Yesterday would have been day 100 of my second 100 day challenge if I hadn’t stopped at Day75. Around the end of July I lost my click, my motivation left me, I struggled and did some fake it ‘til you make it but after August 6th I haven’t done any formal exercise.
It took me a while to figure it out but I discovered what my problem was. Since joining MTM I had been exercising 6 days a week for at least an hour, plus spending a lot of time at the forum posting and reading everyone else’s stories. I ended up neglecting a lot of other things, like projects that needed to be done around the house and a bunch of other little nagging things that I kept telling myself I needed to get done.
Well, then Daryl came along and posted about ‘The List’. Basically his list of all the nagging things that had been cluttering his life. That really ‘clicked’ with me, so I sat down and made my own list and was surprised at how long it was. So I began tackling it and as each item was crossed off I felt better. I decided to concentrate on the list for the rest of the month.
http://www.motivationtomove.com/forums/viewthread/2536/
So now that I have crossed off over half the items on the list, including a couple big ones I am ready to get back to exercise.
But this time I am going to do things a little differently. That is why I started a new thread. I am going to have more balance by decreasing the number of days I exercise so I have more time in the week to get other things done.
These are my plans for the next 100 days
Exercise 4-5 days a week for 40 minutes and work on intensifying the workouts.
Cross off a least one item a week from my List.
Get things done right away as they come up so they don’t end up on my List.
Eat healthy balanced meals
My goal is to get out of the 200’s by then end of the 100 days.
The good news is that I don’t have to change my signature. During my break from exercise I have maintained my weight.
