OK so I as most of you know it has been snowing for over a week now and I don't know about you but the snow and being cooped up in the house is not giving me ANY desire to workout! There is no excuse for not working out because my torture device is at home with me, but after being stuck at home for a week the last thing I wanted to do was workout. I think it was my mood, you know you just want to sit on the couch with your kids and watch TV/movies and make comfort food. Now it should be ILLEGAL to watch Rachael Ray at 11am right before lunch....even though I do because she is too funny! Now back to the food part. In the past I would just eat junk, and then I would curl up on the couch and veg.
Well as my previous post stated I am changing and I want to look better/healthier. I stayed away from the kitchen during the "snack hours" and only went in when I had to cook or prepare the plates to eat. Now I know you are thinking that is silly but for someone like me who went to the kitchen to put a dish away and came out with a handful of chips, candy, cookies, etc. but it is true and I know myself and I need to just stay away from temptation!
In the past I was the person who ALWAYS had a cookie jar full of cookies...I haven't had a cookie jar out since December 31st! My chips are now healthier and the kids still have their Lays Staxx chips and I still eat them BUT I don't snack on them. I eat them with my sandwich and ONLY eat 12 which is the serving size and it is counted on my calorie intake for the day! So back to the snowy weather in my house, we watched TV/movies all day stayed in our PJ's and I put my coupon list together and yelled at my printer for not working with any of the laptops in our house! Needless to say I did not work out at ALL this week. Now last week I was sick with strep and a sinus infection and that was excuse however getting back on the machine has been a task that I have not conquered...yet!
So you may ask when I plan on getting back to my routine...well when I know then you will know. Today is a busy day and it is my free day since me and the hubby have a date night planned and I have lots to do before this storm hits tonight! How have you been doing on your exercise routine since this winter weather has hit?
I feel ya on the working out business. I eat pretty well and I am not too much of an emotional eater.....but man do I HATE to exercise!!! Ha ha! I am really trying my hardest to change my mindset and learn to enjoy it. I hear that the more that you stick with it and make it a habit that it soon becomes something you enjoy, but I haven't quite gotten to that point yet. Maybe if I had someone to keep me accountable (nudge nudge) and vice versa, then I wouldn't be able to whine and make excuses. Ha ha! Just think, the sooner you hop back on it, then the sooner the habit will start to form!
ReplyDeleteI have only worked out about 3 times, which is better that not working out, but I too, need to get more consistent. I use to do 45 minutes on the elliptical every day before my knee replacement, now it is miss more days than hit. Good job on making your house a safe area with getting out the sweets and bringing in more healthier chips and counting them out! That will go along ways!
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