Wow, I really need to start blogging about my family again. It seems like the only time I've blogged the past couple weeks is for Confessions or Weigh Ins. Well, I guess, at least I'm sticking with something.
This week has been a very blah week for me. I don't really know what to say or how to say it. Right now, I'm maintaining, at least, but I'm not losing anything. And this past week, I can't get myself to care. I know that I should, for the team and all, but I just don't.
One of the reasons that I know of is that it is so hot here lately. In fact, as I was watching the weather report on the news last night, they were saying that this year, we've had 19 days of weather over 100 degrees. We typically have 11 days of triple digit weather. Our highest summer was the Summer of 2003, with 21 days of 100+. On Sunday, we hit a record high of 111 degrees. Hutchinson, which is about an hour away, was the hottest place in the United States, at 112 degrees!! It's hotter in Kansas than it is in Arizona! What?! Not to mention the humidity that we also have to seem to endure this time of year.
I worked out yesterday (kinda) for the first time since Thursday. The weekends are hard, since we are so busy doing office matters, for Jerrod's agency, that we didn't have time during the week to do. I started to work out, even though my tennis shoes were over at my mom's house. I did the (bad) thing and decided to do it barefoot. I did the mountain climbers, because even I'm not stupid enough to go do sprints outside barefoot, and turned my right ankle during the 2nd set of 45 seconds. Then, I turned my left ankle in the 4th or 5th set of 45 seconds. And then, I must have had a rock or something stuck to my big toe, and it ripped a blister like hole in the skin of my toe. I ended up doing the mountain climbers and the reverse lunge kicks and then basically said forget it. The rest of the day (the whole hour before I went to bed), was horrible because Ethan kept fighting me and I was frustrated with myself for quitting and him for not listening and trying to get out of doing what I asked him.
Right now, I just can't seem to get out of my slump. I know I should be working out, and working out hard, especially since I leave on Sunday for a work conference in Charlotte. I know that, but I just don't care. I have absolutely no motivation, I just want to wallow in that, and eat a pint of ice cream. I just don't care.
What's wrong with me?! How can I not care about my health and my appearance? How can I not care about my family and my friends? Why can't I care? How do I fix me?
5 comments:
Ok...so first off..BREATHE!! Take a deep breath and BREATHE! Then step away from the situation and look at "why" you are having such a hard time. Are you really busy, is the heat getting you down? Are you frustrated cuz no matter what good you do nothing shows on the scale? Once you determine the "why" then you will figure out how to fix it. Summer seems to be a hard time because it is so hot (here in Dallas it is hot too, although we haven't hit above 105, Thank God!!). I grew up in Wichita, KS-- where are you??
Be careful on your workouts...and as I learned ALWAYS wear shoes. They are there to protect our feet! Speaking from experience here!! Hope you have a great day!
Thanks Ann, sometimes you need someone to shake some sense into you, ya know?!
As far as the why, it's a mish mash of things. I'm super busy helping Jerrod's agency get going, we spend the evenings drafting letters and looking at his advertising options, and then on the weekends we are at the office, cleaning, organizing, etc, etc...
It's super hot here, and that's a killer. It's so hard to get out and do sprints (or anything) when at 9 and 10pm it is still over 100 degrees.
As far as the frustration, I've been okay with that. This week has really gotten the best of me. The first two weeks, I lost a total of 5 pounds, and then we hit the holiday week, which I was able to stay the same. I'm feeling like I'm getting what I put in it to, I just don't know why I don't feel like putting anything in this week.
I am located in Wichita, born and raised here. I mean, normally summers get hot, but not this hot. And adding in no rain, it's a killer. I'm surprised that we haven't had more water bans.
I know, I shouldn't workout without shoes. It's my own stupidity that caused it, I just didn't want to let yet another day go by without doing something. And look what I get.
Again, thanks for this. It's nice being able to see another perspective, and break it down, and really think about the problems that I'm having!
that ann is a smart woman - listen to her!! i'll have to say that sometimes you just get in a slump and nothing you can do will get you out. i spent a year there. i was a bit depressed, a bit physically ill, and a bit burnt out. i'm starting to get back at it, but the key is never giving up on yourself!
and the next time you wanna do a barefoot workout - try yoga! ;)
I'm right there with you on the blahs and I can't even blame it on the heat. High 70's here in San Diego..it's just the blahs. It takes a lot to get out of a slump but something wil click for you...just don't get to discouraged!
See, I like Ann's comments and Brooke's comments, and if you put them together, you can breathe, and do yoga, with no shoes :)
You can't wait for motivation, because I think RESULTS bring motivation. So find one healthy thing that you CAN do that makes you happy, and start there. Baby steps!
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