Time to get serious.
We've talked about it.
We've planned for it.
We've worked at it.
And for crying out loud, I'm exactly where I began!
I go through cycles of motivation, and the lulls in the cycles have gotten shorter, but still I have yet to master making fitness a routine part of life.
I get sidetracked and other times, it just goes on the back burner altogether. I've gave it some thought and I think this is the problem - it doesn't go along with my life philosophy.
My life philosophy is actually quite simple - When I get to the end of my life, I want tons of colorful memories and no regrets. I want to be able to tell/think about the people I met along the way and all the things we laughed about and things that we thought mattered.
What I won't be talking/thinking about is how many hours I spent on a tredmill somewhere, or how many consecutive crunches I can do, or how many salads I ate.
This philosophy has a flaw because fitness can be the very thing that leads to a long life. Maybe. There are no guarantees, but do I want to spend my time sacrificing a some time each week in order for the other hours to feel great, healthy, and energized? Or do I want to settle for the safe route of having mediocre energy, feeling okay, and have the healthy, fitness thing hanging over my head in exchange for using those hours for activities that I deeply enjoy?
Bottom line is that I need to make a decision in integrating fitness into my life philosophy. I need to see that fitness is supportive to what I believe is important in my life. I think only then will I be able to fully make this lifestyle change.
Some workouts I do truly enjoy, but put that next to hanging out with Matthew and friends, or art, and suddenly, exercise doesn't seem so great anymore. I am putting it together in my head that fitness and eating right may be the very thing that gives me more time to do these activities.
This is more of a process than I first thought it would be!
(Photo: Samm, Matthew, and Lodden right before we moved to Portland. Their expressions are priceless during our fun session of Beatles rockband. We had a blast!)
We've talked about it.
We've planned for it.
We've worked at it.
And for crying out loud, I'm exactly where I began!
I go through cycles of motivation, and the lulls in the cycles have gotten shorter, but still I have yet to master making fitness a routine part of life.
I get sidetracked and other times, it just goes on the back burner altogether. I've gave it some thought and I think this is the problem - it doesn't go along with my life philosophy.
My life philosophy is actually quite simple - When I get to the end of my life, I want tons of colorful memories and no regrets. I want to be able to tell/think about the people I met along the way and all the things we laughed about and things that we thought mattered.
What I won't be talking/thinking about is how many hours I spent on a tredmill somewhere, or how many consecutive crunches I can do, or how many salads I ate.
This philosophy has a flaw because fitness can be the very thing that leads to a long life. Maybe. There are no guarantees, but do I want to spend my time sacrificing a some time each week in order for the other hours to feel great, healthy, and energized? Or do I want to settle for the safe route of having mediocre energy, feeling okay, and have the healthy, fitness thing hanging over my head in exchange for using those hours for activities that I deeply enjoy?
Bottom line is that I need to make a decision in integrating fitness into my life philosophy. I need to see that fitness is supportive to what I believe is important in my life. I think only then will I be able to fully make this lifestyle change.
Some workouts I do truly enjoy, but put that next to hanging out with Matthew and friends, or art, and suddenly, exercise doesn't seem so great anymore. I am putting it together in my head that fitness and eating right may be the very thing that gives me more time to do these activities.
This is more of a process than I first thought it would be!
(Photo: Samm, Matthew, and Lodden right before we moved to Portland. Their expressions are priceless during our fun session of Beatles rockband. We had a blast!)
