Okay. I’m going to be completely honest here: for the majority of this week, I didn’t really do my best in terms of getting my exercise in. I “failed” in terms of closing my rings on my Apple Watch for most of the week, and I didn’t have nearly as much success staying on task as I did last week. I was almost dreading writing this post at one point, because I wondered what the point was if I didn’t actually accomplish what I said I was going to. But here’s the thing: it happens. I can’t turn back time and make myself move on the days I said I would, I can only go forward and make sure I do it now! I managed to do some intervals of push ups and crunches – something I’m trying extremely hard to keep up with. However, actually closing that calorie goal and move ring on my Apple Watch was a serious challenge.
But, it was a tough week! In general, the week was more stressful than usual and I had a bad cold. It wasn’t so bad that I had to stay home, but it made me not want to do a single thing as soon as I got to my couch. However, on Friday, I was starting to feel a bit better and I made myself go on a particularly long walk. This made me feel a lot better about missing most of the week and that motivation has rolled into this weekend. I ended up closing my ring and getting over an hour of exercise for the day, so I was feeling pretty proud despite how the rest of the week had gone. I think that motivation pouring into this weekend (I’m walking today!) has helped a ton in getting me ready for this upcoming week.
L.L. Bean Fleece Pullover has been an all time favorite of mine the last two years (now they only carry this color block pattern in kids, but this is the pullover in women’s – I happen to love the pewter grey color!) Of course, my Apple Watch is my go-to for all of my workouts.
I think it can be really hard to stay accountable and really easy to fall off the bandwagon when you’re having a week like this one. Motivation starts to droop a bit the moment you feel under the weather, and it becomes exponentially easier to put off moving to a day where you actually feel like it. But, when your someone like me, that day doesn’t always come, and I just have to try my best to make myself push through wanting to just stay home. Once I do end up walking (or moving in some way) it makes me feel a lot better about chilling out later, just before bed. It feels more earned and less “lazy.” Does anyone else get like that?
Although I love pushing through those winter blues, it’s *finally* spring and I think it’s going to be a lot easier soon for me to want to get outside and move!
