Back In Step and Motivations
This week I’m back in line with how I was working out and eating
before I went to
Zealand. I was still working out but just not pushing myself very
hard and certainly not keeping an eye on how much and what I was
eating. Granted, I was able to hold my weight with some minor
fluctuations, but after a couple of months that’s just not cutting it.
Weights had also been out of my regimen for the period in
between because I had injured my elbow on the trip. It was sore
but it didn’t really bother me after a day or so while down there.
When I got back and tried to start on weights again and there was too
much pain for me to do even three or four reps. Today I got back on
the bench and did what I feel was a good work out (bench press and
dumbbell press) to get back into it. My elbow feels good and the only
parts of me that are sore are the parts that are supposed to be.
This of course leads me around to why it was that I slacked off:
motivation. I’ll admit it, I have a problem with motivation, or
rather, a lack of it. When I’m unmotivated to do something I really,
really, have a problem doing it. I mean, I will force myself to do
things that need to get done because I see the benefit in it, but I’m
probably going to mentally grind my teeth while doing it. There were
many days I really didn’t want to goto the gym, but I did it and I
usually felt better after. Somehow that just wasn’t enough though.
In preparation for going to New Zealand I was at the gym and eating
right just to get there and be able to run with it. Now, two months
on, I’ve found a few new motivational forces.
Starting now I’m going to train for next years
mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles over six days. There
is still plenty of time to train for it and I’m already doing well on
my rides, I just need to increase the frequency. This will be a goal
like going to New Zealand. Get more fit, have fun, and have an
experience I’ll remember for ever. Maybe along the way I can break
myself into not being such a motivational slacker.
