Monday, June 21, 2010

I'd rather get the job done.


I have a new confession.

I haven't been to the gym in a while.  I've missed yoga.  I've been unable to go to boxing.  I was even too sick to make it to my personal training session last week.

There have been sick days, yes, but also busy days, stressful days, and previous-commitment days.  Every kind of day.  Every kind of excuse.

I wonder if I still could of gotten some kind of workout in?  I probably could not have made it into the gym, but I could have a least done some kind of workout at home.  I didn't have to go on a gym-free binge, that's for sure.  (Thank goodness, at least, for the no-eatting-out rule.  Because, if it weren't for that, I probably would have gained some ridiculous number.)

And where am I now?

Still the same weight I was two weeks ago.  Probably not as strong, having less endurance.  And most of all - I'm afraid.  Afraid to go back.

Tomorrow I see my personal trainer, and I think I might literally go in cowering.  I know he won't give me too much sympathy.  And why should he?  I've fallen down on the job.

Working out is my job.  Eating well is my job.  Being a heathy role model for my kids is my job.  It is my responsibility, my duty, to do these things.  No one else's.  I can't blame anyone else when the job doesn't get done.  And although I am the one that pays the majority of the consequences, it affects others as well.  I'm more cranky to my husband, have less energy for my kids.

Tomorrow, I go back to work.  I clock in, and pay the price for skimping out on my job.  It will probably suck. And there will definitely be a lot of sweat - maybe some mild cursing.

 But I'll be there, getting the job done.

4 comments:

  1. Yes, yes! I totally relate! I'm back, to, after a long hiatus. You can do it!

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  2. get your a$$ to the gym!! and enjoy that training session....OMG did I tell you that the class I took on Saturday was an instructor I have never had before and it was so intense I thought I was gonna puke...twice! I thought about you.

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  3. You will do a great job tomorrow , at this point things can only get better!

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  4. I want a personal trainer! I also want someone to do my laundry and clean my house.

    You are going to do great with your trainer. Enjoy the butt kicking you are going to get and let it be the motivator to get you back on track.

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