It would take me at least 5 months of solid, consistent training to be able to run a marathon. Hands down. It would take a lot of hard work, a lot of dragging myself out of the house or on to the treadmill, a lot of talking myself through the difficult runs and pushing myself to run "just a little" bit further. I think you get my point. Getting myself physically and mentally ready to run twice as far as the longest that I have ever run, wouldn't happen overnight. My progress would be gradual.
I feel like I can wrap my head around this concept. Whenever there is a physical feat that I am trying to overcome, it is a no-brainer that it would take some time to prepare for it and be able to accomplish it. So why is it that when I am trying to make other changes to improve my health (um, eating better for example), I feel like those changes need to occur overnight?
The truth is I was feeling pretty bad about the slip-ups that I had through out the week. I made some bad food choices and I was disappointed with myself. On top of that I didn't run this week. It was crappy all week and I just didn't take the initiative to get myself on the treadmill. I am not sure what happened, but I do know that I felt pretty bad about it. I was feeling bad. I was disappointed. That is until I realized that I did a lot of things right this week. I ate breakfast every day. I drank a ton of water. I tried to eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible. I didn't eat any sweeteners. I read labels. All good things and all things that I should be proud of. Overall I did better this week than I did last week. If I were to let myself dwell on all of the things that I did wrong then I would most certainly not get back on track next week.
Whenever I am getting down on myself, for eny reason, I always allow myself a brief period of "woe is me" time. Once that is done I try and figure out a way to fix whatever is getting to me. And, usually, I end up better off than I when started. So, for now I just have to keep reminding myself that I will get back on track!!
But, since I already messed up, one donut won't kill me. Right? Just kidding!!!
Until next time...
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