Lacking in Motivation…
I’m really good at making a resolution and initiating all the start up details. Especially when it comes to losing weight. But I’m bad, no, I’m atrocious at the follow-through.
I bought the weight watchers membership, I bought the 30-Day Shred, sanitized my yoga mat and acquired simple weights.
And so far, I’ve kept track of points for one day, have done the Shred once and haven’t even taken my handweights out of their packaging.
It started on Thursday. See, I purchased Jillian Michael’s 30-Day Shred back in, uh, MARCH, when I was pregnant and round and full of, “oh! I will get back into my clothes NO PROBLEM!” and “it’s not THAT hard to lose weight!” And I let it sit there, on my tv stand, gathering dust until three months later, when we started packing up to move to Idaho. Yes, I got rid of my nearly brand new Yankee Candles, my dining room table and 2 month old living room set, but I kept the Shred and threw my yoga mat into the car as an after thought, vowing to implement them once I arrived to Idaho.
Two months after that, we flew back to Vermont and got married. And I’m sharing the following photo, to reiterate my point. (Btw, the woman in the middle is my mom, she officiated our wedding – cool, right?)
I was ten weeks postpartum, but I looked pregnant and bloated and really, the thing I regret about my wedding day is that I felt FAT. And the feeling fat overshadowed some of my excitement and frankly, that kind of bums me out.
And, do you want to laugh? Because I just found this photo from the wedding after-party on my Flickr:
But back to the fat. There are other photos – I still haven’t seen my professional photos, it’s been almost 3 months – like these (sorry for the side boobage):
That I prefer, but still, I feel overwhelmingly large, especially next to my slender husband. And since that photo, I’ve lost some of the bloat but none of the weight.
In fact, since I wrote this post, I’ve managed to gain five pounds. I can blame it on the stress of trying to find a tenant for a property 3,000 miles away, or how busy I am taking care of Dublin, but really? I’m on here, commenting on other’s blogs, updating my Facebook status with unimportant details or tweeting about something that no one, including myself, really cares about.
What I’m saying is that in all reality, I DO have the time to take better care of my body, but I’m not. And I don’t know what to do to change this, or how to better motivate myself from this point.
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It’s a long journey. But it’s about LOVING yourself, and allowing yourself to do something FOR yourself that is truly a good thing. You’re at the start of a long road. You’ll get there and you have our support!
Aww, trust me I know exactly how you feel! Just start slow, and it’ll start to add up! You can’t expect it to fall off, it takes time!
You can do it
Once you figure it out let me know. I have the exact same problem when it comes to losing weight. I could have gone to the gym last night after work but instead I went home and wrote emails and watched tv. My motivation is hiding somewhere and I need to find it. Maybe we can work on it while I’m there. We will work out or do an activity each day I’m there. Maybe it will get you into a routine and the same for me?
I’ve never done the shred. We can try that too if you want.
Oh boy, I HEAR YOU. I am awesome at the talk and awful at the walk.
I think you lovely beautiful on your wedding day, honestly.
i don’t think i ever saw your wedding photos. you look beautiful!!
Girl, I am WITH YOU. We should be partners or something, because I am the same way. Run? WHY? I COULD BE FACEBOOK STALKING.
Aww honey. I know you commented on my post about a similar topic. I totally understand not having the motivation to do the exercise routine and not doing the shred or the weights. You just have to do a little each day and not put too much pressure on you. You look gorgeous on your wedding day and even though Stephen is slender, you JUST HAD A BABY, don’t feel bad about your special day.
I think something that helps is the baby steps. Don’t try to do it all at once. Start with 5-10 minutes of exercise one day. And then slowly increase it until you’re able to do more without feeling like you’re spending all your time exercising.
Amen sister – I’m the EXACT same way. And I need to get my ass in gear since we just decided to go away at Christmas. I don’t want to be mistaken for an errant whale and tossed back into the water by the locals. I just can’t seem to get started.
Man, I love wedding photos. I can’t wait till you get the professional ones!
And yeah, I get it. More than a year after Claire was born and I’m only JUST NOW finding time for myself. It’s tough.
My best advice is to walk. A lot. You can do it with Dublin. Just try to get out there every day at least for 1/2 hour. When the weather gets bad, join a gym and do classes. That helps me when there is a specific time I have to be there, it helps with the motivation. Just put your running shoes on and go!