I’m getting a haircut on Saturday. Yay! Having shorty-short hair again will make the whole working-out-on-my-lunch-break thing so much easier. One less thing to worry about in my scramble to get back to the office on time!
In other lunchtime workout news, today’s was a Tired Workout. That’s the kind where you really have to mentally prod yourself to put in your allotted time. I was on the elliptical, doing my thing and listening to my music (a tasteful potpourri of Cameo, Cut Copy, and Prince), but I didn’t feel into it. That’s okay, I cranked out my 30 minutes and that’s another 270 calories burned.
Sometimes I need to remind myself: You don’t have to be into it all the time, every day; you just have to do it.
I’m looking forward to the holidays. It’s weird because I went through quite a grinch phase for a good number of years. But now I’m quietly happily brewing holiday thoughts. Maybe it’s because I finally have a small dog to torment with Santa outfits and other alarming couture this year—bwahahaha!
I am trying not to get obsessive about losing X amount of weight by X date, but I had mentally set a mini-goal to get down to 175 lbs by New Year’s Day. I could still make that happen, but last week’s 1-lb loss (as opposed to 2 lbs or even 1.5 lbs) was a little smaller than I will need most weeks to beat that challenge successfully.
Even if my weight isn’t quite down to 175 lbs on New Year’s Day, I can’t wait to start 2010 having left the uncertain 180s behind! It’s just this thing I have, see.
How are you doing? Do you have any official or unofficial goals to accomplish during this last part of 2009?
29. October 2009 at 8:31 PM
“You don’t have to be into it, you just have to do it.”
AMEN woman. If I waited until I WAS SO EXCITED TO WORK OUT!!!! uh, those days would be few and far between. Like, once a week, MAYBE.
Thanks for this post. I was feeling lukewarm about my workout today too (and that’s the reason I didn’t work out yesterday!). I should just do it anyway. I’ll feel better afterwards. :)
30. October 2009 at 2:31 PM
So….. did you work out? How did it go? Ra ra ra! (That’s me cheering for you.)
29. October 2009 at 9:06 PM
Yeah, definitely. You don’t have to love it every time, you just have to do it. I’m pouting today because it’s about to start storming and I was looking forward to a lovely 5 mile run outside, now I have to do it on the stinkin’ treadmill *grumblegrumble*.
I want to be under 150 by 2010 (about 5 lbs to go). These last 20 lbs are really cheesing me off. I’m hoping to get to a point where I’m losing weight regularly again, right now it’s just up and down and up and down and… sigh.
30. October 2009 at 2:33 PM
Did you end up having to do your run on the treadmill or did the weather hold for you yesterday? The temperature dropped a lot (blessedly, in my opinion) between lunchtime and dinner! Also: I will be so stoked for you when you kick the 150s to the curb; I know they have been royally pissing you off.
30. October 2009 at 2:19 AM
I think the hardest part of a workout is just getting started sometimes. Once you are there it is usually not so bad. We are always glad after, right?
You had better take LOTS of pictures of that cute little dog all dressed up ;)
30. October 2009 at 2:34 PM
Oh yes, there will be doggie Xmas pictures, not to fear, Shannon ;). Hee hee.
30. October 2009 at 12:27 PM
How fun to dress up your dog!! Can’t wait to see the pictures.
I used to make myself workout. And when I didn’t want to I’d bargain with myself: “5 minutes. If I really hate it in 5 minutes I’ll quit.” But you know what? I never did stop. Sometimes I didn’t workout as hard, but I always finished. And I never regretted it.
Good for you on pushing through!
30. October 2009 at 2:35 PM
Hey, this “5 minute increments” technique for getting yourself to work out kind of echoes what you wrote in your blog post today about setting 5-lb small goals! I know there’s a catchy slogan lurking in all this somewhere . . . :)
30. October 2009 at 2:14 PM
My goal is to start taking better care of myself. I want to work out 3 days a week and I want to start paying better attention to my food. I’ve been unhappy with myself for so, so long, it’s time to stop feeling sorry for myself and actually do something about it!!
30. October 2009 at 2:36 PM
Yay! Janie, I’m glad you are going to take action and take some good care of yourself. It’s obvious to me you are awesome and you can do this!
30. October 2009 at 2:55 PM
Thanks Hilary! I just started reading Sean’s blog for the first time ever, wow what an inspirational man!! I am going to follow his plan, no more than 1500 calories a day, but I’m not going to stress about what exactly I’m eating. What a great idea! I tend to overthink EVERYTHING and this causes me more harm than good. Thanks for the support, I’ll be checking in with you often:) It is obvious to me that you are awesome too and I think, from what I’ve read that you and I have a lot in common! :)
30. October 2009 at 9:37 PM
I totally know what you mean by a “tired workout.” I have had those plenty of times, and when I’m done. I’m just glad to be done.
31. October 2009 at 12:35 AM
Hi Hilary I am so hearing you on the work out front, some days are just way harder then others, my goal is between now and the holiday season ,is to make the best effort i can because for about a week or so, I will probably be off track, It happened last year but after new year I was right back on track. what ever my aim is to enjoy my family this holiday season and not make it about the food. Enjoy your haircut
2. November 2009 at 11:12 AM
and I laugh that you knew PRECISELY where my husband had hauled the child for the haircut….
2. November 2009 at 4:27 PM
As soon as you tweeted the phrase “Hip!Austin!barbershop” I knew ;). I hope the mullet has been remedied.