I am almost in the best shape of my life. There was one time in my life when I felt a little better about my body (even though I was about the same weight) and that was just before our second child, in 2007. Even still, I'm pretty close to that body.
However, I'm not happy with my latest habits. Because I'm still nursing, I can take in more calories than I could if I weren't nursing, which makes it easier to maintain a good weight. It also makes it easier to snack when I feel like it. Intense weight training also makes it easier to do that, which I had been doing up until my work schedule became so booked that I can no longer work out before or after I work with my clients.
So while my habits are still better than most, they're not up to my usual standards.
For about the past month I have rolled with the punches of a busy schedule and gotten more and more frustrated. I hate not getting a really great workout most days of the week. I feel like junk after eating junk!
If you know me you are maybe thinking, "Amanda, just shut up because you have no real problem here!" Ah, but that's where we deceive ourselves. My clients did not all become unhappy with their bodies overnight. It was a very slow and gradual process. They also have very busy lives full of children and work schedules and dinners to make. But don't you see? If I don't do something about this last not-so-good-month now, where would I be down the road? We have to catch those bad habits quickly and nip them in the bud before they get out of hand!
It is 5:55am and I already snuck in my exercise...biceps. The hubby may think I'm crazy...but really, is that anything new? Just as a pro surfer needs to surf (yeah, in his dreams) one with high hopes in the fitness industry needs to train...herself! At this point in my life, I'd rather lose an hour of sleep to spend on myself than go one more day wishing I had some time to do what needed to be done. Besides, it's a vicious cycle. No exercise > Compromised eating habits > No exercise > A little bit worse eating habits....and on and on until someone reverses the cycle.
I've laid it all out on the table. My past month hasn't been perfect. I have a suspicion yours may not have been either. But it's March now. Most resolutions have been left behind long ago. But it's the time to pick them back up. Spring and summer are just around the corner. It's time, this year, to feel really great in that bathing suit! It's time to know you worked hard to be in the best shape of your life and the healthiest you've ever been!
Now let's go scramble up some egg whites! I'm hungry!
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