Tough Stretch

Without question, the holidays are so much harder to keep at working out and staying motivated than any other time for me.  The food is so good, the weather is so cold and the couch is always teaming up with Netflix to beg me to stay one more episode.  As is the case, I relented and skipped out on 60% of my workouts from Thanksgiving through the new year.  Not good.  In that time, I put on 1+ inches on my waist and 8-10 pounds and it was all dedicated to sweets in my case.  I could not stay off of the sweet stuff and candy is my biggest vise and I do not discriminate: chocolate (milk, dark or white, I don't care), fruity, sour, etc.  It is all fair game.  I tend to not worry a lot about gaining this time of year as I know I can get back to it and get those pounds off again.  The slippery slope is how long I perpetuate that line of thinking.  If I tell myself that too much, I get right back to where I was before I started working out.  With this blog/online journal I hope I can break out of that thinking.  I need to find my new motivation for 2018.  It could be that I am expecting a kiddo this year and need more energy or that I want this summer to be the summer I make all my ex's jealous.  That is always a good one.  
The motivation I am going to pick are the pictures I see of the previous me and how it makes me feel when I see those pictures.  I look tired no matter what I am doing.  Just standing there made me look tired and ready to sit back down.  

                           

This first photo was me trying to be athletic and accomplishing the exact opposite.  The second was just a month or so ago.  One is me playing a child's game of kickball looking tired and wore down and the other is post workout, feeling good.  And don't judge, a gym selfie is sometimes acceptable when done in a private changing room to brag to your brothers. :P  At the end of the day, I don't want anyone seeing tired me ever again, especially my son who right now, thinks I can do/lift anything.  That is a more amazing feeling than actually being able to do/lift anything.  

-N