Motivated Monday

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow'."

I don't know who said that, it was a post from the Kenai Triathlon page last year, but I really like it. I didn't intend to miss a post last week, although I didn't have much "exciting news" to share as the week before had been another tough one, I just got really busy and never had a chance to post. So I will give you the week of the 7-14th in a nutshell...I didn't follow my plan, nor did I exercise. Haha, that's a small nutshell :). It's true though, after having strep I developed a nasty head cold, between that and exhaustion I just didn't try. That's ok though, I know I didn't gain any weight which is really encouraging because the only way I am going to keep anything off is to learn how to eat properly, obviously that is happening. So, I'll share with you my "failures" for lack of a better word, although I don't really like it so much. I didn't really "fail", more like stumbled a bit and that happens. The whole point of my blogging any of this is to hopefully encourage others in their struggles to find their "fitter selves". If I always did awesome, you guys would either a) think I am a big fat liar or b) hate me for making it sound so easy when, in fact, it's not. No worries gals (& guys) I am not some hollywood starlet gushing in a magazine about how quickly I got my pre-baby body back, or how I "simply" changed my entire eating habits and voila! the weight was gone. I am not knocking those in Hollywood who worked hard to lose weight, I just think it *might* be a *little* easier when you have a personal trainer, personal chef, and oodles of money to buy all organic fresh foods to stuff in your mouth. Even so, I am sure they struggled at times too...I just wish they would talk a little more about the day they ate a box of ho-hos so we could all know that they are human and not flesh covered cyborgs...ANYWAY, wow, that was some seriously impressive digression right there...

SO, ahem, this week I did manage to get back on track and had a really good week. I exercised 6 days! Woohoo! Although one day was yoga, don't get me wrong, yoga is hard, but it's hard to feel like it's "real" exercise while I am still so bad at it. I actually fell down, all the way on to my tooshie once lol. I enjoy yoga though, and really need to do it more as proven by the fall. I did take Saturday "off" and think I will make that a weekly standard. I didn't go crazy on that day, just had a little more of the foods I had been craving, like chips and salsa. There is no way to get around eating chips and salsa while watching your calories, seriously 10 chips? Right. I did do that one night, ate 10 chips (Rice chips, not so bad) but Saturday I sat and had a pile of them, and didn't feel an ounce of guilt. Growth right?

I am not sure what shifted again but I have such motivation to reach my goal, especially my fitness goal. I really want to be in great shape, for no other reason then because I enjoy being able to do physically strenuous things (that of course being a relative term, my idea of physical strain is likely very different than other peoples haha). That is the "prize" I am fixing on, which is good because thanks to hormones (sorry guys) I have no idea if I actually lost weight this week. That's ok though, because I did well. I didn't under eat or over indulge, I worked out, felt good and am ready to start again!! On to another week!

Week 5: +11