No motivation. Today was one where I've felt the worst yet since this journey began. The weather is colder, snow is flittering around, and the wind is blowing through you like stabbing icicles! Add to all of it, the fact that I'm coming down with my annual winter cold. Achy and feeling feverish, I decided to take an afternoon nap, hoping that it would rejuvenate me - it didn't. I only woke up warm and groggy, not feeling like doing anything the rest of the afternoon.
Wrestling with lacking motivation, I could feel myself waivering between running and all the reasons that were good enough not to. With plenty of time to spare (since my non-motivated self was winning the battle at this point), I decided to check out the Biggest Loser makeover episode from last week. Somehow I wound up tuning in to the episode where they look back on all prior season winners - and where they are now. Watching the show, I couldn't help but notice that EVERY ONE of the prior winners had put on weight since winning - some more than others. Encouraging? Not in the least! Realistic and motivating? Absolutely!
I have battled with maintaining my weight my entire life. At just the point where I feel like I've got it "under control" it seems that LIFE HAPPENS and interrupts my otherwise steady routine. (The most recent "life happening" was my ankle injury this past winter.) All things considered, of this I'm sure - weight loss (maintenance) is a LIFETIME journey - not an event where I'll reach my goal and all of a sudden be "home free." I will NEVER be able to relax in this regard, but must realize that if I do the right things - eat healthy food, continue an exercise routine - then maybe, just MAYBE, I'll be able to maintain some semblance of 'normalcy' where my weight is concerned.
Oh, and, by the way, I did go to the gym tonight, and I DID finish the 3 mile run...like it or not!
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