised.  Completing my workouts, but not doing them all to full standards is still kind of like a failure, not a complete failure, but a little one nonetheless.  Can't shake the feeling. Guess this whole experiment really was designed for us to fail.  Wow, I know I sound depressing here or something, and I am glad I was able to get in my three workouts, but it just in the back of my mind that I could have done better.  But I have hope that next week will be better.