My gym buddy is away this week, so it is up to me to get up at 5:07 in the morning and get to the gym on my own. I have to say, with no accountability but to myself, this is a bit of a challenge.
Yesterday I had an alarm clock malfunction and slept right through until Ty got up and left. Oopsie. I vowed I would go that night, but as the day wore on, I was less and less inclined. So, instead we leashed up the dogs, popped Abby in the push trailer and set out for a walk. This was definitely not the same intensity that I would have done in the gym, but at least it was exercise and I got to hang out with my little family and enjoy the weather.
This morning when my alarm clock went off, I thought myself I'll just go back to sleep and then go to the gym tonight. Then, I remembered that I was having an epicure party tonight, so that definitely wouldn't be happening. I wrestled with just skipping the gym all together until a voice in my head said make a decision!. With that, I got out of bed and headed out to the gym.
On the way there, I negotiated with myself that I would just do cardio (I really don't love strength), and again, that mental voice piped up, asking who are you cheating?.
Touche, head voice.
It continued much along the same track at the gym, with me wrestling inner voices telling me to take the easy way out or to give it my all. I decided to listen to the more positive voice, and was able to crank out a decent strength workout including 2 circuits and then 30 minutes of cardio. I left the gym feeling pretty proud of myself for not cheating myself out of a good workout just because Kaella wasn't there to hold me accountable for my actions. Now, I feel great and like I have the whole day stretching ahead of me to accomplish many things on my list (cleaning, Costco, cooking..you know, the 3 C's). It is only 7:15 and I have made bread, a lunch for Tyler, and Abby and I are wrapping up breakfast. Score!
As an update as well, I accomplished everything on my list yesterday...procrasti-what? :-)
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