Every now and then, a person needs a kick in the butt to get moving… I was at that point this week. The fair kicked my butt and I have been just floating along this past week. I did go for a hike with a dear friend on Saturday, but past that, not much has been done in the way of exercise. I had planned to just deal with the laundry and be done for the night, but then watched the recent episode of Loosing It with Jillian Michaels… it gave me the kick in the butt I needed. The woman on the show had lost her husband and it sent her into a world of topsy turvey, screw it. By the end of the show, after working out for a month and training, she hobbled through a 5K.
I’ve got a 5K coming up in a couple months… so, I got off my butt and on the Wii. Got some good sweat therapy in and think I may try and get up early tomorrow to go walk… The good news is, my knees didn’t hurt after the hike on Saturday, but my legs were jelly lol. I suppose that’s what I get for hiking in flip flops after being on my feet all day.
It’s been tough lately to eat well… I’ve been doing a pretty good job of it but now and then, not so hot. I try and play mind games with myself, saying I’m having gum or fruit ‘for dessert’ rather than ‘instead of dessert’ but it gets old. It’s tough after years of eating things that I now know, aren’t all that great for me. We’re conditioned to seek out sweets, fats, etc… it’s in our genetic makeup. At one point, those things were scarce, and so we had to find them,. Now, they are everywhere and easier to get than the things that our bodies need. The tables have turned, and yet, we haven’t evolved to a point where our minds and bodies understand that. The complex, the colorful, the fresh, these are the things that our bodies are now crying out for in various forms of health issues. Some people have caught up with this new concept, they snub their noses at a slice of cake in favor of a fresh pear. Perhaps, one day, I’ll discover their trick. Until then, I shall keep kicking myself in the butt!
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