16 weeks out

Nov 15, 2010

Weight: 295
11/16/10

I'm very surprised I am down 3 pounds this week considering it is my time of month!  A cycle with no water weight gain is a strange one for me.  I've been dragging my butt getting to the gym this week.  My trainer is on vacation and I haven't felt very motivated for some reason.

Yesterday I actually drove to the gym, was in the parking lot talking on the phone, and by the time the phone conversation was over, I didn't have any time for working out.  I went on Sunday with my husband and son.  The idea was that my son would go in the kids pool while Dad watched him and mommy went to work out.

I wanted my husband to see how nice my gym is and perhaps get interested in going there, and enjoy watching our son go swimming.  Instead my son wanted to go to the daycare and my husband wanted to wait in the car, rushing me through the workout.  I managed to get 20 minutes on the elliptical done and that's it.

I've learned that my husband won't be supportive of me in this endeavor, and that I have to use my own time that's convenient to work out.  That means in the morning before work (after my son gets on the bus) or on my lunch breaks. 

It really feels great to get my day started with some exercise, but I also frequently want to stay at home and catch up on emails in the mornings and/or clean my house.  Then on my lunch breaks sometimes I just want to eat at that point, not workout.

I think part of my lack of motivation stems from reading textbooks for school while workout out, instead of my more fun romance books.  I always used to use my guilty pleasure, romance books, to get myself to workout.  When I read them while working out I didn't feel as bad because I was rewarding myself for doing something good.

But I have a paper due tomorrow and I really need to read my darn textbook.  There is just never enough time in life to do everything I want to do.  Perhaps I should alternate, one workout I read my "smart" books, one workout I get to read my "fun" books.  Maybe that will keep me from sitting in the parking lot when I am there to workout!

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